Vajrakavach

Author(s): Dharnendrasagar
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Prakashan Mandir

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a cupboard or dig a well with the same tools so also a man may use his mind, body and speech to do good or bad acts.
A man, thus, can do ten good acts or ten bad acts with the help of his body, mind and speech. Those bad acts are stealing, killing, non-believing, lying etc. and the ten good acts are non-possession, loving others, non-violence friendship etc. These good or bad acts may be of body, mind or speech. The Yoga of the Speech
Speech distinguishes man from the animals. Sweet speech is man's inestimable wealth. This speech can give highpost and also burn like fire. Well-used speech can lead to peace of mind while ill-used speech can cause a quarrel or a war. This speech has eight attributes which make it excellent and praiseworthy. Linguists have also classified speech as Para, Pasyanti, Madhyama and Vaikhari. The Vaikhari is thoughtless, reckless speech which is harmful but when it is joined to the highest speech i.e. the Para Speech, and the listener is fully attentive and aware, the purpose will be served with only a few words. The Madhyama speech contains abstanse meanings which are difficult to unravel and hard to understand. Hence this speech is hardly enjoyable and causes misunderstanding.
The Pasyanti speech or discovering speech enlightens the inner mind and picturises the thought correctly. As Soon as you utter the salutation to the Arihant, you instantaneously see
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