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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
“A qualified saint having unthinkable valour, throwing away the net-work of attachment etc. takes shelter in a solitary place for success in self-concentration."
Those who want to arrive at Truth should study the old literature of Jainism and Buddhism. I believe that they will have to conclude that the philosophy of both the systems is one and the same. One who wishes freedom from miseries must follow the eight-fold path of Buddhism or the three-fold path of Jainism. The teaching of both is to be dependent on one's own self, and to practise self-concentration with firm belief and knowledge in order to gain Liberation or Nirvana.
The Jains and the Buddhists should mutually understand each other's literature and be friendly knowing that their philosophies have emanated from one COMMON SOURCE.
Rampau! Press, Sanjeevirayanpet, Madras.
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