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Mokṣopaya In Jain......Upanisads
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Also, the anuprekṣä on endless rebirth (unless liberation is sought is found reflected in Mait. 1.4: kim kāmopabhogaiḥ yaiḥ ...asakṛd ihāvartanam... Likewise apramada (non-negligence), so well as important in Jainism, is also stressed in Mund 3.2.4 as Tait. 1.11 : satyān na pramaditavyam. dharman na...svādhyāyapravacanābhyam...etc.
Tapas, dan 1, ārjava, ahimsa, satya-vacanam..these qualities enumerated in Ch. 3.17.4 are also found among ten-fold dhamma prescribed by Jaina texts as a type of samvara.
In Katho 3.6.9, vijñana or right knowledge is said to lead to the control of senses and the mind, and lead across the road to the final goal, whereas avijñāna (wrong knowledge) leads to samsara. Similarly, Ch. 6.14. 1-2 and Mund. 3.2. 2-5 also say that those imbibing the right knowledge from a preceptor, those selfcontrolled (kṛtātmānah ), free from passion ( vitaraga) and tranquil (prašantā ) attain the omnipresent state (sarva-ga) of the soul, which is the ultimate goal. (Jainism also has stressed right knowledge as a means of liberation, though insisting that it should be of the Jaina doctrine ).
We can thus find many parallels in Moksopay as prescribed in the Up.s and in Jainism, barring the numerous complicate technicalities discernible in the latter.
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Abbreviations of references.
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acc according; Ayar Ayara nga-sutta; Book (part), lecture, lesson, passege; BA. Brhad Aranyaka-Up: Ch. = Chandogya Up; Chag. Chagaleya Up.; Katho., Pragno., Mund. Katha, Praśna, Mundaka Up; Mait. Maitry Up. Samay = Samavayanga sutra-B'by. 1918, Folio; Svet. Svetasvatara Up; Tait. Taittiriya Up.; TBh. = Bhāṣya on TS; TS. Tattvärthadhigama sutra:; Adhyaya, sutra.; Up. Upanisad; Utt. Uttaradhyayana sutra: Adhyaya. sūtra. Uvav. = Viyaha-paUvavaiya-sutta (B'by. 1918): lecture ( sūtra ); Viy. ññatti (B'by 1919) Folio; YBh. Bha ya on YS; YS = Yogasūtra of Patanjali.
Select Bibliography besides the texts:
1. Dixit K. K. 1972 Historical evaluation of Ancient Jaina texts, Sambodhi, 1.1, pp- 1, ff.
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