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I am the Soul पाळे एनो धर्म ने बांधे एनी तलवार
dharma belongs to one who observes it, and a sword belongs to one who hangs it from his waist'.
So many non-Jain people keep asking, "Can we or can we not adopt the Jain dharma, if we intend to?' Reply is just that, “Jain dharma is a universally applicable dharma'. It venerates merits and not people, for it is the dharma of the atma. If atma adopts the religion of the atma, who can ever raise an objection to it? It is also necessary to know that Jain is not a caste or a dynasty but a dharma. Today, most of the people adopting the Jain dharma are Vaishyas, whereas during the Tirthankar's times even Kshatriyas followed Jain dharma. Even today, there are people from various folds following Jain dharma. No dharma can have a direct relation to a caste, creed or dynasty.
Jivas of all castes were ordained at the feet of Bhagawan Mahaveer and have attained moksa. A poet has very beautifully expressed these feelings –
कोई न ऊंचुं न कोई नीचुं, महावीरनां शासनमां Ich IT TO A HELİ, Auti 3timori .... पाळे एनो धर्म अहीं छे, जात - पातना भेद नहीं छे çfa sta Teit FIT , PER ATENUHI .... गौतम जन्म्या ब्राह्मण कुळमां, अभयकुमार तो क्षत्रियकूळमां sig fallu aga meita, afirmat .... माणस मोटो धर्म थकी छे, कुळ नहीं पण कर्म थकी छे
ART Bifchre sanit, Herck PRUHİ ....
On this path delineated by the Veetaraag, the conqueror of attachment and aversion, there is no discrimination. There is no discrimination of the mighty and the lowly, caste, colour or creed. Anyone who has experienced the true original eternal form of knowledge and atma, after manifesting the bheda-vijnana, is eligible for moksa. Then that person may well be a Brahman
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