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WHY JAINISM AND BUDDHISM ARE THE SAME? 289
EACH SOUL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS
ADVANCEMENT.
The Jains and the Buddhists both believe that no God can give us pleasure or pain, or get us liberation. One can be liberated by one's own efforts.
"The Doctrine of the Buddha" by Grimm Page 29 "Liberation from suffering cannot be realized through any kind of grace especially not by the help of some personal God, but exclusively by our own strength and by personal action."
Just as the Jains worship the images of the worshipful Arhats and the perfect Siddhas or their meditative images for the sake of purification of their thoughts, so the Buddhists have the similar practice of the worship of Buddhas and their images.
The Jaina Scriptures Say :
1. Samadhi Sataka.
नयत्यात्मानमात्मैव जन्म निर्वाण मेव वा । गुरुरात्मात्मनस्तस्मान्नान्योऽस्ति परमार्थतः ॥ ७५ ॥
Nayatyâtmanamâtmaiva Janma nirvâna meva vâ Gururâtmatmanastasmánnányosti paramarthatah
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"The self can lead itself to the wandering or to the Nirvana, therefore the self is the teacher of the self, there is no other from the real point of view."
2. Purusârtha Siddhiupaya.
सर्व विवर्तोत्तीर्ण यदा स चैतन्य मचल माप्नोति । भवति तदा कृतकृत्यः सम्यक् पुरुषार्थ सिद्धिमापन्नः ॥११॥
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