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Even while practicing non-attachment (nivrutti), renouncing sensual pleasures (kamabhoga), and even while enduring suffering, one with a false view (mithyadristi) does not attain liberation (siddhi). ||4||
Just as the pupil is the essence of the eye and fragrance is the essence of a flower, so too, Samyaktvam is the essence of all religious practices (dharma karma). ||5||
This Samyaktvam is described as Tattvasraddhan in the teachings of the Jinas (Jinasasana), and the principle "All beings should not be killed" is declared as the essence (tattva) in the scriptures. ||6||
This (ahimsa) is pure dharma (shuddha dharma), and this (shraddhan) is the characteristic of the pure taste (ruchira) of dharma. ||7||
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