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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
pride, deceit and greed are expelled only enjoys real peaceful state of soul.
Passions are responsible for the origin of all sorts of disturbances, quarrels and disputes. At some places they arise out of anger at the other places out of pride and still at other places out of deceit or greed. In every kind of dispute or quarrel, bliss-obscuring Karma with any of its varieties is at the root.
Denizens of hell are hammered by very low types of creatures, they are physically cut to pieces, and harassed in various ways. Thus these low creatures can torture a soul in hell for a number of years but not further, but the passions rising from bliss-obscuring Karmas are much lower in nature. They have been creating unrest for soul and vexing them since the beginningless time. Still we are not frightened of these passions nor of the hell-denizens. What is the reason? If you reflect in this matter with patience and peace you will realise the wicked nature of these passions (Kashyas) and thereby you will be prompted to purge them out of your soul. Consequently the passions would be emaciated and extinguished.
Remember once more that these "Passions" arise from Mohaniya Karma or (bliss obscuring Karmas). Very acute (Anantanubandhi) anger, pride, deceit or greed once entertained cannot be expelled soon. They stay on much longer. When they arise, righteousness cannot exist here. If at all it did exist, it would vanish and 'Passions' do not allow righteousness to stay on. If the soul enveloped with passions contracts next birth it would certainly contract the life of a denizen in hell. The soul in a feat of these passions destroys in a moment its 'Pious acts' earned in one crore Purvas. One Purva means 84 lacs x 84 lacs of years (= 70560000000000 x 1000000)
Very acute passions destroy righteousness. So when they dominate, righteousness cannot be earned. "Acute passions" destroy partially virtue (vows, restraint etc.). So when they arise proper conduct of a house-holder is not possible. "Medium passions" destroy right conduct, so when they arise, absence of worldly attachment is not possible.
Nine kinds of sub-passions stimulate the rise of passions. They
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