Tulsi Prajna 2004 07

SR No.: 524620
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 114
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 5 MB

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Bhagyam Sutra 114-115 On getting alms, one should not be proud of it. Nor should one feel sorry for lack of gain. One should preserve equanimity, whether one gets or not. The pride finds vent in judgements like: 'I get sufficient food, but others do not'. 'The judgment of depression is 'I am unfortunate, and so I do not get enough food'. The Cūrni explains the resistance to depression in the verse: 'If it is obtained, well and good. If not, even then it is good. If not obtained there is increase in the penance; if obtained there is sustenance of life.'12 2.116 bahumpi laddhum ņa ņihe.
He should not lay up on getting excess. Bhāsyam Sutra 116 The houseless wanderer should not lay up food even if it is available in abundance. This rule holds good in respect of clothes, pots etc. 2.117 pariggahão appāṇamavasakkejjā.
Keep yourself away from possessions. Bhāsyam Sūtra 117 The houseless wanderer should not hold them as possession when he gets food, clothes, etc.. The sense of 'mine'-ness' like ''I myself alone shall consume this food and shall not share it with others'' is a kind of possessiveness. "'These articles, food, etc., belong to the preceptor"-thinking thus he should avoid falling a prey to possessiveness. He should not become attached or have a sense of mine'-ness' to such articles.'13 2.118 annahā ņam pāsae pariharejjā.
The seer should use the articles in manner different from that
of the common people. Bhāsyam Sūtra 118 The homeless wanderer perceives himself, and also the ultimate truth. This is why he is called a 'seer'. Such wanderer should use things in quite a different manner. He should not receive them as a possession like the householder. Understanding that these things are religious materials belonging to the preceptor, he should receive them without any kind of attachment or sense of mine'-ness to them.
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