Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 2

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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CHAPTER SEVEN
lack of control of people indulging freely in flesh and wine, frequently obstructing people who have partial selfcontrol, describing the virtues of bad conduct and disparagement of good conduct, and the recital of passions and slight passions existing in others are asravas of good-conductdeluding karmas in general.
Injury to five-sensed beings, many undertakings and possessions, lack of kindness, flesh-eating, resolute hostility, cruel meditation, false-belief, the worst degree of passions, black, dark blue, and gray soul-colors, falsehood, theft, frequent sexual indulgence, and unrestrained senses are asravas of hell-age karma. Teaching of the wrong path, destruction of the right path, thinking of secret things, painful meditation,17 grief, deceit, undertakings and possessions, dark blue and gray soul-color,468 good conduct and vows with transgressions, and partial-vow-suppressing passions are asravas of animal-age karma.
Few undertakings and possessions, innate humility and sincerity, gray and yellow soul-colors, devotion to pious meditation, total-vow-suppressing passions, moderate thought-activity, hospitality,70 worship of gods and gurus, speaking a greeting first, pleasant speech, assertion of pleasant things, and indifference to worldly affairs are asravas of human-age karma. Restraint of love, partialcontrol, involuntary destruction of karma, association with virtuous friends, the custom of listening to dharma, liberality to suitable persons, penance, faith, non-injury to the three-jewels, thought-activity of rose and yellow soulcolors at the time of death, austerities without right-knowledge, self-mortification of fire and water, etc., and hanging, and indistinct tranquillity are asravas of god-age karma.
467 109. See I, n. 8.
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IIO. Leśya. Its 6 varieties are described in detail in Uttar., Chap. 34.
469 110. They are not perfectly observed. Vrata is interpreted as mulagunas and sila as uttaraguņas.
470 112. See I, p. 208.
See Pravac., p. 83a.