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Chapter-1 Comprehension and Abandonment of
Weapon of Injury
Section-2
1.13 alte loe parijunne, dussambohe avijanae. Alicted intend is the world, hapless (poor), difficult to instruct, ignorant. Bhagyam Sutra 13 The query about the nature of the person who indulges in acts of violence has been here answered by the Lord: In this world the afflicted, hapless (poor), difficult to instruct and ignorant person indulges in acts of violence. Alllicted - It means the person suffering from defilements arising from the objects of senses, passions etc. There are two kinds of afflictions: Physical and psychical. One who is in anguish on account of the objects he has failed to obtain or has been deprived of is physically afflicted. The person overwhelmed by anger etc. is psychically afflicted'. Hapless (Poor) – It refers to the person striken with poverty, that is, one having desires which are unfulfilled. Difficult to instruct - One who cannot be enlightened by a thousand and one arguments. Ignorant - One who does not know the truth. A casual chain can be discerned among these concepts. The afflicted becomes the hapless; the hapless is difficult to instruct because of his dull intelligence. One who is difficult to instruct is ignorant because of his being impervious to the knowledge of the truth.
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