The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain LiteraturePhyllis Emily Granoff |
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... pleasures first , then the pleasures will leave him first . ' Then the merchant , too , felt disgusted towards worldly pleasures , ' Will they leave me , too , as they left him ? ' So he decided to give them up . So , one gained ...
... pleasures first , then the pleasures will leave him first . ' Then the merchant , too , felt disgusted towards worldly pleasures , ' Will they leave me , too , as they left him ? ' So he decided to give them up . So , one gained ...
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... pleasures . Otherwise I renounce the world right here and now , in this very birth . ” And when her friends heard that vow of hers they told her mother Piyanga- sundari at once . And she told the minister Maisagara . He in turn summoned ...
... pleasures . Otherwise I renounce the world right here and now , in this very birth . ” And when her friends heard that vow of hers they told her mother Piyanga- sundari at once . And she told the minister Maisagara . He in turn summoned ...
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... pleasures of the senses kill you forever . Even the wise man needlessly goes to disasters on account of the sense objects , which give momentary pleasure , but whose essence is astringent at the time of ripeness . Who would partake of ...
... pleasures of the senses kill you forever . Even the wise man needlessly goes to disasters on account of the sense objects , which give momentary pleasure , but whose essence is astringent at the time of ripeness . Who would partake of ...
Contents
Stories from the Avasyaka commentaries Nalini Balbir | 17 |
Stories from the later didactic story collections | 75 |
Friedhelm Hardy | 118 |
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The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jaina Literature Phyllis Granoff Limited preview - 1993 |
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