Comparative Study of Jainism and Buddhism

SR No.: 001598
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shitalprasad
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1974
Total Pages: 350
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy
File Size: 15 MB

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NIRVANA, MOKSHA OR LIBERATION
sublime one (Page 57.)
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is lived for the extinction of craving."
In Majjhima Nikaya Bhaya Bhairava Sutta 4th, in the Pali language, we find that Goutam Buddha has shown how he advanced himself and then declared that Nirvana is not extinction, but is a blissful condition. The Pali text is:
*" So eram samâhite chitte pari-suddhe pariyodâte anangame vigatupakkilese mudubhute kammaniye thite ânijjapatte àsavânâm khaya nanaya chittam abhininnamesim so :-iyam dukkhanti yatha bhutam abhannasim...ayam dukkhasamuda yoti yathabhutam abhannasim, ayam dukkha nirodho ti yathabhutam abhannasim, ayam dukkha-nirodha-gamini patipada ti yathabhutam abhannasim; ime âsava ti yathabhutam abhannasim, ayam úsava-samuda yoti yathabhutam
" सो एवं समाहिते चित्ते परिसुद्धे परियोदाते अनंगमे विगतूपक्किलेसे मुदुभूते कम्मनिये थिते अनिज पत्ते आसवानां खय णाणाय चित्तं अभिनिन्नमेसि सो... इयं दुक्खांति यधाभूतं अभण्णासिं-अयं दुक्खसमुदयोति यथाभूतं अभण्णासि... अयं दुख्खनिरोधोतियथाभूतं अभण्णासिं, अयं दुख्खनिरोधगामिनी पटिपदातियथाभूतं अभण्णासि, इमे आसवाति यथाभूतं अभण्णासिं, अयं आसब समुदयोति यथाभूतं अभण्णासिं, अयं आसव निरोधोति यथाभूतं अभण्णासिं, अयं आसव निरोधगामिनी पटिपदाति यथाभूतं अभण्णासिं, तस्समे एव जानतो एवं परसतो कामासवापि वित्तं विमुच्चि विमुत्तस्मिं विमुक्तं इति