Tirthankar Mahavir

SR No.: 020834
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Jaybhikkhu Sahitya Trust
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 235
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 57 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsun Gyanmandir
being whom even good and noble men would like to meet and he attains good fortune and happiness."
Gautama : "O compassionate one ! What kind of activities cause the
particular karmic bondage, which will make a soul unfortunate and miserable ?"
Mahavira : "O Gautama! A man who ignores even the existing merits of
others, who pretends to possess even the non-existing merits in himself, who condemns and despises the meritorious and wise ascetics, who indulges in sensual pleasures, who prides himself upon his family, lineage, wealth, etc., and who hurts others, is born in the next birth as an ugly and miserable living being."
Gautama : "O compassionate one ! Why does a soul not get means of
pleasure in the next birth? Or if it has the means, why is it
not able to enjoy them? Mahavira: "O Gautama! A person, who does not make donations, who regrets
donations - either when he is about to make a donation or afterwards –, who asks the donee to return the thing given in donation, and who causes obstruction to others engaged in the noble act of donation, does not get the means of happiness or does not enjoy them in spite of possession them in his next birth."
Gautama : "O compassionate one! Why does the soul get and enjoy the
means of happiness in the next birth?
Mahavira: "O Gautama! A person, who offers, with devotion and respect,
to the reverend monks non-defiling things like bedding, seat, pieces of cloth, cot, staff, woollen shawl, utensils, food, boiled water etc., gets and enjoys the means of happiness in the next birth."
Good Intellect and Evil Intellect
Gautama : "O compassionate one! Which activities cause the bondage
of the karma which endows a man with good intellect in his next birth?"
Mahavira: "O Gautama ! A man who studies scriptures, who deeply
reflects over what he has learnt through the studies, who
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