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82 First Steps to Jainism
उद्धरेदात्मानाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत, आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो, बंधुरात्मैवरिपुरात्मनः ।।
(The soul should attain one's own progress, and soul should not digress by grief-because the soul is his own friend and his own enemy.)
(b) Buddhist scriptures prescribe :
अत्तहि अत्तानो नाथो, अत्तहि अत्तना गति। तस्मा संजमयताने अस्सा भद्दा व वणिज्जा।।
(The soul is the ruler of the soul, none except the soul can help. Just as a merchant regulates his horse, one should regulate his soul.)
(c) Jain agam (Uttaradhyayan) says similarly :
अप्पा कत्ताविकत्ताय दुहाणय सुहाणय। अप्पा मित्तममित्तच, दुपट्ठिय सुपट्ठियो।।
(Soul is the creator and destroyer of happiness and misery. Soul is the friend and the enemy (if it is) on the wrong path or the right path.).
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