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the higher stage, to expand the potentiality, to evince the quality and to educe piety, purity and holiness in him. Any human not enchancing his own faculty of virtue like these, may become demon-like. If this kind of growth of personality is not maintained, the human cannot continue to remain even as a real human-being. The mind if not put in good duity, it necessarily indulges into evilness, as it cannot remain inactive. The cycie-rider must advance on, and on lest the fall is certain. It holds good in the principle of human advancement. So to avoid the evil, the mind must embrace piety.
The human mind and the individual faculty are powerful enough to undertake the evergrowing recourse of life to sustain and maintain the progress of evolution. In this course, the Self very naturally develops its vigour is accomplish the goal of its purification to the infinity. This course of life knows no stop, and responds no break, alike the wheel of chronology. If it does not shoot up by way of sublimation, varily it agitates the hidden passions. To the effect the person falls victim to vices like addiction, regimentation, mechanization etc., like the beasts in the world of creatures. The recourse resorted by a Jain adverbs to embrace the line of vigourous virtues.
By birth man may resemble the base metal. If it is not made stainless it gets spoiled and rusted. It remains blunt it not sharpened and put to continuous use. The human faculties also do not remain sober and balanced it not put its austereness and auspicious work. The motion always runs on obverse or reverse. There is no third course. So to avoid reverse position, one must keep on moving up and on. Only hard working does not solve the problem. One has to strain while digging or climbing. But the former confines entrenchment and the latter elevates to the summit. Knowing the significance of the rising life full well, a Jain prefers to sublimation, purification and perfection of virtues of his soul, even by austerity.
Base of Distinction
Biological life alone is not covetable for a Jain, even though he has to look after physical needs. The bio-physic forces must be adhered to for sustaining and improving the healthy disposition of life. The Metabolism should be maintained. One cannot live on without one's body. But for this kind of biological welfare, one is not required to be beastly. While working, fuel is consumed by an engine. But it does not mean that an engine is to be kept running for consumption only. The bio-physical working also needs consumption beyond doubt. Even than a wise person should not live like an engine. On the other hand he has to be very expert-engineer to achieve his personal welfare by operating the machanical forces, so as to get his purpose served. Just as engine is not deviced for the sake of engine, the biological system should not be cared for its own sake only. It ought to serve or be made to serve the human cause of the Master
Whether to become a slave or to earn the mastery over the forces of the body, is the factor that distinguishes the route of life. A Jain does master his life and gets his religious and spiritual purpose served, instead of being a victim to it. He governs and regulates his life towards the fulfilment of his spiritual aim.He established deliberate discipline of his activities in the life. The purpose of life may be wholesome or otherwise, just as the case of machine or instrument. Exactly at this juncture, there crops up the so-called Guardian Knot which should be considered very difficult to solve or ever remaining unsolved or solved to the otherwise effect or worked out purposelessly or reacted upon, to bring to desired efficacy. They happen to advert to variety of ways, producing diversity in the walks of life.
Just as there happen to be cross roads, side roads, diversions or footprints, scattered away or along the highway, there are differant traits and tenets come across the life-route. They bring forth the diversity in the coures of life and in the life-philosophy. The wanton life cares no discipline leading towards some decided goal. Some ignorants follow any path they came across around. They have no power of faculty discriminate wrong from right. Some lacking self-awareness embrace superstitious passively. Some
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