Sannyasa Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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SANNYASA DHARMA
6. indifference to worldly concerns, that is the refraining from the giving of advice on matters temporal ;
and 7. the non-acceptance of invitations for food, except when offered in the form of 'potluck,' so to speak, with all due respect, there and then, at his own door by a pious householder at the time of the morning meal.
Thus trained, the householder in the highest stage of his āśrama is a very different being from what he was when he adopted the right faith. All the worst kinds of passions and emo. tions have been eradicated by him from his heart, and he has now completely withdrawn himself from the world and its various activities to devote himself exclusively to the well-being of his soul. He is now completely rid of both the artha and the kama ideals, and 'dbarına,' which has enabled him to progress thus far, is soon to be replaced with moksha, the fourth and the highest ideal. He is now qualified to apply himself to pure selfcontemplation which is the direct cause of the attainment to divine status and freedom from karmic bondage, so that as soon as he can renounce his sense of attachment to the bit of the loin-strip, he enters sannyāsa and is termed a sädhu (saint). The word sadhu signifies engage. ment on sädhanā, and sādhanä signifies accomplishment, so that the sādhu is he wlio is engaged
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