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THUS SAYETH LORD MAHAVIRA
-Ganesh Lalwani
Of The Journey
He who starteth on a long journey without provision will come to grief on the way suffering from hunger and thirst.
He who starteth for the next world without observing dharma will come to grief on the way suffering from distress and disease.
He who starteth on a long journey with provision will be happy on the way suffering neither from hunger nor thirst.
He who starteth for the next world observing dharma will be happy on the way carrying little of karma and no suffering.
Whosoever disireth his own well-being should, therefore, cast away anger, conceit, deceit and lust. For these four aggravate sin.
Anger killeth love, conceit humility, deceit amity and lust everything.
By calmness anger is to be won, by meekness conceit, by straightness deceit, and by content lust.
Anger, conceit, deceit and lust these four are faults that defile the soul. An arhat who has conquered them, commits no sin nor causes it to be committed.
Anger and conceit unchecked, deceit and lust growing, these four are the black kasayas that water the roots of rebirth.
Oh Lord, what doth he obtain by conquering anger?
By conquering anger, he obtaineth endurance, acquireth no more karma productive of anger and destroyeth the same acquired before.
* Jain Bhagwan, Calcutta, 1974
