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Appendices 91 Here are a few more · Pearls from the Springs of Jaina Wisdom' culled by Shri Dulichand Jain from the Jaina Āgamic texts.
“An ideal wife is one who helps the cause of Dharma, is absorbed in Dharma (Saḥ dharma carī tava, refe. “Sīta Kalyāṇam' - Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla Kānda), and shares her husband's pleasure and pain equally (refer contextual Quranic verses, surah IV.)
"May you prosper with the aid of knowledge, faith, conduct, austerity, forbearance and contentment.” Hindu scriptures also advocate such ethical discipline. The Rgveda goes one step further. “Let noble thoughts come to us from all sides”. “Aaḥ no bhadrāh kratavo yantu viśvataḥ'.
“ Human birth is capital: proper utilisation of this capital begets heavenly world, improper utilisation engenders sub-human existence.” Compare Ādi Samkarācārya's Vivekacūdāmaņi (verse 2) and Jayadeva's Bhaja-govinda in this context.
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