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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
अण्णाणमया भावा अण्णा गणो बहुविहा वि जायंते । पाणिस्स दु गाणमया सव्वे भावा तहा होंति ॥ १३६ ॥
कनकमयाद्भावाज्जायंते कुंडलादयो भाषाः ।
अयोमयास्तु अयोमयात् यथा जायंते तु कटकादयः ॥ १३८ ॥ अज्ञानमयाद्भावादज्ञानिनो बहुविधा अपि जायते । ज्ञानिनस्तु ज्ञानमयाः सर्वे भावास्तथा भवंति ॥ १३६ ॥
138-139. As from a golden material, ear-rings and similar things are made, and from an iron matter only bracelets, etc., (of iron) are produced. Similarly in the perverse soul, many kinds of thought-activities full of wrong knowledge are produced and in the soul with (right) knowledge, all the thought-activities are full of (right) knowledge.
Commentary.
All actions are dependent upon their primary causes. Articles made from gold cannot be other than gold, while those of iron cannot be transformed into any other matter than iron. Similarly all thought activities of a right-believer are right, while those of a wrong-believer are wrong. Even austerities and good charitable actions and calmness of mind in a wrong believer are not in the right directions. His aim is not to get liberation from Karmic bondage and to attain infinite bliss natural to the soul, but to acquire different objects of sense enjoyments, and worldly fame here or hereafter. In the same way, a layman with right belief may perform duties of a ruler, lead armies, earn money by trade, engage in arts, agriculture and other industries, and yet his thoughtactivities cannot be called wrong, because they are based upon right belief of his own true self and he knows that his layman duties are due to operation of passion and other Karmas which he knows to be his enemies. He must have just cause for all his worldly pursuits; therefore his all thought-forms are right.
मिच्छत्तस्सदु उदयो जं जीवाणं अतच्चसदहणं ।
असं मस्त दु उदओ जं जीवाणं अविरदत्तं ॥ १४० ॥
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