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SERMON ON DETACHMENT FROM THE MUNDANE Wandering in the world I have been bonded by four types of karma matter (particle - paramāņu, division deśa, sub-division pradeśa and aggregate skandha) and through my dispositional attitudes I have collected the eight types of karmic bondage.
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MAHAPRATYAKHYANA PRAKĪRNAKA : 19
In the eternal cycle of worldly existence I have eaten all types of foods made of such matter. Even then I have not been satisfied.
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Due to my greed for food I have been born in numerous hellish births and in numerous ignoble human births.
Due to their greed for food the fishes go to miserable hellish births. Therefore, even the desire for sinful untreated food, on the part of a monk, is not pardonable.
As the fire cannot be satisfied by feeding it with wood and straw, as the salty sea cannot be satiated by the waters of thousands of rivers, so this soul cannot be satisfied by enjoying various types of sensual pleasures.
As the fire cannot be satisfied by feeding it with wood and straw, as the salty sea cannot be satiated by the waters of thousands of rivers, so this soul cannot be satisfied by riches.
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As the hunger of fire cannot be satisfied by feeding it with wood and straw, as the thirst of the salty sea cannot be satiated by drinking the waters of thousands of rivers, so this soul cannot be satisfied by various types of food.
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