Jain Journal 2004 04

SR No.: 520154
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 74
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 4 MB

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R.P. PODDAR:RELIGION (DHARMA)
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dharmärthakāmāḥ samameva sevyā yastveka sevi sa naro jaghanyaḥ/ dvayostu daksam pravadanti modhyam sa uttamo yo niratas trivargell
// Mahabharata 12. 161. 11. apavargaḥ kriyāvasānam (Sabdārthakalpadruma) apavaggo pariccāgāvasānesu (Cone's Pali Dictionary) 12. This Aupanișadic idea has been simplified by Kabīradāsa as follows: terā sāim tujjha mem, jyom puhupana mem vāsa/ kastūrī kā miraga jyom phiri phiri sünghai ghāsal/ Gandhi further simplifies it when he says, isvara hātha ki chatari hai, ushākara rakhoge to dhūpa aur varşā se bacāyegā.' 13. Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsa subordinates mokṣa to a worldly life devoted to Rama, and says, ko jānai ko jaiyahiṁ surapura, ko yamapura paradhāma ko/ tulasihim bahuta bhalo lāgata, jagajīvana rāmagulāma koll
This does not mean that he denies the existence of heaven, etc. He is just giving a pious worldly life its due. He delineates an ideal worldly life in the following words
kabahuňka haum yaha rahani rahaungol sriraghunātha krpālu krpā se santa subhāva gahaungo//1// yathālābha santosa kāhū som kachu na cahaungol parahitā nirata nirantara manakramavacana nema nibahaungol/21/ paruşavacana ati dusaha śravana suni tehi pāvaka na dahaungol vigatamāna sama sitala mana paraguna nahim dosa kahaungol/3/1 parihari dehajanita cintā dukhasukha samabuddhi sahaungo/ tulasidāsa prabhu yahi patha rahi abicala haribhakti lahaungol/41/
Vinayapatrikā. 172 Such a life of devotion to the supreme may be conducive to good for all. On the basis of his love for the supreme he is for extending this blissful existence beyond worldly limits. The Supreme has kept him well in this life and he will do the same in the next life, so say the scriptures and his love prompts him to have faith,