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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
verse has the words “ Raga renam praśam ayati" means—" subsiding the ashes of affection.”
Note. Here the word 'raga’ shows that affection producing karma is a material like ash.
Part II Vajra Chhedika :
"प्रज्ञापारमितां एतां संकलितवान् सर्वज्ञः भगवान् तां विशतिकाम् वाचयति प्रकाशयति यः एव वज्र छदिकाम् नाम सर्वाणि कर्माणि तथा आवर्णस्य पापानि सम्यक् वज्रः यथा तेन वज्रछेदिका नाम."
“Prajņā pâra mitam etiim sankalita vân-sarvaj. nah bhagawân tâm tri satikâm vâcha yati prakásayati yah eva vajra chhedikâm náma sarvâni karmâni tatha . â varṇasya pâpâni samyak vajra putha tena vajra chhedikâ nâma.''
" This Prajná páramita sutra has been declared by the omniscient lord. It has three hundred verses. He who reads and expresses it, for him its name is assigned “vajra chhedika i.e., it cuts off all the karmas and obscuring demerits like adamant, therefore it is named such.”
Note. This statement very clearly shows that karma is a material thing which obscures and which can be cut and broken.
Fage 289. Apari mitāyuh sutra. It has twenty verses.
“य इदम् अपरिमितायुः सूत्रं लिखिष्यति लिखापियि. ध्यति तस्य पंचान्तरायाणि कर्मावणीनि परिक्षयं गच्छंति."
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