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82 : Śramaņa, Vol 67, No. 1, January-March 2016 voluntarily gives up the food. It is very essential for a man who drives a car to have knowledge of giving break to the car. If he learns merely driving but never learns to give a break, this driving will be very harmful for the driver if he meets with a severe accident, likewise the person having the knowledge of how to lead an artistic life must have the knowledge of giving up the body artistically, happily through the gradual process of sallekhanā. The mental attitude of the person who has adopted the vow of sallekhanā should be pure in thoughts and must have severed all connections, having forgiven everybody and asked everybody's pardon in sweet words. A person with right faith and right knowledge would always believe that being born as a human being is itself a rare chance for annihilation of all karmas and that is increased attachments to relatives and friends, business and occupations, and accumulation of property of any kind would only entangle the soul with new karmas of different kinds of varying intensity. These ties are all due to the karmas. Every kind of relationship and attachment perishes with the body. Such thought will create a sense of detachment and free the mind from the passions of every kind like love, anger, pride, deceit and greed. The person concerned should make a frank and full confession of his actions and thoughts before his preceptor. He should discuss with his spiritual guru whatever sins he might have committed by himself and by others consent till the date without hesitation or sense of secrecy. Five Aticāras (transgressions) of Sallekhanā The person who is trying to keep Sallekhanā, should also be careful that the following mentioned faults should not occur in his mind at all. Aticāraor transgression means committing any blunder or mistake due to carelessness or ignorance even after observing reasonable vigilance during sallekhanā. A sādhaka should try to protect himself from these blemishes otherwise may again bind new more karmas. in this regard Ācārya Samantabhadra says.. jivitamaraņāśamsebhayamitrasmstinidānanāmānaḥ, sallekhanā. tichāraḥ pañca jinendraiḥ samādiştāḥ/ 10
| SR No. | 525095 |
| Book Title | Sramana 2016 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Shreeprakash Pandey, Rahulkumar Singh, Omprakash Singh |
| Publisher | Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Sramana, & India |
| File Size | 14 MB |