Deshbhushanji Aacharya Abhinandan Granth

SR No.: 012045
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: R C Gupta
Publisher: Deshbhushanji Maharaj Trust
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 1766
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 56 MB

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चित्तमंतमचित्तं वा, परिजिम्म किसामवि ।
अन्नं वा अणुजारगाइ, एवं दुक्खारण मुच्चइ ।।1
It has been said again and again that wealth cannot give happiness and peace to man. One who amasses wealth with a view to achieving peace in life makes a terrible mistake. In fact, the more he amasses wealth, the more he is fettered. At long last, wealth does not come to his help and he goes away from this world leaving all his vast wealth behind.
जे पावकम्मेहिं धणं मण सा, समाययन्ती प्रमई गहाय । पहाय ते पासपयट्टिए नरे, देराणु बद्धा गरयं उपेन्ति ।।
Keeping this fact in mind that all the objects of the world are transitory and they cannot give real happiness and that one will leave this world without being accompanied by his wife and children or by his relatives let alone by wealth, he should never develop any attachment for them.
खेत्तं वत्थं हिरण्णं च, पुतदारं च बन्धवा ।
चइत्ता णं इमं देह, गन्तव्वमवसस्स गे॥ Man's desires are infinite, so infinite that they can never be satiated even if the world's wealth including gold and silver is placed at his disposal.
कसिणं पि जो इमं लोयं, पणिपुण्णं दलेज्ज इक्कस्स । तेणाऽवि से न संतुस्से, इइ दुप्पूरए इमे प्राया ।। सुवण्णरूपस्स उ पब्बया भवे, सिया हु केलाससमा प्रसंखया ।
नरस्स लुद्धस्स र तेहि किंचि, इच्छा हु मागाससमा अणंसिया ।।
Parigraha presupposes attachment to things of desire and attachment causes suffering. It is an obstacle for the soul in attaining liberation. St. John of the Cross has got something very relevant to say about attachment. "The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast, for until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly. So the soul held by the bonds of human affections, however slight they may be, cannot while they last, make its way to god."
The principle of Aparigraha, therefore, must be practised not only by Jaina monks but also by others. It is true the practice of aparigraha will go a long way in enabling a Jaina monk to make progress in his spiritual journey but it will also help a layman develop what is called altruistic motive. If the members of a society practise aparigraha, the whole society will be benefitted.
Aparigraha does not mean to possess nothing. If a Jain monk has clothes and a bowl and a blanket, it does not mean that he is a parigrahi because these he possesses in order to live a moral life. Lord Buddha also allowed four requisites to a monk and rebuked those who indulged in earning wealth and storing it. In the Brahmajäla sutta of the Digha nikaya he has given a long list of professions through which the Buddhist monks earned wealth.7
1, 2, 3, 4, 5. All quoted from Sri Mahāvira Vacanämsta 6. Quoted from Basic Writings of S. Radhakrishanan, Jaico Publishing House 7. See The Brahmajālasutta
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