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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JAIN PERSPECTIVE
"In this world there is nothing so purifying as knowledge. He who is perfected in yoga obtains it in course of time. " - 38
श्रद्धावाँल्लभते ज्ञानं तत्परः संयतेन्द्रियः ।
ज्ञानं लब्धवा परां शान्तिमचिरेणाधिगच्छति ।। ३९ ।। "It is the man of faith, the one who is fully devoted and who has subdued the senses. Having obtained this knowledge he gets "*-39 अज्ञश्चाद्दधानश्च संशयात्मा विनश्यति ।
supreme peace."
नायं लोकोऽस्ति न परो न सुखं संशयात्मनः ॥ ४० ॥
"The ignorant and faithless who is in doubt about self goes to destruction. For such a person there is neither this world nor the other one nor happiness."-40
योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् । आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय
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"Oh. Dhananjaya, actions do not bind him who has renounced all actions by means of
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