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SAMAYASARA
263. Thus (the will to kill), the will to lie, to steal, to be unchaste and to acquire property (inordinately) leads to bondage of evil karmas.
तहवि य सच्चे दत्ते बंभे अपरिगहत्तणे चेव ।
कीरइ अज्झवसाणं जं तेण दु बज्झए पुण्णं ॥२६४॥ tahavi ya sacce datte bambhe aparigahattane ceva kirai ajjhavasanam jam tena du bajjhae puņņam (264)
तथापि च सत्ये दत्ते ब्रह्मणि अपरिग्रहत्वे चैव ।
क्रियतेऽध्यवसानं यत्तेन तु बध्यते पुण्यम् ॥२६॥ 264. Whereas (the will not to kill), the will not to lie, not to steal, not to be unchaste and not to acquire property (inordi. nately) leads to the bondage of good karmas.
CAMMENTARY The same truth is conveyed by Christ through His teachings when he emphasises the inner purity of heart, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.” This clearly implies that the relisation of the divinity in man is necessarily conditioned by the purity of heart; whereas when the heart is impure, it brings about sin. The following words of Christ make this clear. "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shall not commit adultery, But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." St. Matthew V. 27 & 28.
Next it is pointed out that the objects in the external world can neither be the cause of karmic bondage
वत्थु पडुच्च जं पुण अज्झवसाणं तु होदि जीवाणं ।
ण य वत्थुदो दु बंधो अज्झवसाणेण बंधोत्ति ॥२६५। vatthun paducca jam puna ajjhavasānam iu hodi jivāņam ņa ya vatthudo du baṁdho aj jhavasāreņa bandhotti (265)
वस्तु प्रतीत्य यत्पुनरध्यवसानं तु भवति जीवानाम् ।
न च वस्तुतस्तु बन्धोऽध्यवसानेन बन्धोऽस्ति ॥२६५॥ 265. Through in an empirical Self is always conditioned by an object in the external world. Nevertheless it is not that exter
'अवहे सच्चे दत्ते बंम्हे ।
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