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194 . JAINISM AND BUDDHISM be improved and concentration will arise. Both are the means for concentration.
The Jain scriptures also glorify prajna or selfdiscrimination thus :---
Samayasåra says :-- पण्णाएपित्तव्वो जो चेदा सो अहं तु णिच्छयदो ।
अवसेसा जे भावा ते मज्झे परेत्ति णावा ॥ ७१ ॥ Pannâe ghitta vuo Jo chadâ so aham tu nichchhayado, Avasêså Je bhâvâ te majjhe paretti ná davvá
“ That conscious being which is to be grasped by self-discrimination is I am myself from the real point of view ; all the other conditions are foreign to me--this should be known."
Sâra Saiuchcha ya say's new पज्ञांगना सदासेव्या पुरुषेण सुखावहा । हेयोपादेयतत्वशा या रता सर्व कर्मणी ।। ७५ ।। Prajná nganâ sada sevya pursend sukhá vahá, Heyôpå deya tattvajna ya rata sarva karmani.
"The Maiden of self-discrimination, which is always obedient in knowing the adoptable and the rejectable principle in all the actions and is blissful, should always be served by a man.”
FOUR MEDITATIONS. The Buddhist literature speaks highly of the four meditationis :-maitre or friendship, pramôda or delight, kârunya or compassion, Upêksa or madhyastha or indifferetice.
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