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Samadhitantram
there are jivas having senses from two to five, such as the worm, the ant, the bee, and the man, each manifesting successively higher degree of consciousness.
The deluded person breeds attachment to the body which is intimately bound to him, and with persons or objects like friends, clothes, houses, riches and geographical territories, which are not so bound to him. He desires their possession, ownership and company, and their separation brings about grief to him. He spends his whole life acquiring and then protecting these, and their inevitable separation causes him unbearable misery.
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Excerpted from: Jain, Vijay K. (2014), "Acarya Pujyapada's Istopadesa", Vikalp Printers, p. 28-31.
