The common man flows with the flow of the world, is retrograde, but one who has to be something, to become something, to use spiritual practice, has to be retrograde, to face the flow. Only then he will be able to do spiritual practice of love. Even while living a household life, if a person does sadhna, practices, then he can definitely move forward in the direction of love, development.
The world has neither beginning nor end
Every living being lives in the world. This world has neither beginning nor end. Its tradition is being passed on from time to time. The question may be that who is running the tradition of the world, the tradition of birth and death? Man only looks up. Without seeing the root, there cannot be a permanent solution to the problem. Must hold the original. It was said in the Acharanga Sutra- ‘Aggan cha moolaan cha vigich dheere’. Man should see the front as well as the original. On looking at the origin, it is known that the driving force of this world is attachment. If there is no attachment then even the movement of the world becomes impossible. As long as there is attachment, there is the world. If salvation is a reality, then the world is also a reality. Infinite souls have gone to salvation, infinite will go, even after that infinite souls will remain in the world. A person oriented towards spiritual practice should consider that he has to do spiritual practice of Mohavijay. If Mohavijay does not happen, then the result of sadhna cannot come.
‘Kachan manin kanchanmaksutre, Grathnasi bale!
According to Jain theory, there is no living being, in whose parts the attachment does not merge, the knowledge-enveloping action does not fade away. Opposite things can also co-exist. If there is knowledge in the soul, then there is also ignorance. If there is power, there is also powerlessness. Many things can live together. A girl was threading a necklace. Pieces of glass, pieces of gold and gems were lying in front of him. She was threading all three together. A scholar came out in front of him. Seeing this act of the girl, he started saying – ‘Kachan Mani Kanchanmakesutre, Grathnasi Bale! Tav ko Vivek:. Girl! What kind of conscience is this of yours, who is threading these three together? The girl was also very sharp, she was a scholar, she knew Sanskrit grammar, she said – ‘Pandit sir! What wrong did I do? What crime did you commit? The great grammarian of Sanskrit Panini has also threaded three things in one sutra. ‘Mahamati: Paninirekasutre श्वानं युवानं मद्यवानमह.’ Which three things? Dog, youth and Indra. Where do these three fit in? When even a great scholar like Panini has put these three together in one thread, then what wrong did I do by putting glass, gem and gold in one thread.
There is also an attractive consciousness and a non-attractive consciousness.
It is the rule of this world that many things of opposite religions can live together in it. Within man, there is an attractive consciousness as well as a non-attractive consciousness. Man should be constantly aware that I have to move forward in the practice of Amoh. Our body becomes the medium in doing spiritual practice. Religion can also be worshiped through this body, meditation can also be done, self-study can also be done, penance can also be done, then unrighteousness can also be done through this body, violence can also be done. Can go, lie can also be told and many other sinful acts can be done. The body is a medium. Where, in what form it should be used, it depends on the conscience of the person. One should pay attention to the fact that “as long as my body is capable, I should do maximum and maximum spiritual practice.” Difficulty may arise in doing spiritual practice due to the inability of the body. It is said in Dasvealiya-
Zara jav na peelei, wahi jav na vaddhai.
Javindiya na hianti, Taav Dhamma Samayre.
religion should be practiced
As long as old age does not afflict, diseases do not increase and the senses do not weaken, then one should practice religion. Although religion is doable in every situation, but if special experiments of sadhna have to be done, then the capability of the body is also necessary. It is considered necessary for the body to be special for special sadhna. Not everyone can attain only knowledge. Along with other things, the body should also be strong, it should be fully capable, only then the achievement of Kaivalya can be achieved. When old age comes, the body becomes incapacitated, eyes, ears, nose, hands, feet etc. respond, leave aside special sadhna, even normal sadhna cannot be done properly.
infatuation selfishness
Attachment has more to do with selfishness. If there is no selfishness, sometimes there is no attachment either. In the absence of attachment, the social development of the family, society and country can be blocked. Mutual relationships can be shattered. A sister came to see the saints. Saints said – Sister! Don’t be too attached to children. There was truth in the answer given by the sister. He said – Munishree! Children do not grow up without attachment. When the child gets the love of the mother then only it develops. On the ground of behavior, where attachment also becomes inevitable at some places, on the other hand, on the ground of spirituality, the development of consciousness beyond attachment, consciousness beyond relation is considered necessary.
Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram also became a fool
It has been told in Ramcharitmanas that when Lakshmana died, Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram became so overwhelmed by the love of his younger brother that he carried his brother’s dead body on his shoulders for six months. They believed that Laxman was still alive. With this misconception, sometimes he used to caress Laxman, sometimes he used to feed him. Sometimes the doctor would be called. Vaidya knew that Laxman is dead, now who should be cured? But Shriram was not ready to accept this. It is said, when the deities saw that even great men like Ram had become foolish, disillusioned, then they took the form of a man and came in front of Shri Ram and started trying to make a lotus grow on a stone. When Ram saw this scene, he said – what are you trying to do? How will a lotus grow on a stone? The gods said – Laxman is dead. How can a dead person be alive again? In this way the deities also tried to remove the illusion of Shriram.
powerful remedy to defeat temptation
The most powerful way to defeat attachment is the practice of attachment. As the consciousness of love awakens, love goes away. Through meditation, through practice, through meditation, one can conquer attachment and move one’s soul forward in the direction of detachment.
(Acharya Shree Mahashramanji is the eleventh Acharya of the Jain Shwetambar Terapanth. He was elevated to this position on May 9, 2010 after the Mahaprayan of Acharya Shree Mahapragyaji, the tenth saint of the Terapanth.)
Acharya Shri Mahashramanji
(Eleventh Acharya of Jain Svetambara Terapanth)