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and nature of Vairágya
vira to explain him the definition (disgust to worldly enjoyments).
Vairāgya Replying to the request of Lépa Śrésțhi, śramana Bhagavāna Mahăvira, said --O Śrésthin ! Undisturbed Adhyātma (indifference towards worldly enjoyments) indicative of the worthlessness of wordly existence is caused by not getting oneself entangled in so-called pleasures of the senses in this Samsāra which greatly increase wanderings in various conditions of life. Those who do not abandon pleasures of the senses, and who, at the same time, desire to acquire Vairāgya daśā ( a state of indifference to worldly enjoyments), desire to cure a disease without abstaining from unwholesome diet They walk with their eyes directed to the ground out of shame or hypocrisy, but they do not leave off their wicked pursuits, and such defrauders always drag themselves and others, into brutish and hellish lives. Persons, having Samyak Jnāna ( Right Knowledge ) look upon sensual pleasures in their true light and they are not enticed by them, and they also, do not leave off their Vairāgya dasā (state of indifference towards worldly enjoyments !. With attainment of mature knowledge, a condition of utter renunciation for worldly objects is produced in then Such a state exists in the "l'ourth Stage of Spiritual Development
Vairāgya ( indifferenee to worldly enjoyments) is of three kinds viz. (1) Du-khahgarbluta (caused by some worldly calamities) 2. Moha-garbhita (caused by False Belief ) and 3 Jnana-garbhita ( derived from Right Knowledge).
1. Dunkla-garbhita Vairāga--An indifference to worldly enjoyments caused by not acquiring ones most cherished objects such as a wife, a son, a friend, wealth, etc which are thought to be capable of giving happiness or caused by acute pangs of misery arising from the destruction of such clierished objects after their acquisition, is technically called Dulkha-garbhita
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