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Jaina Philosophy and Religion
He who is free from attachment, aversion and fear, and as a result who shines forth like burnished gold, purified in fire, him we call a brāhmana.
Holy Ablution
dhamme harae bambhe samtititthe anaile attapasannalese / jahimsi nhảo smalo visuddho sausitibhuo bajahămi dosam //
-Uttarādhyayanasutra, 12.46
The good and righteous conduct is my pond, celibacy my holy bathing place which is not turbid and throughout clear for the soul; there I make ablutions; pure, clean and thoroughly cooled I get rid of hatred (or impurity).
Charity or Donation
jo sahassaṁ sahassānas māse māse gavam dae/ tassāvi samjamo seo adimtassāvi kimcana //
-Uttarādhyayanasūtra, 9.40
A man who gives no alms but controls himself is better than one who gives, every month, thousands and thousands of cows.
True War jo sahassaṁ sahassāņań samgāme dujjae jine / egań jinejja appāņam esa se paramo jao. //
--Uttarādhyayanasūtra, 9.344
A man who conquers nobody but himself is the greater victor than one who conquers thousands and thousands of valiant enemies.
appāņam eva jujjhāhi kim te jujjhena bajjhao / appāņam eva appānam jaittā suhamehae //
--Uttarādhyayanasūtra, 9.35
1. The fourth gathā in the Sahassavagga of Dhammapada, a Buddhist work, is very similar
to this one. Many gāthās of Uttarādhyayanasūtra are found in Dhammapada, with some minor changes; many other statements from the Jaina Āgamas closely resemble those that occur in Dhammapada.
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