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produce the Suddhopayoga, ultimately leading to liberation. Herein also, he insists more on the purity of the soul than on the outward actions themselves, while the earlier Jainism appears to have laid equal stress on both. The most essential condition of a true monk is to irradicate the four passions which are the main roots of all misery and of this mundane existence. The ethical code of the pious layman is simpler and less strict, as was to be expected. They are to live a life free from all gross crimes and to help their co-religionists to their best ability and help to continue the faith. In fact there's is an ideal life for a man of this world.
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