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SAMAYASARA.
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Karmic matter for his pleasure; the Karma king gives pleasure bringing objects (to him). Again when that very man does not serve the king for his livelihood, then the king does not give him many kinds of pleasure-bringing objects of enjoyment. In the same manner, the right-believer does not serve Karmic matter for enjoying sense pleasures. Then that Karmic matter does not give (him) many kinds of pleasure-giving objects.
Commentary. A right-believer is not enamoured of the objects of pleasure which come to him. He enjoys them indifferently; and is therefore not subjected to bondage of Karmas. A wrong believer binds Karmas on account of strong indulgence in objects of desire.
When a right-believer finds himself unable to attend to selfrealisation, he begins to perform good actions of worship, service, charity, pursuit of right knowledge, etc., not for the sake of gaining merit and thereby sense-pleasures, but for being saved from falling into performance of bad deeds, and to find opportunities for again attaining self-meditation. His object is self-absorption, while that of a wrong believer is sense-enjoyment. Performance of good deeds without desire result in binding such Karmas as procure a strong body necessary for pure self-concentration. When pleasurebearing Karmas operate and bring about agreeable objects, a right believing wise man does not indulge in them, but allows the operation of good Karmas to pass on. The Karmas then in operation shed off without binding new Karmas. In this way, a right believer sheds a larger number of Karmic molecules.
The pure thought activity obtained in this practice becomes the cause of shedding great many molecules prematurely.
सम्मादिट्ठी जीवा णिस्संका होति णिब्भया तेण । सत्तभयविप्पमुक्का जमा तह्मा दु णिस्संका ॥ २४३॥ . सम्यग्दृष्टयो जीवा निश्शंकाः भवंति निर्भयास्तेन । सप्तभयविप्रमुक्ता यस्मात्तस्मात्तु निश्शंकाः ॥ २४३ ॥ .
243. Because the right believing souls are undoubting (and) thereby fearless. And as they are free from fear of seven kinds, undisturbable.
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