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Multifaceted symbiotic philosophy of ..... : 53 Right conduct ensues only from right knowledge. Conduct without knowledge is blind and knowledge without conduct is lame. The two are complimentary to each other. And therefore knowledge has to lead to the corresponding conduct. Without right conduct deliverance from worldly miseries, trials and tribulations is impossible and without complete deliverance from these no permanent happiness can be achieved. As said earlier, these are the three jewels of life which every human being must wear. But this wearing is not decoration but actual practice and concrete realization. However this is not easy to achieve. It requires tapas and sādhanā, a rigorous control of body, will and mind. So knowledge without conduct is useless. Merely listening to the discourses is wastage of time and is futile. It does not help us in any way. What is needed is the ensuing conduct. But unfortunately most of us forget this. We listen to the sermons of the spiritual persons but do not practice them. We take it as a pass time or a matter of routine of life. Our knowledge remains mere information at the mental level. The Daśavaikālika Sūtras compares a person having knowledge without practice to a donkey who carries burden of sandal wood without knowing its value or utility. As the donkey bears the burden of sandal wood but has no share in the wealth of his load, similarly a person without practice merely bears the burden of his knowledge. He can not enjoy spiritual progress which is the real fruit of knowledge. Instead he indulges in evanescent and fleeting worldly pleasures which invariably end up in pain and suffering or mental unhappiness or a feeling of vanity of life. The Āvasyakaniryukti also avers the same that knowledge is useless without conduct and conduct is useless without knowledge. In Indian culture, philosophy and religion, view and way, theory and practice, are not divorced and segregated. Darśana is not mere reflection upon the nature of reality but also a quest for and a realization of values. Basically it is a mokṣa śāstra. There is a definite purpose in life and reality if we care to know and a definite goal to achieve if we have a will to do
| SR No. | 525079 |
| Book Title | Sramana 2012 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Sudarshanlal Jain |
| Publisher | Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Total Pages | 98 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Sramana, & India |
| File Size | 12 MB |