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the author of the books he is studying ; neither should one conceal the scriptures from honest enquirers but should always give publicity to them.
May it not be said that the respectful attitudes as described in the above ācāras which have been laid down by the Jaina thinkers as essential to the acquisition of the scriptural knowledge are also indispensable for a person interested in the investigation of any kind of truth?
Firm in faith of the right sort and possessed of correct knowledge about his own self and what is other than it, one becomes competent to lead a truly moral life-a life of right conduct or samyak caritra which yields the mokşa, the blissful final emancipation.
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