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Gautama - "Oh sage! The heretics who believe in wrong prescriptions are on the wrong track. The right track has been described by the Jinas. And decidedly this track is the best one".
Kesi "Great monk! What is the island which provides succor and stability to living beings who are flowing in the current of a vast water"?
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Gautama
"Great monk!
There is a vast island. It is widely extended. But the flow of the water is completely helpless here".
Kesi "Wise monk! What is that great island"?
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Gautama "Great monk! For living beings drowning in the flow of old age and death, the isle of religion provides the shelter, and to take shelter on it is good".
Kesi - "In a sea of mighty waves, you are on board a ship which is haphazardly moving across the current. I beg to ask how do you reach the other shore"?
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Gautama "A boat with leaks does not reach the other shore, but a boat without leak reaches the other shore".
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Kesi "What is that boat"?
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Gautama "The body is the boat; the soul is the sailor; the world is the ocean which great sages easily cross through".
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Kesi "Many living beings live in the midst of a great darkness. For these living beings, what serves as the beacon light"?
Gautama - "The sun which has risen is the beacon light for all the living beings".
Kesi "Pray, whom do you call the sun"?
Gautama "One whose attachments are exhausted such a Sun, a Victor, an Omniscient has already risen. He is the beacon light in the whole world".
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