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SAMAYSARA
unchaste and to acquire property (inordinately) leads to bondage
of evil karmas
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तहवि य सच्चे दत्ते बभे अपरिगहत्तणे चेव । कीरइ अज्झवसाण ज तेण दु बज्झए पुण्ण ॥ २६४ ॥ Tahavi ya sachche datte bambhe apatigahattene cheva Kirayı ajjhavasanam jam tena du vajjhaye punnam तथापि च सत्ये दत्ते ब्रह्मणि अपरिग्रहत्वे चैव । क्रियतेऽध्यवसान यत्तेन तु बध्यते पुण्यम् ॥ २६४॥
(264)
264 Whereas (the will not to kill ), the will not to lie, not to steal, not to be unchaste and not to acquire property (inordinately) leads to the bondage of good karmas
COMMENTARY
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 realisation 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 ज पुण अज्झवसाण तु होदि जीवाण । यवत्थुदो दु बधो अभवसाणेण बधोत्ति ॥ २६५ ॥
Vatthum padhuchcha jam puna ajjhavasânam tu hodi jivânam Na hi vattudo du bandho ajjhavasanena bandhotthi (265)
वस्तु प्रतीत्य यत्पुनरध्यवसान तु भवति जीवानाम् । न च वस्तुतस्तु बन्धोऽध्यवसानेन बन्धोऽस्ति ॥ २६५ ॥
265 Thought in an empurical Self is always conditioned by an object in the external world Nevertheless it is not that exter
'अवहे सच्चे बसे बम्हे ।
