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is not entitled to guide. The chief merit of the spiritual guide is the power of renunciation. 2.171 jam dukkham paveditam iha månavāṇam, tassa dukkhassa kusala parinnamud gaharamti. The adept monks explain the process of comprehending and getting rid of suffering, as experienced by the humans. Bhagyam Sutra 171 People know what is suffering. They experience suffering. The expert seers explain the comprehension and abandonment of suffering. Here the word 'adept' refers to the immediate disciples of the Lord. They were knowledgeable persons endowed with the supernormal power of delivering religious discourses. They practised what they preached. They had conquered sleep, the senses and the hardships. They had the knowledge of right action at right place and right time. Comprehension' means discrimination or the way that leads from suffering. It consists of four parts: there is bondage, there is cause of bondage, there is liberation and there is way of liberation.' 2.172 iti kamma pariņņāya savvaso. The monk should comprehend the nature of karma in all respects. Bhasyam Sutra 172 Karma is the cause of suffering. Therefore, one should thoroughly comprehend karma and judge it thus: How is the karma bound, who binds it, when does it fructify and when it does not, what is their duration, which of them would continue for a long time and which for a short period? In this way by knowing everything about the karmna in all respects, it is possible to abandon it. 2.1 7 3 je anannadamsi, se añaņņáråme, je ananarame, se anannadamsi. The monk who perceives the pure nature of soul practises the pure discipline. The monk who practises the pure discipline perceives the pure nature of soul. Bhasyam Sutra 173 In the present Sutra, the means to the comprehension of the karma is explained. The person who concentrates upon the self as free from passions
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| SR No. | 524622 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 2005 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2005 |
| Total Pages | 110 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 5 MB |