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Q. VII.9.8
A.VII.9.8
What are the calamities and insults caused in this life and future lives by possessiveness / possessions? A person obsessed with possessions attracts thieves. He undergoes lot of misery in amassing possessions and still he does not feel contented. People insult him by calling him a greedy person. In future life, he takes inauspicious birth.
Q.VII.9.9
A person with possessions gets respect in this world. He is made the leader even in religious activities. Then why is it possessions) called a
sin?
A. VII.9.9
The principal cause of all sins can be said as possessions. A person with lot of possessions does not get respect, though he may get worldly status temporarily. The person who gives up possessions i.e. one with disposition of charity of all the four types earns the respect in this world.
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ng[kep ok VII.10 Duh kameva v
VFk% Meaning:
vFkok fgd kfnd ng[k gh gS & ,sh Akkouk dj uh pkfg, A Or sufferings only (result from injury etc.).
Q.VII.10.1 A. VII.10.1
What happens by committing the five sins like violence etc? Only sufferings result from violence etc.
uffering
Q.VII.10.2 A.VII.10.2
sufferi nature crering
Why are these sins called as the cause of suffering? By committing these five sins; influx of suffering feeling (As t vedan ya) karmas takes place which by their very nature cause suffering on their rise. Thus committing these sins result in suffering only.
Q. VII.10.3 A. VII.10.3
What happens with sinful disposition? Sinful disposition first suppresses the internal voice of the soul resulting in obscuring the nature of the soul. Thus only sufferings result.
Q. VII. 10.4
A.VII.10.4
Indulging in sensual pleasures and the riches result in happiness. Then why are they said to result in suffering? Happiness is not in the objects of sensual pleasures. Ignorant people assume this to be true (which is a big mistake). The person gets besieged by sensual pleasures which by themselves are the causes of misery and suffering. For example scratching gives relief from misery at that instant but results in more fierce itch or scabies later.
Q. VII. 10.5 A.VII.10.5
Amassing wealth gives pleasure. Then why is it called suffering? A wealthy person, like a bird with a piece of meat is bitten by other birds continuously is tormented from all sides and feels suffering / misery's all over.
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