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Christian Lindtner
He then chose liquor, but by enjoying it he lost his peace in dharma because of intoxication. By killing a goat for the sake of spice he in fact did all the things [he should not have done].
Jambu-jyoti
And thereby he lost his power. When he died he went to hell. Thus it is good for moral people to know that liquor is a source of corruption ! XX. Eight Verses Reprehensive of Copulation
Since copulation is necessarily the result of desire, how then, can one say that it is not a sin? Hence it is prohibited in the sacred texts.
Opponent [objection]: But there is no sin in [copulation] if a man desires a son for the sake of dharma, and if he only is occupied with his own wife [and only engages in this practice] at the suitable time and in a proper way?
Reply: It is inconsistent, for [the prohibition] is not absolute, for [you are only] like one who blames [copulation]. Since [it is said] that one should bathe after having studied the Veda, [copulation] is approved after one has studied.
Since [the text], however, does not say [that copulation is approved of] only after one has performed the ceremony of bathing, therefore the stage of a householder is inferior. Also, at that [stage] such [copulation is practised], so, logically, it is not reasonable to applaud it.
Opponent: The applause [of copulation] just means that it is not a sin -Reply: How can that be? For when one praises it for not being a sin, this implies that it [in other cases and in general] selfevidently is full of sin!
Since the cause of one's engagement in such [copulation, is, as said, desire], and since there is no possibility of having the intention to give it up, therefore it is not good to speak about providing rules in order to justify matters of simple desire.
Jain Education International
The great sages have declared, in the holy scriptures, that such [copulation] is harmful for living beings. And this is because they have understood [copulation to be as dangerous as] going into burning sparks in a tube.
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