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41V
THE WAY OF LIFE
What shall I tell you ? Do not disgrace the Dharma expounded by Paramatma Jineshwardev. If you do so, you cannot be called Jains. You cannot even be called human beings. No one can be a Jain without kindness and compassion. Noble men experience sorrow at the sight of the sorrow of others.
SORROWFUL PEOPLE ARE OF TWO KINDS
Sorrowful people are of two kinds in this world. Dravyaduhkhis (those who are sorrowful owing to the absence of merit) and Bhavaduhkhis (those whose Mohaniya Karma has not been suppressed).
Dravyadunkhis are those whose sorrow is caused by the absence of merit. Bhavaduhkhis are people whose sorrow is caused by the absence of the means to suppress their Mohaniya Karma. Have you understood this point ? Understand it thoroughly. Punyakarma or merit is of forty two kinds. All the physical and materialistic pleasures are the productions of those forty-two kinds of merits. You are now in the state of human existence. You have Ayushya, (the span of human life) and you are said to belong to a high level of existence. If you have a healthy body, if your five senses are perfect; if you have an attractive appearance; if your voice is sweet; if you are popular; if others respect your words; if you are famous, if your body has a sweet fragrance; if your gait is like that of a swan; if you have wealth and if you have a happy family, you must think that you enjoy all these things on account of the effect of punya or merit. Those who do not possess merit do not have these pleasures. On the other hand they have lots of sorrows. Such people are called Dravyaduhkhis. Dravya here does not mean money but it means external materialistic pleasures.
Those who do not have the means to suppress their Mohaniya Karma (the Karma that causes infatuation) are said to be Bhavaduhkhis. On account of the effect of this sinful Karma, man's mind becomes polluted. Such people will not have faith in beneficent gods, preceptors and Dharma. Not only this; they worship inauspicious deities decreasing them auspici
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