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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
one should not take or give 100% guarantee, because the helper does not know the Karma which are going to arise at the moment. Further, it may be noted that this is the chapter on bondage, and through these stanzas Ācārya Kundakunda is explaining to avoid the bondage by not accepting oneself as the 'doer' of tasks of other living beings in a deep sense.
Before going further, it is also to be kept in our mind that when we talk about the death and life then we are in the regime of the relative point of view, whereas from the real point of view there is nothing like death and birth.
It may be noted that almost all philosophers and spiritual masters have advised the masses to help others. The importance of helping others has also been described by Acarya Kundakunda in the scriptures. Even in this chapter in stanza 260 he clearly mentions that the desire and acts of helping others are virtuous Karma (Punya).
The helping attitude is like an accelerator. Without recognizing the value of efforts a person with worldly desires may become lazy and indifferent. The scriptures, in general, do not approve such lazy and irrational persons who have worldly desires but do not want to make efforts. It is a sin to be lazy or nonsincere in discharging one's duty. A doctor who does not believe in making change in other's health does not qualify to work as a doctor. Such a doctor should also not believe in expecting any fee from others, i.e., one cannot say that he believes in stanza 251 in one way and stanza 252 in another way.
But just as a car needs not only accelerator but brakes also, in the same way one should have brakes also in one's notions regarding the limitations of results of helping others. After making sincere efforts, one should be able to accept the outcome that occurs in accordance with the arising Karma of the person concerned. Such an outcome may or may not be in agreement to our expectations, and may provide a point of research for the
