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Until you are not dead, wish for quality growth
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Wish for quality growth
Until body is not deceased i.e. not dead, we should incessantly strive to excel ourselves.
Bondage of Attachment
ममत्तं छिंदए ताए, महानागोव्व कंचुयं
A spiritual aspirant should break up the bondage of attachment like the serpent which relinquishes its skin
Relinquish sensuality
कामाणुगिद्धिप्पभवं खु दुक्खं
It can be said with certainty that misery arises due to sensuality.
Renunciation of the world
भवतण्हा लया वुत्ता, भीमा भीमफलोदया
Craving for the world is like the frightful creeper which gives horrible results
Done-Not done
कडं कडेत्ति भासेज्जा, अकडं नो कडेत्ति य
What has been done should be said as done; and what has not been done should be said as not done
Quantity of food intake
माइ असणपाणस्स
Know the quantity of food intake
Liberation (moksha) and freedom (nirvana)
अगुणिस्स नत्थि मोक्खो,
नत्थि अमोक्खस्स निव्वाणं
नत्थि अमोक्खस्स निव्वाणं
Moksha is not attained in absence of attributes and freedom is not attained in absence of moksha
Speak not much
बहुयं मा य आलवे
Do not speak too much
Renunciation of enjoyments
उविच्च भोगा पुरिसं चयन्ति,
दुमं जहा खीणफलं व पक्खी
दुमं जहा खीणफलं व पक्खी
Like birds desert the tree bereft of fruits, enjoyments abandon the man of depleted virtues
Infinite Desires
इच्छा हु आगाससमा अणंतया
Human desires are infinite like an ocean
