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Gātha 13
When right faith (samyagdarśana) arises on listening to...
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Gātha 11
Such right faith (samyagdarśana) is also of ten...
Note 1:
Explanatory note:
The three kinds of follies (mūḍhatā) that a householder with right faith must assiduously guard against are:
1) folly relating to worldly customs (lokamūḍhatā),
2) folly relating to deities...Read more
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For the eighteen imperfections see
‘Saṁvara [part 4183]’ gātha 1, note 2 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3756224724435764/?comment_id=3756231631101740.
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Gātha 9
All living beings wish for early attainment of real...
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Gātha 8
It is well-known that demerit (pāpa) begets suffering and...
Note 1:
The soul having the potential to acquire right faith that leads to liberation is called ‘bhāvya’. The subsidential (aupaśamika) and the destructional (kṣāyika) dispositions (bhāva) arise only in case of the potential (bhāvya)...Read more
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Gātha 7
The one who is bhāvya [note 1], i.e., has the potential to...
The soul having the potential to acquire right faith that leads to liberation is called ‘bhāvya’. The subsidential (aupaśamika) and the destructional (kṣāyika) dispositions (bhāva) arise only in case of the potential (bhāvya)...
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Gātha 6
The ‘guru’ or the ‘spiritual...
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Gātha 5
The one who has the wisdom about the reality of...
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Gātha 3
Although what is expounded here may occasionally appear...
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Gātha 2
O soul! As you are extremely scared of misery and long...
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On destruction of the four inimical (ghātī) karmas, the self-dependent ‘svayambhū’ soul of the ‘Arhat’ – the World Teacher – no longer depends on the five senses; it...Read more
Note 1:
Lakṣṁī here refers to the Lord’s internal splendour of omniscience, and external splendours like the heavenly Pavilion (samavasaraṇa) and the divine-voice (divyadhvani).
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Gātha 1
INVOCATION
Having established in my heart...
Lakṣṁī here refers to the Lord’s internal splendour of omniscience, and external splendours like the heavenly Pavilion (samavasaraṇa) and the divine-voice (divyadhvani).
On destruction of the four inimical (ghātī) karmas, the self-dependent ‘svayambhū’ soul of the ‘Arhat’ – the World Teacher – no longer depends on the five senses; it...
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Introducing verse
Just as it is not possible...
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Front Cover:
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‘Ātmānuśāsana’, with commentary by Pt. Todarmal (18-19 century, Vikrama-saṃvat), available in the library of the Digambar Jain Mandir, Jhanda Bazar, Dehradun.
Note 1:
For the eighteen imperfections see
‘Saṁvara [part 4183]’ gātha 1, note 2 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/3756224724435764/?comment_id=3756231631101740.