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भागमहोचो सनो गेवप्पानं परं बियाणादि ।
प्रविणतो पट्टे सवेद कम्माणि किथ भिक्खू । ३-३३ The Saint who makes no study of scriptures is umable to comprehend the Self and non-Self. Without the knowledge of objects how can the recluse destroy his karmas ?
हि भागमेण सिदि सहहणं जवि वि णत्थि प्रत्थेसु । सहमाणो प्रत्ये प्रसंजदी वा ग णिव्वादि ॥ ३-३७ ॥
One cannot attain liberation merely by the study of scriptures if he is devoid of faith in objects; and if one has faith even then he cannot attain salvation if he is bereft of sense-control.
It is to be noted that a pure soul can attain liberation by little knowledge of scriptures. He need not be a scholar. Life without attachment is an essential factor. In Mulachara it is said:
धीरो बहरमापरी थोवं हि य सिक्खिदूण सिज्झदि हु । सिदि रग्गविहीणो पठिदूण सध्वसस्थाई ॥ ३ ॥ A person with endurance possessed of detachment attains salvation with little learning, on the otherhand one master of all sciences does not achieve liberation in case he is devoid of the virtue of detachment.
Muni Nagasena in his, Tatvanushasan says:
स्वाध्यायाद ध्यानमध्यास्ताम् ध्यानात्स्वाध्याय मामनेत् । ध्यान-स्वाध्याय-संपत्या परमात्मा प्रकाशते ॥ ८ ॥
By the study of scriptures one is able to concentrate his mind and by concentration the capability of study enhances. By the wealth of study and concentration Divinity is revealed.
