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14. Nirjara, which destroys attachment, is considered to be of two kinds, fruitful and fruitless. The multifold Karmas that are collected in the past and are created now, have to be borne in experience. Who emaciates his body by the rays of the sun during summer, passes the rainy season under a tree and bears the frost on his head during winter, he confidently gets rid of the Karnas. Who bears the unbearable weight of penance, wears out his body by fasts and checks irrelevent talk, be shatters all the Karnas. Who controls his mind from wandering outside, that man destroys the Karma in his mind immediately. Who regulates his meals according to the waning and waxing of the moon, who prefers sour gruel for food, who adopts various forms of physical austerities, who bears the twenty-two trials and who foregoes the two kinds of worldly possessions that man performs fruitless Nirjara. Whose Karmas exhaust by themselves, in his case the Narjarā is fruitful. Whichever person, being puro in mind, shatters bis Karma by mind, speech and body, having enjoyed happiness amongst gods, does surely make his abode in salvation.
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15. This universe is divided into three parts. It is fourteen chains ( rajju ) in height. The first ( part ) is the abode of hell in the shapo of an overturned, shallow cup. The second is the abode of animals, which is immeasurable, and is like a bell. It is the animal world. Where the immortals have no self-restraint but have enjoyments, that is the world of the immortals resembling a drum. Above it is the well-known region of perfection where misery is not to be found even for the twinkling of an eye. It is described by the many highly qualified sages as held fast by three circles of winds. As the sun is poised in the sky, even so, this 'world is not supported by any thing. The sky is inactive,what else ? Even so, no person has created the world. Having observed the five great vows, who applies his mind to this idea of the universe, that man, blessed and lucky, enjoys numerous heavenly pleasures.
16. May there arise devotion to the lotus-like feet of lord Jina. May I be born in the family of the faithful endowed with right faith, knowledge and conduct. In every life, may the five vows of the two kinds be mine. May the beautiful teachings of Jina by means of which the essence of existence is known, be available to me. May I have devotion for the ocean-like sages who hold peace, restraint, religious practices and
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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