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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
to the status of divinity, when those very beings who used to ridicule him fall down at his feet. It will be now evident that those who affect disgust at the sight of a Jaina monk are never likely to attain nirvāṇa, for neglect of the body is an absolutely unavoidable necessity for the pilgrim's progress, and he who has nothing but loathing and disgust for the kind of life which those who are striving to reach the goal lead can never be induced to set his foot on the Path. For the same reason those who object to the nude appearance of the Jaina saint also debar themselves from nirvāņa.
Jain, Champat Rai (1917), “Ratnakarnda-śrāvakāchāra (or The Householder's Dharma)”, p. 7-9.
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