Saman suttam

Author(s): Jinendra Varni
Publisher: Sarva Seva Sangh Prakashan

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SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION
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(138) When an unrighteous deed is committed, whether consciously or unconsciously, one should immediately control oneself so that such an act is not committed again.
(139) A monk who is a courageous driver of the chariot of religion, engrossed in the delight of religion, self-controlled and devoted to celibacy, wanders in the garden of religion.
11. PRECEPTS ON NON-POSSESSIVENESS
(140) Owing to attachment, a person commits violence, tells lies, commits theft, indulges in sex and develops a wish for unlimited hoarding.
(141) A person who hoards even the slightest amount of an animate or inanimate thing or gives consent to some one for hoarding, will not escape from misery.
(142) Whoever frees himself from the instinct of possessiveness, can renounce his possesion. A monk who has nothing of his own has really seen the path (of liberation).