Jain Journal 1971 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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the same as the body is well established,...” Then that Kesi, the young monk said thus to the king Pradesi : "Have you Pradesi a wife named Suryakanta ?” “Yes, I have.” “If you, Pradesi, see that queen Suryakanta ... enjoying sensual pleasures with some (other) person, what punishment would you inflict on him ?” “I would, Sir, give him the punishment of his hands being cut off or his feet being cut off, or make him stand on a stake, or get him pierced by a pole, or would deprive him of his life, by a single blow and severe his head from his body." “If that person, Pradesi, would say then this to you: “Sir do not get my hands and feet cut off or deprive me of my life for a moment, till I say this to my friends, caste-people, and near family-members, relatives and servants : 'O Lovable like gods, certainly, having done sinfulacts I experience this kind of calamity; so don't you, O Lovable like gods, also commit such sinful acts ...' will you, Pradesi, hear that persons request ?” “No, such a thing is not possible.” “For what reason ?" “Sir, that person is guilty." "So also Pradesi, your grandfather ... really wishes to come soon to the world of human beings, but he is not able to come here (as he is guilty) ... So, believe, O Pradesi, that the soul is different, the body is different and the soul is not the same as the body.”
Then that king Pradesi said thus to Kesi, the young monk : "This is, Sir, a clever simile and for that reason he is not able to come here again. But, sir, I had a grandmother, in this very Seyaviya town, who was religious and had a religious mode of conduct. She, according to your saying having earned a large amount of merit ... must have been born in some heaven. I was her grandson very dear (and much) loved. So if that grandmother would come to me and say: 'Grandson, verily I was your grandmother, in this very Seyaviya town, religious and with a religious mode of life. Then having earned a large amount of merit, I am born in one of the heavens. So, you also, grandson, become religious. ... Then you by earning a great amount of merit will be born, in one of the heavens ...' I would believe, get convinced and put faith in (that). But as that grandmother has not come to me to say so, it is my firm conviction that the soul is the same as the body, and the soul and the body are not different." Then that Kesi, the young monk, said thus to king Pradesi : "If you, Pradesi, have bathed and given offerings and made auspicious marks and propitiatory rites, and are with a wet garment, and a water jar and a stand for burning incense in hand and about to enter a temple, and at that time, some person, standing in a privy would say thus : 'Sir, come here for a moment will you, O Pradesi, listen to that man's request ?” “No, Sir." "Why?" "Because the place where he stands is filthy.” “So also, Pradesi, your grandmother though desiring to come to the world engrossed in heavenly pleasures is