________________
The Path of Liberation
95
4. Even after listening to the holy scriptures, it is extremely
difficult to cultivate faith in them because many people despite knowing the right path still go astray.
- Utta. Sū. 3.9
5. Even after listening to the holy scriptures and believing
them, it is difficult to tread the path of righteousness because many people have faith in religion but they do not practise it.
– Utta. Sū. 3.10
6. Having born as a human being, believing in religion and
following it meticulously, an ascetic should practise selfrestraint and annihilate the karmas completely.
- Utta. Sū. 3.11
7. He who does not endeavour to tread the path of righteousness in this birth, repents at the time of death.
-- Āva. Ni. 837
8. A person who carelessly wastes human life, which is most
difficult to acquire and which is transient like the flash of lightning, is an unworthy and not a noble person.
- Ava. Ni. 841
9. Ascetics who are always absorbed in the contemplation of
the self and who sincerely pursue knowledge, faith, conduct and humility are superior to others. They are the supreme lotuses of this pond-like universe.
- Sū. Kr. Ni. 156
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
