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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
Trisņân chettena tebhyo viramati, vrimate, dyậpi
påpåtmakebhyah, Sansârâtyanta dukkhân kathamapi na tâda inugdha
muktim prayâsi. 410
“O Soul! give up these sensual enjoyments which are fleeting like lightening ; ( Soul, there is no such pain which has not been suffered by you in this very dangerous forest of Samsara. If you have any desire, O Wisdomless, for these sinful enjoyments, you should give it up even now, otherwise, O Fool, you can never go to Nirvâna being freed from the great miseries of this Samsara."
PRAJNA OR SELF-DISCRIMINATION.
The Buddhist literature has shown the great necessity for Prajna in very strong terms :. (1) Hindi Buddha Charya page 415 (D.N. 1-10.2) Sangita pariyaya Sutta. There have been described four right spheres :----
Prajna (discrimination), Sila (practical vows), sizmadhi (concentration) and Vimukti (liberation). Out of tiese four, the last is the result while the first three are the means to Nirvana, and they are included in the eight-fold path Samyak dristi, etc. During my talks with the learned Buddhist Monks of Ceylon I came to know that Samyak dristi and Samyak sankalpa are included in prajna ; Samyak Vachana, Samyak
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