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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
Commentary.
Repentance is of two kinds. Practical and real. Practical repentance is to recite some passages with the thought that whatever deeds were done in the past in transgression of a vow may become ineffectual, i e., the demeritorious Karmas as previously bound may be removed. Real repentance is non-attachment to all good or bad Karmas bound in the past, and to be fixed in selfabsorption. The former is good thought-activity which is cause of bondage of meritorious Karmas, while the latter is the soul's own pure thought-activity.
कम्मं जं सुहमसुहं जझिय भावेण वज्झदि भविस्त । तत्तो णियत्तदे जो सो पञ्चक्खाणं हवे चेदा ॥ ३६६ ॥ कर्म यच्छुभमशुभं यस्मिंश्च भावे बध्यते भविष्यत् । तस्मान्निवत्तते यः स प्रत्याख्यानं भवति चेतयिता ॥ ३६६ ॥
396. By whatever thought-activity those Karmas good (or) bad may be bound in the future ; the soul which releases itself from that (thought-activity) is the real renunciation.
Commentary. Renunciation is also of two kinds: (1) practical, (2) real. Practical renunciation is to make vows of renouncing some objects for the future, while real renunciation is to give up all attachment with those thought-activities which are likely to be the cause of bondage of good or bad Karmas in future and to become selfabsorbed.
जं सुहमसुहमुदिएणं संपडिय अणेयवित्थरविसेसं। तं दोसं जो चेददि स खलु आलोयणं चेदा ॥ ३६७॥ यच्छुभमशुभमुदीर्णं सम्प्रति चानेकविस्तरविशेषम् । तं दोषं यश्चेतयते स खल्वालोचनं चेतयिता ॥ ३६७ ॥
397. Whatever good (or) bad operation (of Karmas) of many kinds and degrees takes place in the present time, the soul which realises that (operation as a) defect is real confession.
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