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स्वःमहिनलाल बाठिया स्मात ग्रन्थ
MEANS OF LIBERATION :
From the Jain philosophical position all the four kinds of persons viz., a clever discerning person, one who believes that the self (puruşa or Isvara) is the cause of everything and one who believes that Faith is the cause of everything, adhere is their intellect, will, character, opinions, taste, undertakings and plans and leave their former occupations cannot be accorded as those who have entered the noble path. They can neither return to the worldly life not get over beyond it. But the Aryas as well as Non-Aryas whether they have kinsmen and property or not renounce their various possessions in order to lead a mendicant's life. They should not go on reflecting their pleasant associations with kinsmen and property not they should cherish the painful feelings being disassociated with the former. Since karma is exclusively individual they should understand that they can neither help not save others nor they can harm or destroy others at their will. Having realised that the householders who do not abstain from their five cardinal sins, being instructed by a well-behaved monk who takes food, drink and rest at proper time, who practises ahimsā by means of perfect control over himself, explains the law to all those who intend to listen and preaches it with indifference not for the sake of any material benefit or pleasure but only for the sake of others peace of mind, cessation of passion, Nirvana absolute purity and freedom from bondage. All faithful adherents who exert themselves on the righteous path endowed with all virtues, abstaining from all sins and passions attain Nirvana or the final beatitude.
Ibid., P. 372.
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