छंदं निरोहेण उवेइ मोक्खं
Moksha (liberation) is possible through restraining of desires
Restraining the desires
Desires are infinite. Fulfill one and another is born. After that the third and after the third the fourth is born; after the fourth is born the fifth and so these desires are generated one after another. Man is running after fulfillment of them unceasingly and one day breathes his last. Continue reading “Restraining the desires” »
Four followers (sravakas)
चत्तारि समणोवासगा-अद्दागसमाणे,
पडागसमाणे, ठाणुसमाणे, खरकंटगसमाणे
पडागसमाणे, ठाणुसमाणे, खरकंटगसमाणे
Devotees are of four kinds: like a mirror (of pure heart), like a flag (with a fickle mind), like a stump (perverted) and like a thorn (abusive)
Sāmbhaḷajō tumē adbhuta vātō
Bhāva: 3 Varṣanā bālamuni vajrasvāmī nē ēmanā jīvana nī adbhuta kahānī
Sāmbhaḷajō tumē adbhuta vātō,
vayara kunvara munivaranī rē;
Ṣaṭ mahinānā guru jhōḷīmāṁ,
āvē kēli karantā rē,
Traṇa varasanā sādhavī mukhathī,
aṅga agīyāra bhaṇantā rē.
…Sāṁ.1
The Gods – Their Cars – Their Bells their Family – Part 1
In the meantime attended by the gods living in the twenty eight lacs of palaces, aroused by the sound of the bell Mahaghosa, the Lord of the Aisanakalpa, carrying a trident, having a bull as a vehicle, seated in a car Puspaka made by the Abhiyogya Puspaka, descended on the south of Aisanakalpa by an oblique path to Mt. Ratikara in the northeast of Nandisvara and, having contracted his car like the Indra of Saudharma, quickly went before the Blessed One on Mt. Meru with devotion. Sanatkumara, surrounded by gods living in the twelve lacs of palaces, came in the car Sumanas. Continue reading “The Gods – Their Cars – Their Bells their Family – Part 1” »
An opportunity for self improvement
अत्तहियं खु दुहेण लब्भइ
An opportunity for self-improvement is got with difficulty
Age is depleting
सेणे जह वट्टयं हरे, एवं आउखयंमि तुट्टइ
As the hawk kills the quail in one stroke, so also after completion of age, death takes away life
How wicked is the evil word
वाया दुरुत्ताणि दुरुद्धराणि,
वेराणुबंधीणि महब्भयाणि
वेराणुबंधीणि महब्भयाणि
Evil and harshly uttered words cause enmity and fear for ages
Find The Truth Through Experience
अप्पणा सच्चमेसेज्जा
Find the truth yourself
