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No other kind of austerity can ever bring about liberation. ||159|| The ascetic, through devotion to the Jinas and the desire to uplift the Dharma, accumulates great merit and, being free from all desires, attains liberation. ||160|| The ascetic who does not know that knowledge which burns away karma is the true austerity, how can such a deluded soul attain great liberation? ||161|| The ignorant person destroys karma through austerity over countless lifetimes, while the ascetic endowed with knowledge and austerity destroys it in an instant. ||162||
1. In some versions, the word 'शासनोद्भासनेच्छया' is used instead of 'शासनोद्भासनोत्थया'. Authority: Eighteenth Chapter.
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