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Caradi jadam jadi niccam, kamalam va jale ņiruvalevo ||
- Pravacanasāra, 3.18. That is. If the spiritual aspirant acts with vigilence, he remains as unsoiled as lotus in water.
Jayam care jayam citṭhe, jayamāse jayaṁ sae | Jayam bhunjanto bhāsanto, pāvakammaṁ na bandhai ||
- Daśavaikālika, 3.18.
Anyone that walks, stands, sits, sleeps, eats and speaks carefully does not incur karmic bondage. That is, any vigilant activity does not result in any karmic bondage.
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Comments In Jainism there is a prescription for doing any activity with care. Here, care means vigilance and discretion. Carelessness or negligence and indiscretion always result in karmic bondage and may result in disastrous situations at times. It must be noted that even the auspicious activites such as works of compassion and service, etc., must also be done with care and discretion. Even these become flawed if done with a desire to earn name and fame.
Ahacca himsa samitassa jā tu, sa davvato hoti na bhāvato u | Bhāveṇa himsā tu asañjatassa, je vāvi satte na sada vadheti || Vṛhatkalpabhāṣya, 3933.
That is, - Even if a violent act is committed by a restrained aspirant it is only material violence and not volitional violence. However, an unrestrained one may not kill but he constantly commits volitional violence. WHEN IS VIOLENCE FLAWED?
Asubhapariņāmaheū jīvābāho tti to mayam himsă |
Jassa u na so nimittam santo vi na tassa sã himsä || - Viseṣāvaśyaka bhāṣya, 767.
Any harm caused to a living being due to inauspicious volition is violence. Where there is no inauspicious volition, there is no violence as such even when there may be physically violent acts. That is, such
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