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Ätmasiddhi
conditioning, it is not possible to gain liberation. Merely knowing about liberation would thus be of little avail.
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અથવા મત દર્શન ઘણાં, કહે ઉપાય અનેક; તેમાં મત સાચો કયો, બને ન એહ વિવેક.
IIC 311
Athavä Mat Darshan Ghanän, Kahe Upäy Anek; Temän Mat Sächo Kayo, Bane Na Eh Vivek.
Jain Education International
Or, multiple opinions and schools of thought lay down the path in numerous ways; it is not possible to discern which one of them is right.
Explanation & Discussion:
There are many religions and schools of thought that describe the path of liberation, but they all prescribe it differently. Even within a religion there are various sects holding different views. Some state that acquiring right knowledge is the path of liberation; some believe that it can be gained by renouncing the worldly life. Some hold that austerities lead to the eradication of Karma, and therefore insist
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