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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
REASON WHY ATTACHMENT SHOULD BE ABANDONED
Do you close the doors of your house or leave them open when you go to sleep? In the times of Emperor Chandragupta the people used to keep their doors open as no theft was apprehended in his times. And today? You have to close fast your doors with iron lock of six to seven levers. If you do not do so, your room would be deprived of all its contents by morning. You would find nothing in your room in the morning. Bags, bundles of currency notes, and everything would disappear for ever. Attachment amounts to sleeping with doors open. When attachment prevails, thieves in the form of sins would creep in and would deprive you of all your possessions in the form of virtues and
merits.
The field which is not fenced around, which is exposed on all sides, is trespassed by animals passing by. As a result, the owner has to repent and bear unlimited loss. On the contrary, a field which has a thorny fencing, is not encroached upon by any animal and the owner reaps rich crops. Attachment is like a field without fencing in which an animal in the form of sin would creep in and destroy the entire crops of life.
Some of the houses have sign boards with instructions, "No admission without permission". Thus any man on the street cannot enter the house. A man seeking admission must secure permission and then only he is admitted. Non-attachment can be compared with a notice-board of such nature. When such board is hanging at the house of your life, sin cannot enter in.
CONCESSION TO COMMIT SIN IS COMMISSION OF SIN
Commission of sin and concession to commit sin by neglecting one's duty towards one's own self are similar offences. One who infringes law and one who negleets one's duties are equally punished. When the state orders that an adult must offer services to the state for eight hours then the person infringing such order becomes liable for punishment.
Some believe that it is not a moral offence to allow concessions in committing a sin. Then they should be asked how commission of sin amounts to a moral offence. If allowance in committing
