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SAMAYASARA.
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जाव ण पच्चक्खाणं अपडिकमणं च दव्य भावाणं । कुव्वदि आदा ताव दु कत्ता सो होदि णादव्वं ॥ ३०७॥ यावन्न प्रत्याख्यानमप्रतिक्रमणं च द्रव्यभावयोः। करोत्यात्मा तावत्तु कर्ता स भवति ज्ञातव्यः ॥ ३०७॥
307. So long as the soul does not follow external and internal non-renunciation and non-repentance, till then it is the doer. This should be known.
Commentary.
External non-repentance is attachment of a soul to animate and inanimate objects. Internal non-repentance is attachment to impure thoughts. External non-renunciation is attachment to exter. nal objects which he wishes to have in future. Internal non-renunciation is attachment towards impure thoughts which he wishes to entertain and indulge in future. External things are auxiliary causes, internal impure thoughts. Thus, a wrong believer being attached to external objects, is the doer of impure thought-activities, and is subiected to strong bondage of Karmas. A right believer has no attachment to any external or internal object, animate or inanimate. He is quite contented with his own soul's natural happiness, knowledge and power. He thinks neither of the past nor of future enjoyments. He is therefore not subject to bondage of Karmas. Right believers in the 4th and 5th stages have got some regard for past and future things, but they know it as a defect due to partial yow-preventing, or total-vow-preventing passion-Karmas and are always bent upon removing it. The most effective remedy is concentration of mind, which they practise and which helps in the progress of right conduct.
To summarise Bondage is caused by attachment to non-self. It is attachment which causes Karmic molecules to bind the soul. This attachment is due to wrong belief and error-feeding passions. Desire for sensual gratification, and worldly pursuits cause this attachment. He who longs after sense-pleasures is always unsatisfied and suffers miseries of mundane lives. After constant thinking and meditation one can attain right belief. Whatever Karmic bondage a right believer in lower stages incurs, shall certainly be removed in due time; and he will become the self-absorbed Samayasára, the soul-essence.
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