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WHY JAINISM AND BUDDHISM ARE THE SAME? 301
“One who is unmoved by censure and praise, patient, unattached even to his body, has control over senses, has conquered anger and has vanquished the great warrior greed, devoid of affection, and hatred, anxious of getting perfection, always engaged in pursuit of knowledge, for ever stead-fast in passionlessnesssuch (a saint) comes to the court-yard of his home, seeing him, he who has malice through delusion is devoid of conduct. One who equally treats enemy and friend, is unmoved by honour and dishonour, always the same in gain or loss, equally sees a clay-piece and gold, has pure meditation of right belief, engaged in service of Knowledge, well disposed to pursuit of conduct, and anxious of having eternal bliss---such a saint-he who seeing him does not honour him has a wicked conscience. He totally destroys his useful human birth, making it unprofitable.”
LAYMEN CANNOT GET NIRVANA. As long as home life is not abandoned, and saint life is not adopted in order to have pure self concentration, so long one cannot have Nirvåna, cannot end the miseries of the world. This fact is emphasized in the Digambar Jain Scriptures and also in the Buddhistliterature.
“ The Doctrine of the Buddha" by George Grimm.
Page 399. “There is no house-holder whatever, o Vachha, who, not having left off house-hold ties, upon
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