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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
www.kobatirth.orgAcharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
( 112 ) 39 sarvi dhama anatma ti yada pašati cachuma tada nivinati dukha eso mago visoubia O
(.19, 3) CE. Dhaminap., 279+ (Maggav., 7) :Sabhe dhiammā unattā ti yadā paññāya passati Atha nibbindati dukklic. esa maggo risuddhiya.
Cf. Udānav., XI. (" The Way"), 7 :
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All created thing; al'e empty (çunyata)'; when one has seen this through knowledge, he is no more afflicted by pain: this is the way to perfect purity."
Notes. Here is another group of verses, three in number,
which inculcate the religious significance and necessity of viewing all created things, in the light of the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence, suffering, and non-identity, as constituting the path to Purity i.e., Nirvana. These verses cannot be traced in the older portions of the Nikāyas, though the views of life which they embody can be ascribe! to the Buddha himself.
It is evident from Buddha's exhortation to his son Rabula' that he wanted to impress upon his son and to others, who were in a similar stage of ignoravce and inexperience, the necessity of constantly being mindful of the three supreme truths or facts of common experience viz., impermanence, suffering and unsubstantiality. Not that he was indulging in a pessimistic vein, but that he was, viewing fact as fact, trying to incite and inspire the thoughtless and indolent to be active and energetic for the attainment of that tranquil and serene state of consciousness which is possible to attain through the effort of human will in this very life. There can be no mistake about this cardinal motive of Buddha's admonition, and he was consistent to the end, as may be judged from his last utterance: “Jawa ilani bhikkhare Twantuyāmi po: ruyadham mā salikhārā appamidean sam pārlctha". (Now I charge you, O bhikkhus : subject to decay are created things, be energetic in the performance of duties). A growing
The Malī. Rakulocidu and tho Culla. Rahularāılı sultas of the Majjhima Nikaya.
* Diglia II, p. 157.
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