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
listens to the scriptural discourses directly from the spiritual teacher, who teaches scriptures to others, who preaches the essence of Religion, who respects and worships scriptures, and who devotedly serves the spiritual teacher is born as a person
endowed with good intellect in his next life." Gautama : "O compassionate one ! Which activities cause the bondage
of the karma which equips, a man with evil and perverse intellect in his next birth ?"
Mahavira : "O Gautama ! A man, who insults ascetics, the learned and
the meritorious, who harasses them, who is ungrateful to them, who entertains hatred towards them, who neglects them, and who disrespects them by asking 'what do they know ?', is born after death as a person with evil and perverse intellect whom
people despise and dislike." Gautama : "O compassionate one ! Which activities cause the bondage
of the karma which makes a man pundit in his next birth ?" Mahavira: "O Gautama! A man who devotedly serves the aged and the
elders, who desires to know the nature of virtue and vice and who shows respect and devotion towards scriptural knowledge
and spiritual teacher becomes a pundit in his next birth." Gautama : "O venerable one! Which activities cause the bondage of the
karma which makes a man fool in his next birth ?" Mahavira: "O Gautama! A man who preaches and propagates unwholesome
path, who denigrates the wholesome one, who adopts negative attitude and behaviour towards the means of spiritual welfare, and who thinks and says, "Kill living beings, eat meat and drink wine, what will one gain by study? what is the use of observing vows and practising austerities?" is born after death as a fool."
Threefold Activity of the Soul
Gautama : "O venerable one ! Does dirt stick to cloth without human
effort (i.e. naturally) or with human effort ?" Mahavira : "O Gautama ! Dirt sticks to cloth in two ways - with humann
effort and without human effort."