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sound (pudgala vibrating) only that give effectiveness to a "mantra"; one's mental activity, and one's life as a whole all go to produce a compound vibration, which can be sent to and felt by a being in the higher realms. The mental state is more important than the vibrations of the sound.
There are a number of worldly disadvantages: you lose and squander your money; you lose sight of your better desires; you lose respect for your spiritual superiors; you lose faith in the scriptures; you cannot perform good actions; you cannot go to the "Deva" state after death, etc., if there is excessive indulgence.
The science of breath teaches that in every activity you have to use the force of breath, which force is measured by the number of breaths spent; and it is the subtle breath, not the ordinary breath, that is now meant.
In the state of concentration, according to the Jain teaching, if you spend four breaths, then in good thoughts you spend six; in sitting in silence, you spend ten; in speaking, twelve; in sleeping, sixteen; in walking, twentytwo; and in sexual intercouse, you spend thirty-six of the subtle breaths. That is the Jain view.
The next thing, therefore, to consider is avoiding or giving up this passion, (1) entirely, and (2) partially. Entire control is adopted by the monks; but the layman, practising the moderate degree of self-control previously mentioned, is not able to avoid it entirely, and so the question arises as to the means he can adopt to avoid this passion as much as possible. The fourth vow is the The fourth vow is in Sanskrit "svadara-santosha, para-dara-viramana." There are two parts here: the Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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