Sannyasa Dharma

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

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SANNYASA DHARMA
virtues come to abide in the heart that is honest! On the other hand, where deceit and treachery reign virtues cannot dwell there! No one respects a deceiver in this world, and he is dragged forcibly hereafter into some undesirable yoni (rebirth). For this reason one should develop the virtue of honesty in his soul.
IV. EXCELLENT GREEDLESSNESS --Stamping out greed fully, that is to say, not to be affected by the love of gain, is called saucha (greedlessness). Greed has a wide significance here, and is used with reference to desire generally. Whosoever has purified his heart in respect of desire is respected by all, and, in addition, becomes the repository of all great virtues and faith. The heart that is filled with the lust of greed has no room in it for any goodness.
Greed (lobha) is of four kinds :
(i) jivita, the longing to live,
(ii) ārogya, the longing for freedom from disease and ill-health,
(iii) indriya, that the functioning of the senses may not be impaired ; and
(iv) upabhoga, the wish for sense-indulgence.
These are again sub-divided into two classes each, with reference to their subjects, namely, sva (self) and para (not-self, i. e., another). For instance, the desire to live with reference to oneself is svajivita lobhu, and that with reference to another is parajivita
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