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Jaina Acāra : Siddhanta aura Svarūpa
Perversion, intense attachment, negligence, passion and inauspiciousness cause internal possessiveness. In scriptural commentaries fourteen causes have been given. Perversion, attachment, aversion, anger, deceit, avariciousness, fun, liking, disliking, grief, fear, disgust and feeling.
Things in the world are countless and so are the kinds of possessiveness. Haribhadra's nine kinds and Jinabhadragani's ten kinds of external possessiveness are as follows :
Haribhadra's nine kinds are :(1) Fields or open land. (2) Houses, shops etc., (3) Silver coins, ornaments etc.,
Gold and golden ornaments. (5) Diamonds, gems, pearls, emeralds etc. (6) Wheat, rice, green lentil etc., (7) Servants, male and female. Many people domesticate parrots, black
birds singing melodiously, pigeons, peacocks and the like.
They are all bipeds. (8) Quadrupeds like cows, buffaloes etc., (9) Kupya i.e. cloth, cot and other metallic things.
Jinabhadragani i has mentioned ten kinds as follows :
Fields (2) Houses, shops etc., (3) Money (4) Com (5) Collection of straw, wood etc., (6) Family (7) Conveyance. (8) Bed and seat. (9) Servants, male and female. (10) Cloth, cot etc.,
People go on adding to their possessions thinking that they will make him happy. That worldly things can keep you pleased is a mirage. The nearer you reach, the farther seems to be the water. But where is water? It is simply that the rays of the sum fall on sand giving the semblance of water. The world also seems to give you pleasure, but it is never blissful and always transient. The desire to acquire more and more things becomes stronger by leaps and bounds. This is why possessiveness or attachment binds the soul fastest.. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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