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78 Krishnamurtis Insights, n. 61, p. 73. 79 G. Srinivasan, Insights into Inceard Consciasness (New Delhi, 1994), p. 99. 80 Gier, n. 64, p. 73. 81 David Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature, ed., L. A. Selby-Bigge (Oxford,
1967), 1.4.6. 82 Srinivasan, n. 79, p. 99. 83 Ibid., pp. 100-101. 84 Ibid., pp. 113-114. 85 Ibid., p. 96. 86 Kundakunda, Nijansara, ch. XII, gatha 170, see Jagdish Prasad Jain Sadhak”,
ed., Salvation through Sdf-discipline. Niyansara of Kundakunda (New Delhi;
Radiant Publishers, 2004). 87 For a detailed exposition of the concept and meaning of Suryanbhs see
Devendra Kumar Goyal, The Path to Enlightenment: Srambhu Stotra of Samantabhadra (New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 2000), Foreword by
Jagdish Prasad Jain ‘Sadhak. 88 Srinivasan, n. 79, pp. 90-91. 89 Quoted in L.S Kothari, Science, Non-ridence and Education (Ahmedabad,
1993), p. 15. 90 Dhadphale, n. 63, p. 129 footnote. 91 George Kotturan, Ahinsai Gautamto Gandhi (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers,
1973), p. 73. 92 Gier, n. 64, p. 82. 93 Ibid. 94 Jagdish Prasad Jain Sadhak’, ed., Spiritual Enlightenment; Paramatma Prakash
of Sri Yogindu Dera (New Delhi: Radiant Publishers, 2000), Book II, Verse
174, p. 144. 95 For comparison between Jaina conception of Paramatmanand Uparishadic
Brahman, see The Path to Enlightenment: Smanbhu Stotra, n. 87, Foreword
by Jagdish Prasad Jain ‘Sadhak', pp. xi-xiv. 96 Siddhas (liberated souls) are not jira in the sense that they do not possess
the ten life principles (fives senses, three energies of body, speech and mind, age and respiration). They are said to possess jëratra (life) only from upadhara i.e. from the point of view of traditional and formal usage. See Kailashchandra Shastri, Jain Siddhanta (New Delhi: Bharatiya Jnanapith,
1983), p. 67. 97 Acharya Kundakunda, Samasara, gatha 297-299 and Nijamasara, gatha 96
98. The concept of scham( I am that Real Self), prevalent in Hinduism, equates “I” with Brahman
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