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How can the seed of knowledge, the principle of true knowledge, be sown in the soil of the mind until it is thoroughly soaked with the water of detachment? It cannot be sown; yet, even if it is projected there, it will not take root, it will be in vain.”
“Detachment and dispassion do not reside in the mind, and knowledge does not arise from them; when detachment and dispassion cease, one forgets one’s true nature. Detachment and dispassion are successful only when they are accompanied by self-knowledge; and self-knowledge is the cause of their attainment.” - Shrimad Rajchandraji Prabhu
Shri Atmasiddhi rightly calls this natural urge to be free from worldly anxieties - true inner detachment - the best seed. And thus, the seeds that have been mentioned so far are as follows:
“The seed of devotion is sown in this world, by offering pure salutations to the Jinas; by serving the principles of conduct, by being free from worldly anxieties... - Shri G. Sajjaya 2-8
2. The practice of non-attachment to material possessions and the practice of non-attachment to material possessions - service - is also an excellent yogic seed. Giving to worthy recipients such as monks, etc., pure food, medicine, scriptures, and equipment, giving in accordance with the right principles, etc., is non-attachment to material possessions, it is a good intention. Attachment to worthy recipients - the field - is found in those who have broken the knots, and those who have not yet broken the knots do not have this attachment, so here the practice of non-attachment to material possessions has been taken. To give, according to one’s ability, in accordance with the proper rituals, to a true monk who is immersed in meditation, who does not even have a single hair on his body, and who has pure intentions in his journey through life for the sake of self-control, is described in the scriptures as being of the highest merit. Just as a small banyan seed that falls on the earth, in time, becomes a large tree that is beautiful with shade and full of sweet fruit, so too, a small gift of a seed given to a worthy person at the right time with devotion, in time, becomes a large tree of liberation, beautiful with the shade of great wealth and full of the sweet fruit of liberation.
x “Just as a banyan seed that falls on the earth, a small gift given to a worthy person, in time, bears fruit, beautiful with shade and full of sweet fruit, for those who have bodies.” - Shri Samantabhadracharya’s Ratnakara-karandashravaka-achara