Tulsi Prajna 2008 01

Author(s): Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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5.21 je imassa viggahassa ayam khaṇetti mannesī.
Vigilant indeed is the person who identifies the present moment of existence of this body. Bhāśyam Sutra 21
This is the Sūtra of meditation. The person who is in search of the present moment in this body and is cognizant of the pleasurable and painful feelings that arise every moment is capable of self-restraint and vigilance. 18 The word ‘moment' also stands for the inside of the body. 19 The person who perceives the “inside', that is, the internal centre of consciousness is capable of practising self-restraint and vigilance.20 5.22 esa magge āriehim pavedite.
This path of vigilance is expounded by the Jinas.21 5.23 utthie ņo pamāyae.
A person who is awake or disciplined should not fall back
into non-vigilance. Bhagyam Sūtra 23
The peson who is awake to the practice of vigilance shoudl not submit to laxity. A person even though awake can fall back to the state of the unawakened in the absence of necessary enthusiasm and exertion. This instruction, therefore, is very useful. So long as there is the elimination-cum-suppression of the deluding karma, the state of vigilance cannot be steadfast. There is a constant chain of rising and vanishing of the state of vigilance. When a person diving under the surface of the river pushes aside the moss by his hands, he gets a glimpse of the sky, but when his hands rest, the moss gathers up and covers his glimpse of the sky. In this process at the state of vigilance, the elimination-cumsuppression of the deluding karma becomes fruitful, and one may get a glimpse of the self. At the state of non-vigilance the elimination-cumsuppresion becomes fruitless, and the glimpse of the self becomes blurred.
There is concomitance between non-vigilance and fear. “There is fear for the non-vigilant from all quarters," said the Lord.22 Therefore one
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