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comprehension of the latter. The present sutra, therefore, does not repeat the content of sutra7.
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The ascetic who has comprehended and avoided these violent indulgences in karma in his life is indeed an ascetic who has realise the essence of comprehension and abandonment. Thus I say.
jassete logamsi kamma-samārambhā parinṇāya bhavamti, se hu muņi parinnäya-kamme.―tti bemi.
Bhāsyam Sutra 12
The word 'karma' has different connotations. But here it stands for 'action'. The person who has given up all kinds of violent actions is an ascetic who has comprehended the nature of karma. In Gītā, "one whose all actions are sans desires and aspirations, and whose all actions are burnt up by the fire of knowledge, is called a pandita (learned) by the wise ones"."7
The view of Lord Mahāvīra, in this connection, can be formulated thus: alongwith the reduction in the intensity of passions, the karma is proportionately purified and inhibited. The freedom from desire is due to the intensity of passions.
Muni (ascetic)- The word muni connotes wisdom and knowledge. A muniis so called because he knows, munei the world as it was, is and will be in the past, present and future."
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The comprehender of karma A wise person abstains from violent worldly activities by knowing their results. This is the reason why such person is designated as the comprehender of karma. The curni has clearly said that the person who has comprehended the karma has abstained from it by realising its nature." 49
Thus I say
The Lord thus spoke to his principal disciples, or Sudharma addressed his disciple Jambu thus: "Whatever was experienced by me is being uttered for the well-being of all people".
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Susrutasamhita, sarirasthana 2.57
bhävitaḥ pūrvadehesu, satatam sastrabuddhayaḥ, bhavanti sattvabhūyiṣṭhah, purvajätismarah naraḥ.
2. Acaranga Niryukti, gatha 66.
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5. Acaränga Niryukti, gatha 66.
Angasuttāņi II, Bhagavai, 14.77. Acaränga Vṛtti, patra 20.
Acaranga Curņi, p.13. Uttarajjhayaṇāņi, 9.1.
तुलसी प्रज्ञा जनवरी-मार्च, 2002
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