Bhagvana Mahavira

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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are profitable for one who is given to dharma (righteousness).
(Uttarādhyayana, 14/25) 9. Those who are ignorant of the supreme purpose of life
will never be able to attain nirvana (liberation) in spite of their observance of the vratas (vows) and niymas (rules) of religious conduct and practice of Sila (celibacy) and topas (penance).
(Samayasåra, 153) 10. My soul characterised by knowledge and faith is alone
eternal. All other phases of my existence to which I am attached are external occurrences that are transitory.
(Niyamasära, 99)
11. Righteousness consists in complete self-absorption and
in giving up all kinds of passions including attachment. It is the only means of transcending the mundane existence. The Jinas have said so.
(Bhāva-pähuda, 83) 12. Don't kill any living beings. Dont try to rule them.
(Aciranga, 4/23) 13. The essence of all knowledge consists in not committing
violence. The doctrine of ahiṁsā is nothing but the observance of equality i.e. the realization that just as I do not like misery, others also do not like it. (Knowing this, one should not kill anybody.
(Sätrakytānga, 1/1/4/10) 14. Just as you do not like misery, in the same way others
also do not like it. Knowing this, you should do unto them what you want them to do unto you.
(Bhagavati Ārādhanā, 780) 15. To kill any living being amounts to killing one self.
Compassion to others is compassion to one's own self. Therefore one should avoid violence like poison and