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Non-possessiveness of things — The more we

know the eternal Self, lesser is the attachment

towards the temporary things. So, with withdrawal

and extension, availability and non-availability of

things when one is not in the state of mental or

physical agitation, it is called non-possessiveness of

things.

2. Non-possessiveness of people — On the stage of

life, people come, play their role and go away. The

one who knows the reality of this play of life goes

beyond the drama and knows his True Self. A person

living as ‘Jain’ is not obsessed by possession of

people. They live happily in crowd or in seclusion,

since their peace and happiness is no more derived

from material world outside but from the eternal

world of Soul within.

3. Non-possessiveness of thoughts — People with

this state of awareness (as explained above) are

people of all-inclusive mindset. They do not possess

insistence of their thoughts. They understand the

aspect of relativity and respect everyone’s thought in

relative realms. Nobody’s thought can be absolute

because thoughts by nature cannot be absolute. The

only absolute is True Self that is experienced beyond

the state of thoughts.

In this way, the five fundamentals of Jainism is

actually such a way of living that can be the cause of

liberation through this human life. If one lives life in

accord to these principles, they are taking the path of

self-enquiry which finally leads to Self-Realisation.

 Let us not devalue the words of great wisdom

imparted by our enlightened Masters. Let us make

them the way of life and experience the life, beyond

body-mind-intellect, in the boundless existence of Pure

Self.

Watch SRI BEN PRABHU explaining the source

of ignorance through this short video:

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