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SPIRITUAL LIGHT.
property, while an ascetic will deserve censure if he has property. If the desire for enjoyment of wealth finds place in the heart of an anchorite then what guarantee is there that the desire for satisfying lust will not find place in his heart? ( 60 )
Notes -A householder is allowed to reserve property with limitations but he must be scrupulously careful in acquiring it by honest means. He should avoid base tricks and evil means for earning it. He should keep himself aloof, if in the acquisition of property, ruin of the whole family, bringing starvation to the poor, wresting necessary things from the needy and labouring souls, would inevitably be the eventual result. Such methods would evoke cries and complaints which would pierce even heavens. If one has wealth, it should be freely used in acts of benevolence without being overflowed with superfluity and without being wasted in needless expenses. On the other hand the ascetic should renounce property in toto. He should never desire in mind, speech or body, enjoyment of wealth. If he does so, his desires for the attainment of other objects, would know no bounds. Consequently he would be entangled into the fresh bonds of Karmas.
સુનિઓને દ્રશ્ય અનર્થના હેતુ
છે.
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ગૃહસ્થ યદિ ધનરહિત ( દરિદ્ર ) હાય, તેા તે લેાકમાં હલકા દેખાય છે, અને મુનિ યદિ ધન રાખતેા હાય, તે તે હલકા મનાય છે. વળી સાધુઓને માટે એ યાદ રાખવાની વાત છે કે-દ્રવ્યના ઉપભાગ 3291211 કામવૃત્તિઓને સહેજે અવકાશ મળે છે, ”—૬૦
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