Lord Mahavira Vol 01

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

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Lord Mahavira And on account of the following reasons, a soul may be born in the world of animals, viz., practising hypnotism on others, deceiving others by changing one's dress/appearance, speaking false words, diverting one's attention when he is about to be robbed by feigning to be inactive/innocent for a short while, and be cunning. And on account of the following reasons, a soul may be born in the words of men, viz., natural simplicity, natural humility, kindness/compassion and absence of jealousy. And among the divine beings for practising restraint with some attachment, practising part restraint, undergoing pain/strain on account of helplessness and by practising the penance of an imprudent person. Such is the Law.
He continued: Some souls go for hells, and as infernals, They suffer there an immense pain. Some go to the world of animals And suffer physical and mental pain. 1 Some go to the world of human beings And experience disease, old age and death. Some are destined to reach heavenly abodes To command the enormous treasure and happiness great.2 So infernals and those in animals world, Those in the world of men and the divine beings, The perfected souls and those lodged at the crest, Six forms of life are constituted by them. 3 The way in which the souls are bound, The way in which they attain liberation, The way in which they suffer an immense pain, The way they end it through detachment. 4 With a wretched body and a wretched mind, The way in which they attain the depth of the misery, The way they regain detachment, And smash the layers of karma great. 5 The way wrong deeds give results bad, The way a soul, freed from karma, attains liberation. 6
This way (religion) has two facets to observe, one for householders, another for the homeless monk. Given below is the way of a homeless monk.