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SANMATI-TARKA
[III 66, 67
Statement of faults which find place in outward show without serious thinking :-
जह जह बहुस्सुअो सम्मो य सिस्सगणसंपरिवुडो य।। अविणिच्छिो य समए तह तह सिद्वंतपडिणीओ।। ६६ ।। चरणकरणप्पहाणा ससमय-परसमयमुक्कवावारा। चरण-करणस्स सारं णिच्छयसुद्ध ण याणंति ॥ ६ ॥
(66) A man, who is not strong in Šāstric lore, passes as one who is well-versed, becomes the enemy of the Šāstras as much as he is surrounded by the pupils.
(67) Those, who strictly adhere to.rules and regulations and who have left of thinking Jaina and non-Jaina doctrines, are people who do not know the fruit of such rules and regulations with Niscaya-Drsţi (from philosophical point of view).
With reference to those who are fond of degrees and diplomas as well as who have stuck fast to the mud in the form of attachment for pupils and paraphernalia and also with reference to those that are mad after céremonious performances. (Kriyās) leaving aside meditation and thinking, the author says that such people will go on becoming as much inimical to Jainism as they will try to pass on as well. versed people amongst men and go on taking a lead amassing a crowd of pupils around them.
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