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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
BOOK I, LECTURE 6, LESSON 3.
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all that happens to you, you will firmly bear it. Thus I say. (3)
THIRD LESSON.
A sage who is well instructed in the law and leads a life of abstinence, is always a destroyer of the effects of works1. To a mendicant who is little clothed and firm in control, it will not occur (to think): My clothes are torn, I shall beg for (new) clothes; I shall beg for thread; I shall beg for a needle; I shall mend (my clothes); I shall darn them; I shall repair them; I shall put them on; I shall wrap myself in them. (1)
The unclothed one, who excels in this (abstinence), will often be molested by (sharp blades of) grass, by cold, heat, gnats, and mosquitoes. The unclothed one, who effects scarcity (of his wants or of his karman), bears these and various other hardships. He is fit for penance, as has been declared by the Revered One. Understanding this in all respects and with his whole mind, he should perfectly know righteousness. The great heroes (i. e. the Tirthakaras) who for a long time walked
1Âdânam explained as implements which are not requisite for
the law.
2 Akela, literally, unclothed. But it has that meaning only when it is applied to a ginakalpika. A ginakalpika is a monk who wears no clothes and uses the hollow of the hand for an alms-bowl. The only implements he has are the broom (ragoharanam) and the piece of cloth which the monk places before the mouth while speaking, in order to prevent insects from getting into his mouth (mukhavastrika).
3 Kirarâta, literally, long night. Compare dîrgharâtra, which the Bauddhas and Gainas employ in the sense we have given to kirarâtam in the text.
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