Tulsi Prajna 2008 01

SR No.: 524634
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 98
Language: Hindi, English
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 5 MB

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enthusiasm, action, strength, energy, self-exertion and stamina. The soul is also capable of altering the karmic course by the process of premature fruition and interchange of the nature of karma. It is thus established that the bondage and liberation are due to the soul itself, and not any other external agency like god. 5.37 ettha virate añagāre, dīharāyam titikkhae. pamatte bahiyā pāsa,
appamatto parivvae. The ascetic detached from possessiveness should endure hardships all through his life. Look, the careless people live outside the realm of self-discipline. You should, therefore, be
vigilant and live in yourself. Bhayam Sutra 37
The monk who has renounced the possessions has to tolerate the privations and hardships due to the non-possession forever throughout his life. You should see that the people who are infatuated with possessions and find delight in them are situated outside the realization of the self. Knowing that the non-vigilant person is never emancipated, while the vigilant one is sure to be emancipated, you should renounce the world, being free from non-vigilance. 35
5.38 eyam moņam sammam aņuvāsijjāsi. — tti bemi.
"You should properly maintain the state of monkhood.' -
Thus do I say. Bhāsyam Sutra 38
The man entangled in possessiveness is outside the realm of selfrealization. The essence of this Sūtra deserves careful reflection. Merely hearing and reciting is not enough for getting into the meaning of the Sūtra. So long as the text heard or recited is not practised and experienced within oneself, it is not possible even to think of the actual application of the truth in day-to-day life.
The Sūtra, therefore, concludes with the injuction: ‘one should properly maintain the state of his monkhood.'
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