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THE JAINA GAZETTE be greatly harmful to others. A little gain to himself may cause a great loss to others. But sometimes stating facts may amount to falsehood when those facts are liable to lead to murders or loss to others. For instance a cow is running in some direction and a butcher is pursuing her with sword in his hand to kill her and comes in contact with you and asks you in what direction the cow has gone away. If you tell the truth and tell him the direction in which the cow had gone, the butcher is sure to find her out and kill her, but if you tell some other direction, then you speak a lie. Under such and similar circumstances a wise man should keep silence and give no reply even if there be danger to his own life. Hence a man who wishes to raise his soul should speak things which are true and beneficial to others but not things which are harmful to others.
The fifth quality of soul is Saucha or cleanliness. Cleanliness may be of two kinds, viz. cleanliness of soul and of body. But as we are now dealing with qualities of soul, I shall try to explain what cleanliness of soul means. Soul becomes dirty on account of greed. Greediness is the root of all sins. A greedy man always seeks to plunder other's wealth by dishonest means such as bribery, theft etc. He is always after other person's women and usurps others, property.
A man may always keep his body clean, but if his soul is unclean, in other words if he has no respect for honesty, he will never get liberation. This body is never clean and is full of dirty things, called seven dhalus. However much one may wash his body and decorate it with beautiful clothes and ornaments, if his soul is unclean, his outward cleanliness will be of no help in crossing this ocean of samsar (transmigratory state of souls). But munis whose outward bodies may sometimes look dirty, but whose souls are clean, attain liberation very easily. Hence a man should always look to the cleanliness of his soul along with the cleanliness of his body.
The sixth quality of soul is Samyam or control of senses. Samyam means to keep the five senses within their bounds and to keep full control over one's mind. When those who become slaves
even to one organ of sense suffer much, what to say of those Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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