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THE PATH OF NIRVANA OR LIBERATION 157
Note.--In the Jain scripture vowlessness is said to be the second cause of subjective inflow and its checking i.e., by following five vows of non-injury, etc. Here in the above statement restraint of five senses and mind is said to check vowlessness. So it is quite right, because restraint of these six senses leads to noncommission of the five sins viz., injury etc., due to lust and sense-gratification and thus the five vows of noninjury, etc. are actually observed. He who has full control over his senses, mind, and thought will never injure any one, nor speak untruth, not steal anything, not act unchastefully, nor have attachment for possessions. The same idea has been expressed by the Jain Saint Sri Umaswami.in his Tattwartha Sutra, 6th Chapter :
इन्द्रियकषायाबतक्रियाः पञ्चचतुः पञ्चपञ्चविंशतिसंख्याः पूर्वस्य भेदाः.
Indriya kașâyâ vrata kriyâ pancha chatuh pancha pancha vinsatisankhya pûrvasya bhedah, vi, 5.
“Five senses, four passions, five kinds of vowlessness and twenty-five kinds of activity are the kinds of worldly' asrava'.”
Note.---Here five senses have been said to be the main causes of anger, vowlessness, etc. When senses are controlled, every other sin is restrained.
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