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case of laymen who practise partial abstinence and non-abstinence. Let it occur in the non-abstaining layman. But how can it occur in the case of the layman who practises partial abstinence? It can arise in his case also occasionally, as he is influenced or excited by the idea of injury and as he has to safeguard wealth and other possessions. But it does not lead the partial abstainer to the infernal regions on account of the efficacy of his right belief. It does not, however, occur in the case of the ascetic. If it occurs, he is no longer an ascetic, that is he falls from the stage of asceticism.
It has been said that the last two are the causes of liberation. The types, nature, etc. of the first of these are described in the next sutra.
igraag dentara 17 PRIA 13€ | Ajñāpāyavipākasamsthānavicayāya dharmyam (36) 36. The contemplation of objects of revelation, misfortune or calamity, fruition of karmas and the structure of the universe is virtuous concentration.
It is not always possible to ascertain realities such as space by logical analysis, owing to lack of preceptors, keen intelligence, rise of karmas or the intricate nature of reality. Then one believes in such subtle categories as space on the authority of the word of Jina, since the Tirthamkaras do not preach untruth. Or ascertaining reality, the holy person employs logic in bringing home the truth to others in order to propagate the truth revealed by the Lord. The misbelievers like the born-blind are averse to the teachings of the Omniscient Lord, and drift farther and farther away from the right path owing to ignorance. Thus the absence, loss or disappearance of the true path is deliberated upon. Or the self deliberates on how the (vast majority of the) living beings will escape from the cycle of worldly existence caused by wrong faith, knowledge and conduct. The other two terms are self-evident and need no explanation. The ten moral virtues have been explained. Virtuous concentration is that which does not swerve from the ten moral virtues. It is of four kinds based on the fourfold objects contemplated upon. It is attainable by laymen
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