Vajrakavach

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

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the sake of Truth. Bhima's luster sprang from the truth and continence. The scriptures call truth as God. Truth is the God as per the same story of Satyanarayana.
Truth is the essence of the universe. The Sthanangasutra, in its forth chapter, points out four aspects of the truth: purity of boudy, purity of speech, purity of thoughts and unity of body, speech and thought.
Truth has practical value too. It breeds confidence. Lack of confidence results falsehood. Thus truth helps you get on with the world.
Falsehood is twofold: deliberate or accidental and emotional. If you tell lies knowingly or unknowingly, it is the falsehood of the first type. But when you think of insentient things as your own, you practise the second type of falsehood.
Language is fourfold: True, False, Mixed and worldly. One must speak the truth day to day language and shun the mixed and the false language. For, untruth cannot be atoned or rectified later. Once a lie is told it breeds distrust.
. Falsehood may take four forms: concenling the truth; misrepresenting; lying and sinful words. The last type includes lush, cruel and harmful utterances. Transgressions of Truth
Transgressions of truth are making rash statements or allegations; imputation of motives or
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