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SHRAMAN MAHAVIR
'Sire! The extinguishing of the lamp and the occurrence of darkness are a single event There is no interval between the two'
'Gautam! This is what I assert The moment the lamp of awareness is extinguished, the seat of consciousness is darkengulfed'
'What happens during the moment of awareness, sire? Does it transform the human moral desert ?'
'While the man is in awareness, his seat of consciousness is elated The virtuous latencies come to the fore and the VICIOUS ones consequently are sublimated Thus vicious desert is converted into the virtuous one, changing the latencies that emerge as good or evil actions'
'What happens during the moment of spiritual indolence?"
"During the moments of spiritual indolence the seat of consciousness of man is engulfea in darkness. Simultaneously, the evil latencies come to the fore to transform all the particles of virtuous latencies into Vicious ones This is the conversion of virtuous latencies into vicious ones This is the conversion of moral desert'
'It is a miraculous chain of occurrences, sire How is it made possible?'
'It is very much possible This is here that our capabilities come into play This is the destiny of our dynamic capacity It is inevitable Hence I say keep the flame of awareness burning Permit it not to extinguish for a moment'
