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## Study of Vaitalaya
The eight types of karmas, which are accumulated due to ignorance, causing suffering, non-truth, unfavorable sensations, or pain, are destroyed moment by moment by following or upholding the seventeen types of restraint as taught by the Tirthankaras. This means that in a reservoir where the water inlet is blocked, the accumulated water gradually decreases and dries up due to the sun's rays. Similarly, the karma accumulated over many lifetimes due to ignorance in a seeker who has closed the doors of inflow, who is always vigilant in controlling the tendencies of the senses and passions, is diminished by the practice of restraint. Seekers who are self-controlled and virtuous abandon the cycle of death, the human existence, and attain liberation. Here, by implication, death also includes birth, old age, sorrow, etc., meaning that they are also abandoned, permanently. Those who have the wisdom or knowledge to distinguish between truth and falsehood are called wise. These wise ones, the omniscient, say:
**"Those who are not attached to women are like the liberated ones. One should know that liberation is attained only after abandoning women, the desire for sensual pleasures. Those who have considered sensual pleasures as a disease are like the liberated ones."**
**Commentary:**
These are also not liberated in this very life. The scripture says about them:
**"Those great souls who are approached by those seeking sensual pleasures, or those who approach a sensual man for the same purpose, are called 'vijnāpanā'. 'Vijnāpanā' refers to women. Those virtuous men who are not served by women, or in other words, who have not attained destruction through women, are indestructible due to their non-attachment. They are said to be like liberated men. Although they have not crossed the ocean of samsara, they are still considered liberated because they are devoid of possessions and are not attached to worldly objects like words, etc. Therefore, you should see that liberation is attained after abandoning women. Those who have considered sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men. It is also said:**
**"Those who know the taste of flowers, fruits, wine, meat, and women, are like those who are attached to worldly pleasures. I bow to those who are free from these."**
**Another reading of the third section is: "Those who consider sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**Commentary:**
The scripture says about those men who do not attain liberation in this very life:
**"Those who are attached to sensual pleasures, who express their desire to someone, or who express their desire to a sensual man, are called 'vijnāpanā'. 'Vijnāpanā' refers to women. Those virtuous men who are not served by women, or in other words, who have not attained destruction through women, are indestructible due to their non-attachment. They are said to be like liberated men. Although they have not crossed the ocean of samsara, they are still considered liberated because they are devoid of possessions and are not attached to worldly objects like words, etc. Therefore, you should see that liberation is attained after abandoning women. Those who have considered sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**"Those who consider sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**Commentary:**
The scripture says about those men who do not attain liberation in this very life:
**"Those who are attached to sensual pleasures, who express their desire to someone, or who express their desire to a sensual man, are called 'vijnāpanā'. 'Vijnāpanā' refers to women. Those virtuous men who are not served by women, or in other words, who have not attained destruction through women, are indestructible due to their non-attachment. They are said to be like liberated men. Although they have not crossed the ocean of samsara, they are still considered liberated because they are devoid of possessions and are not attached to worldly objects like words, etc. Therefore, you should see that liberation is attained after abandoning women. Those who have considered sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**"Those who consider sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**Commentary:**
The scripture says about those men who do not attain liberation in this very life:
**"Those who are attached to sensual pleasures, who express their desire to someone, or who express their desire to a sensual man, are called 'vijnāpanā'. 'Vijnāpanā' refers to women. Those virtuous men who are not served by women, or in other words, who have not attained destruction through women, are indestructible due to their non-attachment. They are said to be like liberated men. Although they have not crossed the ocean of samsara, they are still considered liberated because they are devoid of possessions and are not attached to worldly objects like words, etc. Therefore, you should see that liberation is attained after abandoning women. Those who have considered sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**"Those who consider sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**Commentary:**
The scripture says about those men who do not attain liberation in this very life:
**"Those who are attached to sensual pleasures, who express their desire to someone, or who express their desire to a sensual man, are called 'vijnāpanā'. 'Vijnāpanā' refers to women. Those virtuous men who are not served by women, or in other words, who have not attained destruction through women, are indestructible due to their non-attachment. They are said to be like liberated men. Although they have not crossed the ocean of samsara, they are still considered liberated because they are devoid of possessions and are not attached to worldly objects like words, etc. Therefore, you should see that liberation is attained after abandoning women. Those who have considered sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**"Those who consider sensual pleasures as a disease, like a sickness, are said to be like liberated men."**
**Commentary:**
The scripture says about those men who do not attain liberation in this very life:
**"Those who are attached to sensual pleasures, who express their desire to someone, or who express their desire to a sensual man, are called 'vijnāpanā'. 'Vijnāpanā' refers to women. Those virtuous men who are not served by women, or in other words, who have not attained destruction through women, are indestructible due to their non-attachment. They are said to be like liberated men. Although they have not crossed the ocean of samsara, they are still considered liberated because they are devoid of possessions and are not attached to worldly objects like words, etc. Therefore, you should see that liberation is attained after abandoning women. Those who have considered sensual pleasures as a disease, like| SR No. | 032440 |
| Book Title | Sutrakritang Sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Sudarshanlal Acharya, Priyadarshan Muni, Chhaganlal Shastri |
| Publisher | Shwetambar Sthanakvasi Jain Swadhyayi Sangh |
| Publication Year | 1999 |
| Total Pages | 658 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & agam_sutrakritang |
| File Size | 21 MB |