Lord Mahavira Vol 01

Author(s): S C Rampuria
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati Institute

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Thus Sayeth Lord Mahâvîra
Oh Lord, what doth he obtain by conquering conceit? By conquering conceit, he obtaineth tenderness of feeling, acquireth no more karma productive of conceit and destroyeth the same acquired before.
Oh Lord, what doth he obtain by conquering deceit?
By conquering deceit, he obtaineth sincerity, acquireth no more karma productive of deceit and destroyeth the same acquired before.
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Oh Lord, what doth he obtain by conquering lust?
Be conquering lust, he obtaineth content, acquireth no more karma productive of lust and destroyeth the same acquired before.
Of Difficulties
Difficult it is to give up pleasures and by the fickle these cannot easily be forsaken. But there are the righteous who get over this immense ocean of succession of births like traders getting over the sea.
This body is the ship and ye the sailor, succession of births the ocean which the pious cross.
Understand this, and why not? It is difficult to obtain right understanding afterwards. Days will never return nor is it easy to have a human frame.
To be impartial to all a friend and a foe alike, and not to killthroughout life are indeed difficult.
Not to speak untruth even imperceptibly and to speak truth wholesome are indeed difficult.
To abstain from unchastity after tasting sensual pleasure and to keep a vow, of rigorous sexual abstinence are indeed difficult. Make a gift of the whole universe to one man and he would not be contented. To be contented is indeed difficult.
But it is upto you to be free from bondage.
Of The Way
How can I escape misery of this unstable and mutable world, which is full of suffering?
By purifying all knowledge, by forsaking folly and delusion and by destroying likes and dislikes ye can realise the moksa, which is all bliss.
Verily do they say that Right Knowledge, Right Faith and