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5. Desire
Mahavira & Conquest of Passions / 57
The more you get, the more you want.
Desire increases with every gain.
Just as acrane is produced from an egg and an egg from arcane, so delusion springs from desire and desire from delusion.
If there were numberless mountains of gold and silver as big as Mount Kailasa, they would not satisfy an avaricious man; for avarice is boundless like the sky. All the wealth of the world will also not satisfy a greedy
man.
Influenced by greed, a person resorts to untruth.
Greed which sticks to the soul like a permanent dye on cloth drags the soul to hell.
Do not be perturbed if you are unable to get expected profits.
By conquering greed, contentment is achieved.
A person who is always greedy connot obtain happiness.
Lord Mahavira says-One who desires welfare of himself should renounce desire.
