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The Shri Sutra Kritanga Sutra. Those who live by the principles of the Sutra, free from worldly desires, attain the end of all dualities, known as liberation. Those who have not attained liberation, but through their specific practices, are close to liberation, and through the destruction of the four types of karmas, they attain divine knowledge and are on the path to eternal liberation. Who are these people? The Sutra says: Those whose Tirthankara name karma is ripening, who have attained divine knowledge, and who teach the path of liberation, which is based on right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct, for the benefit of all beings, and who themselves follow this path. ||10||
Commentary: Those who disregard the life of non-restraint and live a life of restraint, engaged in virtuous conduct, they end the karmas that obscure knowledge. Or, they are free from worldly desires, engaged in virtuous conduct. They end the ocean of samsara and reach the other shore, where all dualities and suffering cease. They attain liberation. Those who have not attained liberation, through their specific practices, are close to liberation. They destroy the four types of karmas, attain divine knowledge, and are on the path to liberation. Who are these people? The Sutra explains: Those whose Tirthankara name karma is ripening, who have attained divine knowledge, who teach the path of liberation, which is based on right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct, for the benefit of all beings, and who themselves follow this path. They are on the path to liberation.
The teachings are spread among all beings, like water and earth. Those who are free from desires, who have conquered their senses, who are firm in their vows, and who are free from sexual desires, are on the path to liberation. ||11||
Commentary: The Sutra explains the nature of the teachings: The teachings are spread among all beings, like water and earth. Those who are free from desires, who have conquered their senses, who are firm in their vows, and who are free from sexual desires, are on the path to liberation.