First Steps to Jainism Part 2

Author(s): Sancheti Asso Lal, Manakmal Bhandari
Publisher: Sancheti Trust Jodhpur

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First Steps to Jainism
उद्धरेदात्मनाऽऽत्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत, आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो, बंधुरात्मवरिपुरात्मनः ॥
(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 प्रत्तानो नाथो, अत्तहि अत्तना गति । तस्मा संजमयताने मस्सा 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 दुहारणय सुहारणय ।
प्रपा मित्तममित्तच, दुपट्ठिय सुपट्टियो ।
(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.)