Book Title: Sannyasa Dharma
Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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________________ SANNYASA DHARMA doubtful faith. The high degree of vairāgya (renunciation) which the saint has to his credit, to begin with, will generally suffice to counter-balance the disturbances that would otherwise be upbearable. As a matter of fact his craving for self-realization will only make him long for such hardships to triumph over them. As a youth who has acquired proficiency in the art of swordsmanship longs to have an opportunity to display his skill against an enemy, so is the saint ever eager to meet his foe to consummate his victory! He never recalls his past experiences of a luxurious life as a householder, for this would only aid the enemy, and mean his own overthrow. Soon he finds himself armed with such irresistible weapons that no hardship dare stand before him long. He acquires an iron will that nothing can bend. Jt remains to point out that of the twenty-two parişahas only nineteen can be operative at one and the same time, inasmuch as of the cold (No. 3), heat. (No. 4), charya-(No. 9), sitting-(No. 10), and sleeping. (No. 11) parişahas, only two can be in operation at a time, the others being antagonistic nature. It will be noted that the insult (No. 20; and the ajnāni (No. 21) parişahas may be operative at the same time, because they are not opposed to each other as they relate to two different kinds of jnāna (knowledge), the former having reference to intellectual, and the latter to internal, thatis to say, clairvoyant, illumination. All these parişahas are encountered in the lower gunasthānas (stages 101 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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