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THE CAMAIGN FOR EMANCIPATION
The issue of renouncing householdership was forgotte the moment
The Freedom from Body-consciousness.
The flame of emancipation blew ablaze in Kumar's r So terrific it was that no blasts of luxury could put it Kumar had transcended the walls of mind albeit enclos domestic walls To be hidebound was to him a great anath murder of freedom He opened up the tri-dimens cultivation of emancipation-non-violence, truth and cel To cultivate non-violence, he evolved fellow feeling an injury to micro-organisms was unpalatable to him would abstain from food and water that bore life Nor w he eat during the night hours 1
To cultivate truth, he practised meditation and con tration By suggesting to himself his essential non-d he practised non-attachment and thereby opened up Vistas of self-realisation 2
To cultivate continence he practised a conquest of palate in respect of diet numerous experiments were con ted Thus he attained equanimity and apathy towards tas or flat food Kumar freed himself of body-possessive and thus the remnant spark of desire was gone for go The royal household never held this ascetic code of duct in esteem In mild tones Suparshwa and Nandiwar would, once a while, remonstrate at Kumar's peculiar However, Kumar had, to meet any such eventuality, ext a promise from them to let him be free with himself
The wheel of time revolves on We feel it speeding on we are happy and satisfied But when we impatiently a the fulfilment of our desired the wheel seems to be stud somewhere
1 'Ayaro', 9/1/11-15, 'Acharangachurni, p 304
2 'Ayaro', 9/1/11, 'Acharangachurni, p 304
| SR No. | 011093 |
| Book Title | Shraman Mahavira |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dineshchandra Sharma |
| Publisher | Mitra Parishad Calcutta |
| Publication Year | 1976 |
| Total Pages | 351 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 13 MB |