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fault lies in it. And if they practise religion for fulfilling the object of getting food, etc., then they are assuredly sinners. Those who accept monkhood after renouncing worldly pleasures do not have the purpose of obtaining food, etc. For maintenance of the body if someone offers food etc. of his own then they take it, otherwise remain unperturbed and do not become agitated. Further, they practise religion for their own benefit. They have no intention of getting help from others and accept only such help which they have not renounced. If some coreligionist offers some help of his own, he may do so, and if someone does not help then they do not feel distressed. So, this is as it should be. But if one adopts external religious practices with the intention of fulfilling the objective of earning livelihood, etc. and if some other person does not offer help by giving food, etc. then he feels distressed, begs for help, makes other efforts or develops negligence in religious practices, then he is to be known assuredly as a sinner only.
In this way, those who practise religion with temporal purpose are sinners only besides definitely being the false believers.
As stated above, even such followers of Jain religion are also to be known as false believers.
General Conduct of Above-said
Vyavaharaabhasis Religionists Now we deliberate specifically on the religious practices followed by such persons:
There, many Jivas motivated by greed passions, follow religious practices either due to heredity or by seeing others following them; so, they have no religious intention.
If they indulge in adoration (Bhakti) etc. then their attention is somewhere else, the eyes are moving here and there, mouth is busy in chanting invocation, etc. and the head is in the state of salutation, etc. But this is not proper. “Who am I, whose invocation I do, for what purpose I pray, what is the meaning of the hymn, etc.”-thus nothing is known (to Vyavaharaabhasi).
And sometimes he indulges in the adoration even of false gods etc. He does not know the distinctive characteristics of true and false Deva (God), Guru (preceptor monk), Shastra (scripture).
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