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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
“O Lord, let my soul always have friendship towards all the beings, delight towards the qualified, compassion towards the afflicted and indifference towards those perversely inclined.”
The above statements will clearly shows that the eight-fold path of Nirvana in Buddhism quite agrees with the three-fold path of Nirvana in Jainism. Both Jainism and Buddhism believe that one can attain Nirvana by one's own efforts ; never can it be given. through compassion by any personal God.
Both the religions lay stress on self-discrimination. Both strongly recommend the giving up of affection, hatred, delusion. Both say that Nirvana is realizable. Both lay stress on the control of the five senses and the mind. Both teach relinquishing injury, false-hood, theft, unchastity and desire.
Both declare that mind, body and speech must be kept free from harmful actions and they should be applied to those useful means which result in procuring Nirvana.
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