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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
BOOK II, LECTURE I, LESSON 3.
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out for it; or in the resting-place he may get into mixed company; in the absence of his mind or in his drunkenness he may lust after a woman or a eunuch; approaching the mendicant (they will say):
O long-lived Sramana ! (let us meet) in the garden, or in the sleeping-place, in the night or in the twilight.' Luring him thus by his sensuality (she says):
Let us proceed to enjoy the pleasures of love.' He might go to her, though he knows that it should not be done.
These are the causes to sin, they multiply continuously. Therefore should a well-controlled Nirgrantha not resolve to go to any festival which is preceded or followed by a feast. (2)
A monk or a nun, hearing or being told of some festivity, might hasten there, rejoicing inwardly: "There will be an entertainment, sure enough!' It is impossible to get there from other families alms which are acceptable and given out of respect for the cloth', and to eat the meal. As this would lead to sin, they should not do it? But they should enter there, and getting from other families their alms, should eat their meal. (3)
A monk or a nun, knowing that in a village or a scot-free town, &c. (see I, 7, 6, 9 4), an entertainment will be given, should not resolve to go to that village, &c., for the sake of the entertainment. The Kevalin assigns as the reason herefore: When a man goes to
1 Esiyam vesiyam. The latter word is explained by ragoharanâdiveshâl labdham, what one gets for the sake of one's apparel, the broom, &c.
2 Mâitthânam samphâse, no evam kareggâ, i. e. mâtristhanam samspriset, na evam kuryât: mâtristhâna is somewhere explained karmopadanasthâna.
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