Agam 01 Ang 01 Acharang Sutra Aayaro Terapanth

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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(ii) Bondage and Emancipation: Bondage and emancipation are within yourself - bamdha-pamokkho tujjha ajjhattheva 8. Blinded and immersed in worldly pleasures, the fool with bondage unsevered and attachment not cut off, dwells in darkness, being ignorant, and is never able to get at the command9. Attached to things sensual, they bewail bitterly, and on account of desires, fail to get at emancipation10. Man! restrain thyself, and thus thou shalt be emancipated from suffering11.
(iii) Fearlessness: The unmindful is beset with fear on all sides; for the mindful, there is no fear from any side12.
(iv) Friendship: Man! thou art thy own friend, why wishest thou for a friend beyond thyself13.
(v) Attachment to Life: All beings are fond of life, they like pleasure, dislike pain, disfavour injury, wish for long life, long for survival; life is dear to all14.
(vi) Atman in its Empirical and Transcendental Aspects There are beings who are blind, sunk in darkness; they experience ups and downs, indulging in an activity (anew) for the first time, or repeating it many times15. Having con
8. ibid. I, 5. 2.36.
9. ibid. I, 4. 4. 45:
netthim palichinnehim, āyānasoya-gadhie bāle avvocchinnabamdhape, anabhikkamtasamjoe, tamamsi avijanao aņãe lambho patthi tti bemi 10. ibid., I, 6.1.7:
rūvehim satta kalupam thapamti,
niyāņao te na labhamti mokkham
11. ibid. I, 3.3. 64:
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purisa! attāṇameva abhinigijjha, evam dukkha pamokkhasi
12. ibid. I, 3. 4.75:
savvato pamattassa bhayam, savvato appamattassa natthi bhayam
13. ibid. I, 3. 3. 62:
purisa! tumameva tumam mittam, kim bahiya mittamicchasi? 14. ibid. I, 2, 3, 63;
savve paņā piyauya suhasāyā dukkhapaḍikūlā appiyavaha piyajivino jiviukāmā
savvesim jiviyam piyam
15. ibid.I, 6.1.9-10:
samti pāņā amdha tamamsi viyahiya
tameva saim asaim atiacca uccavayaphase padisamvedemti