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Vairāgya. Even: when a person with this variety :of Vairāgyå obtains his much-desired objects, he soon abandons hız newlycreated feeling of disgust. Whatever such an individual declares by means of groundless arguments, rhetorical composition, a song, metaphor etc, or meditates about, is all caused by nonacquisition of his most cherished object. Persons wit such fraudulent tendencies very often openly say out -"Ah ! There is none, one's own in this Saṁsāra, Cruel Fate soatched away everything that was mine. Death devoured every ore. Fie on this miserable Samsara " The repeatedly say out these things. Their utterances are worthless because they all result from non-accomplishment of their desired object A Vairâgya with such low tendencies, is not a Parmarthic Vairāgya (disgust to worldly enjoyments leading to accomplishment of the Eternal Happiness of Moksa ( Final Emancipation ).
It develops with a large number of living beings in a vari. ety of ways. However, the reason why this low form of Vairāgya is counted upon as a kind of Vairagya is that even from this low form of Vairāgya as the root-source, some fortunate individuals have attained Paramārthika Vairāgya. This is a low form of Vairāgya in itself.
2. Moha-garbhita Vairāgya-This variety of Vairagya is acquired from the reading of the Teachings of Atheists or some kinds of non-believers. Young persons are generally led astray by their preaching of the worthlessness of worldly objects. On account of their interpreting Jiva, A-Jiva, and other excellent categories in a distorted way, their Vairāgya is combined with ignorance resulting from their Infatuation. The Vairagya ( disgust towards worldly objects) of those who propagate their knowledge of the meanings of the Jaina Religion in a distorted way owing to their want of accurate knowledge of the various categories, who maintain their family on their study of the Jaina Siddhāntas, who make a show of their religious knowledge or religious rituals, with the object of concealing their defect although they may
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