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vows and is determined to observe them, itself causes bondage of good Karmas. वत्थु पडुच्च तं पुण अज्झवसाणं तु होदि जीवाणं । ण हि वत्थुदो दुवंधो अज्झवसाणेण वंधोति ॥ २७७॥ वस्तु प्रतीत्य यत्पुनरध्यवसानं तु भवति जीवानां । न हि वस्तुतस्तु बंधोऽध्यवसानेन बंधोऽस्ति ॥ २७७ ॥
277. Again, it is with reference to some object that thought-activity relating to a thing is caused in the souls. The bondage is not caused by that thing; the bondage is due to the thought-activity.
Commentary.
If one has renounced all property, and has absolutely no attachment for it, he cannot be bound by Karmas, even if, clothes, utensils, and treasures are near him. Omniscient Arhants are worshipped by Indras, lords of celestials and their Samosarana, the Great Hall of Audience is superbly decorated by extraordinary, superfine jewels, etc., but the Arhants have no bondage beca they have no attachment for these paraphernalia. Here one may question that if only thought-activity is the cause of bondage, why should worldly things be renounced ? The answer is plain. Absence of attachment means renunciation; and absence of renunciation shows attachment. If you do not want even a piece of cloth it cannot attach itself to you. The saying that one must live in the world without any attachment for it, like the lotus in a pond, is often misunderstood, and abused, or used as a pretext, for all indulgence in worldly objects by many a religious impostor.
दुक्खिदसुहिदे जीवे करेमि वंधेमि तह विमोचेमि। जा एसा तुज्झ मदी णिरच्छया सा हु दे मिच्छा ॥ २७८ ॥ दुःखितसुखितान् जीवान् करोमि बध्नामि तथा विमोचयामि । या एषा तव मतिः निरर्थिका सा खलु अहो मिथ्या ॥ २७८॥
278. I cause souls (to be) miserable (or) happy, I bind them or I release them. This thinking of thine has no meaning. Indeed, it is certainly false.
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