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FIVE GEMS
Discussing about the faults in observing the minor-vows (anuvrats) of truth, Bhagavan Mahavir has said that a person who refuses to return a thing entrusted to him or makes false excuses, breaks the anuvrat of truth. Because it is violation of trust or deception. The person who is deceived gets agitated and sad. He burns with animosity and vengeance. It promotes violence.
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Five Gems is the story of a merchant who became a millionaire by misusing the property of a poor Brahmin, entrusted to him. On the strength of his goodwill of honesty he deprived the trusting Brahmin of five invaluable gems. Deeply hurt by this violation of trust, the Brahmin died and reincarnated as a snake; it took its revenge by I killing young and newly wedded sons of the merchant.
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Seeing the Soul and Consequence of Inflexibility, these two stories have been taken from the Jain Agam-Raj-prashniya Sutra. These were told by Shraman Keshi Kumar to the agnostic king Pradeshi of Shwetambika city in order to inspire him to recognize soul and, understand truth and accept it without any bias. He who is adamant on his prejudices always repents in the end.
All the three stories in this book inspire one to the quest for truth in life.
-Srichand Surana 'Saras'
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