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The Unknown Pilgrims
that the ātman is the nature of the knower, 46 or the ātman is the knower,47 liberated from doubt and from fear. 48 In an outpouring of purest faith he says:
The one who has tender devotion towards the Three Jewels, the path (which leads) to mokşa, must be regarded as the perfect believer, being confirmed in tender devotion (towards the way].49
The ātman who, mounted on the chariot of knowledge, proceeds on pleasant paths, proclaiming the Jaina teaching, must be regarded as the perfect believer. 50
Belief in the nine-categories: right vision, the sure and certain knowledge of these categories: right knowledge, liberation of the self from all forms of attachment: right conduct, this is certainly the path to Liberation.51
Let one know that jñāna (is to know the Ācāranga
46 evam sammājtthi appāņaṁ munadi jāņagasahăvam
udayaṁ kammavivāgaṁ ca muadi taccarii viyāņamto. SamSa 200; cf. also PSa I, 35: jo jāņadi so ņāņam..."The one who knows [is] knowledge."
47 Cf. SamSa 6.
sammāditthi jivá ņissamkā homti ņibbhayā teņa sattabhayavippamukka jamhā tamhå du ņissaṁkā. SamSa 228.
49 jo kunadi vacchalattam tiņhe sādhūņa mokkhamaggammi
so vacchalabhāvajudo sammăditthi muneyavvo. SamSa 235; vacchala (vätsalya): tenderness, affection, the love of parents for their children.
50 vijjārahamārudho maņorahapahesu bhamai jo cedă
so jiņaņānapahāvi sammādithi muncyavvo. Sam Sa 236.
51 jivādisaddahanam sammattam tesimadhigamo ņāņam
rāgādi pariharanam caranam eso du mokkhapaho. Sam Sa 155.
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| SR No. | 007014 |
| Book Title | Unknown Pilgrims |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | N Shanta |
| Publisher | Sri Satguru Publications Delhi |
| Publication Year | 1997 |
| Total Pages | 820 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 19 MB |