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HERITAGE OF LORD MAHAVIRA: Sutra so beautifully groups together as the essence of religion :
धम्मो मंगलमुक्किट्ठमर्हिसा संजमो तवो ।
देवा वि तं नमस्संति जस्स धम्मे सया मणो । “ Religion is the highest of all blessings. It comprises Non-violence, Continence and Austerity. Even the gods salute that person whose mind is always centred in Religion."
Then the Sutra continues with the following classical verses which are, like the above one, amongst those to be daily recited by the monks :
जहा दुम्मस्स पुप्फेसु भमरो आवियइ रसम् । ण य पुप्फ किलामेइ सो अ पीणेइ अप्पयम् ॥ एमेए समणा मुत्ता जै लोए संति साहुणो। विहंगमा व पुप्फेसु दाणभत्तेसणारया ।। वयं च वितिं लब्भामो न य कोइ उवहम्मइ । अहागडेसु रीयंते पुप्फेसु भमरा जहा ॥ महुगारसमा बुद्धा जे भवंति अणिस्सिया।
नाणापिंडरया दंता तेण वुच्चंति साहुणो ॥
“As the bee sucks honey from the blossoms of a tree and gets sated of its thirst without causing pain to the blossom,
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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