Jijñāsā (Sanskrit: जिज्ञासा) generally means – 'the desire of knowing', 'curiosity', 'inquisitiveness' or 'deliberation (on the nature of)', 'search', 'investigation', 'test' or 'examination'. A strong interest in learning about many different things. Snoopiness is Jasusa: Prying from others. Here Jijnasa: is substituted for the Jasusa:
2 When the subject in question observes higher spiritual practices viz. meditation etc. of the head of mendicants (*ācārya <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/acarya#jainism>*) and other such spiritual practices, he becomes inquisitive about how these practices can be performed, why they are performed in this way? Thus, in such cases his inquisitiveness [i.e., *jijñāsā*] is said to be associated with the desire to know more and more. kṛtye-dhyānādau adhikesvabhūmikāpekṣayā, adhikagateācāryādivartini, jijñāsā'sya “ kathametadeva ”miti <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/miti#history> lālasānvitāabhilāṣātirekayuktā |........... || 46 || When he finds deficiencies in his own practices viz. taking posture for meditation and so on, he regrets painfully. He accuses himself as an imperfect practitioner. He recognizes the difference between his imperfect practices and great personages perfect practices. He does not have jealousy or antipathy for them because he knows that they are more capable than he is. tulye kṛtye vandanādau nijetvātmīye eva vikale kāyotsargakaraṇādinā, santrāso bhavatyātmani “ hā! virādhako'ha ”miti, dveṣavarjito'dhike 'dhikṛ tadṛṣṭisāmarthyāditi || 46 || Hence Brahma surtra starts with the words” ATAHTHO BRAHMA JIGNASA:. KR IRS 28923 On Thu, 28 Sept 2023 at 04:36, Jambunathan Iyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossip, their ears are > open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them. > N Jambunathan Rengarajapuram-Kodambakkam-Chennai-Mob:9176159004 > > *" What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you > become by achieving your goals. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to > a goal, not to people or things "* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZori30q0oFmT1DaYAUK0APg-HhQha8qZo5HZLzOMf8P6Ag%40mail.gmail.com.
