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sensuous pleasures, body, son, wealth, etc. and remains disinterested in religion. By describing the sensuous pleasures to be the cause of death, afflictions, etc., the feeling of detachment is aroused in them. By describing the body, etc. to be impure, the disgust passion is aroused there; by describing the sons, etc. to be the partaker of wealth, etc., aversion is aroused in them and by describing wealth, etc. to be the cause of death, afflictions, etc., the feeling of disliking is aroused in them. By adopting such different means, the intense attachment in the sensuous objects is destroyed and they are encouraged to give up sinful acts and start following religious practices. Further, by chanting the name (of supreme souls), invocation, worship, charity, chastity, etc., the afflictions of poverty, etc, get finished in this world and son, wealth, etc. are attained — through such descriptions, greed passion is aroused and Jivas are encouraged to follow religious practices. Similarly, one should know other examples.
Here lies a question as to what is the purpose of arousing one type of passion by discouraging to give up another type of passion?
Answer: Severe cold (typhus) and fever both are diseases. But if the physician diagnoses that someone is dieing due to severe cold (typhus) then he makes effort to develop fever in him and after the fever has developed, if the chance of his surviving be there, then afterwards he tries to eradicate the fever also. Similarly, all passions are worth giving up but knowing that some Jivas are indulging in sinful acts due to passional feelings, the true preceptors try to arouse such passions in them which encourages them to follow virtuous acts. Later on, if it is found that such persons have developed religious instincts, then they encourage them to uproot the passions. Such is the purpose.
Further, in Charanaanuyoga, through different reasonings, descriptions are made in such a manner that the Jivas are encouraged to follow religion by quitting sinful acts. The true preceptors explain through worldly illustrations, logic, examples, judiciously; and sometimes they quote examples from other religions also. As in Suktamuktavali the goddess Laxmi is described to be an inhabitant
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