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5.80 avi omoyariyam kujjā. Reduce his diet; 5.81 avi uddhamīhāņam țhāijjā. Relax his body and do headstand posture; 5.82 avi gāmāņugāmam dūijjejjā. Wander from village to village; 5.83 avi ähāram vocchimdejjā. Undertake fasting; 5.84 avi cae itthīsu manam. Withdraw his mind from women. Bhāșyam Sūtras 78-84 The great sage Lord Mahāvīra has said -- a monk tormented by sexual desires should adopt the following measures:
The sexual excitement is twofold: caused or spontaneous. Some are due to external objects and others due to internal state of the mind.
The external sexual excitement has three varieties: due to hearing a sound, due to seeing a form (of beauty) and due to the memory of the pleasure enjoyed in the past.
The internal excitement also has three varieties: due to the rising of karma, due to the effect of food, due to the nourishment of the body."
The following are the measures for their treatment:
In the Sthānārgā, the four causes of sexual excitement are mentioned. The nourishment of flesh and blood is one of them.'? It has, therefore, been said in the present scripture that one should abandon nourishing flesh and blood. '3 The sexual excitement is related to the accumulation of semen, and the accumulation of semen is related to food. And, therefore, in connection with subjugating the sex, instructions related to food are available. In the Niśītha Bhāşya and the Cūrņi, this topic has been lucidly dealt with.
gore uşil Triis-faataR, 2008
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