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10th Biennial JAINA Convention
desire for acquisition is the only vice or indulgence and hobby which we have cultivated. This conclusive statement does not end here only. The fact is that our craze for acquisition has taken a firm grip on our senses and made us helpless. Now the consequent scenarios manifests as follows:
We want to skip off from violence but in our pursuit of acquisition and in our deep liking for earning, accumulation and preservation, we are willing and mentally prepared to resort to violence.
We abhor falsehood and untruth but for the sheer target of attainment, possession and the consequent security we indulge in lying to unlimited extent.
We are fully aware that theft is a heinous crime but for gaining the objectives of acquisition, we do not prevent ourselves or check our impulses to-indulge in theft.
Immorality, which is the utter degradation of human life, does not find any place in our society. It is to be kept in mind in context of immorality that only physical vulgarity or sensuous behavior or display of amorous intentions does not denote immorality.
If the moral and ethical bonds are broken between the two brothers and the most odd situation of litigation arises between them, it is nothing but immorality. If the barriers of family bound moral values and principles are broken between the father and the son and the mutual bonds of conjugal trust and reliance are shattered between the husband and the wife, then the immorality in it's true form is making it's true appearance. Our fondness for acquisition and the craze for accumulation of wealth are sowing the poisonous seeds of immorality and sins in every home. And this evil phenomenon is occurring daily.
If this self-study process is correct and logical, it is then a matter of concern and a topic for worry. It is only by nursing and tending the desire for acquisition and possession; we are giving automatic entry of the five sins in our life.
Though we reassure ourselves that fancy or fondness of acquisition is no sin, we are unknowingly treading on a wrong path of perverted wisdom and intellect. One renounced scholar has correctly uttered that a man commits violence only for the sake of acquisition. And the vicious chain of falsehood, theft and immorality follows this violence. Therefore it is a firm conclusion beyond doubt that for our craze for acquisition we indulge ourselves, consciously or unconsciously, in so many unlimited activity of sins and vices.
Sang nimittam marei bhanai alikam karejja chorikka, sevai mehun-michham aprimano kunai paawam.
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