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Samayasāra
Chapter - 8 It is very important that one should not misinterpret the dictum of the scriptures. When transcendentally the pure Self is not the kartā of apratikramana etc., it should not be interpreted then that pratikramana and pratyākhyāna are meaningless for the ascetic, or there is no harm in accepting food infested with the transgression like ādhākarma and auddesika. The ascetic can maintain the unconcernedness and indifference of the pure Self only by the practice of pratikramana and pratyākhyāna, disowning the past impure experiences and rejecting the future occurance of those impure psychic states. If, on the other hand, the Self, by abandoning the spiritual discipline imposed by pratikramana and pratyākhyāna, identifies itself with the past impure emotions and readily commits himself to future similar indulgences, he becomes fully responsible for the defects thereof, and therefore gets bound by corresponding karmas. This case, is therefore analogous to the case where the person accepts the defective and impure food though he is not concerned with the preparation thereof."
(Idi athamo bamdhādhiyāro samatto) [Here ends the eighth chapter on Bamdha (Bondage).]
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1. Samayasära, Eng. Commentary by Prof. A. Chakravarti, p. 178.
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