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Means of Self-Realization stress on vairāgya. In this respect his whole life can be an ideal example. He renounced all his kingly pleasures and riches and also his family and adopted a monk's life and practised meditation for more than 12 years and attained supreme bliss, that is, total and final liberation. He has, therefore, called attachment or moha or āsakti as death and hell. 107 He says –
“Esa khalu mohe Esa khalu māre
Esa khalu narae." The same content is stated in a different form in the first verse of the VIII chapter of the Uttarajjhayaņa:
Adhuve asāsayammi sanisārammi dukkhapaurāe / Kini nāma hojja tani kammayani
jenāham doggaini na gacchejjā !! IS It means “In this impermanent and perishable worldly life, there are a number of sufferings. What acts should I perform so that I do not suffer spiritual degeneration (durgari).” The verse suggests thai attachment for the worldly things is harmful for a sudhaka. For developing vairogya, the Jains have prescribed twelve reflections or contemplations. They are as under:
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