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Lord Mahāvira and His Times
comply with it, study it, and understand it, have obtained perfection, enlightenment, deliverance and final beatitude. He has dealt with the following subjects :1
1. Longing for liberation (Samvega) .
By longing for liberation, the soul obtains an intense desire for the Law. Impelled by an intense desire for the Law, he quickly arrives at an increased longing for liberation. He destroys anger, pride, deceit and greed. He becomes possessed of right faith and by the purity of faith, he will reach perfection after one birth.
2. Disregard of worldly objects (Nirveda)
By disregarding worldly objects, the soul quickly feels disgust for pleasures enjoyed by men, gods and animals. He becomes indifferent to all objects and ceases thereby to engage himself in any undertaking, with the result that he enters the road to perfection.
3. Desire for the Law (Dharmasraddha)
Through his desire for the Law, the soul becomes indifferent to pleasures. He abandons the life of householders and as a houseless monk, he puts an end to all sufferings, mental and physical. : 4. Obedience to the Co-religionists (Gurusādharmikaíuérī
shaņā)
Through obedience to them, the soul obtains discipline. Through discipline and avoidance of misconduct, he avoids being born as a denizen of hell; through his devotion to the Guru, he obtains truth as a good man and gains perfection and beatitude.
5. Confession of sins before Guru ( Alokana)
By this act, the soul gets rid of the thorns of deceit, wrong belief, etc. Hc obtains simplicity and annihilates Karma. . 6. Repenting of one's sins to oneself (Ninda)
By this act, the soul obtains repentance, and becoming indifferent by repentance, he prepares for himsclf an ascending
1. Utlarā, XXIX.
