Jain Spirit 2002 06 No 11

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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QUOTES & QUIPS
Family Values
DAD GOES OUT TO WORK BUT MUM'S THE REAL PERFORMER.
SHE JUGGLES.
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Nasty A teenage boy with spiked hair, nose ring and baggy clothes says to his friend, "I don't really like to dress like this but it keeps my parents from dragging me everywhere with them."
Responsibility I have heard and realised that bondage and salvation are both within yourself. Acharangasutra
Action Abiding by your commandment is preferable to worshipping you. Vitaragastava
A Witness I am one, I am totally alone, I am devoid of all external attachments, I can expand or shrink to fill any physical body I occupy, I am immortal, ageless, I am eternal, I am pure consciousness, undisturbed by wavering thoughts - a mere witness. Shrimad Rajchandra
Wisdom You cannot prolong your life, therefore be not careless; you are past help when old age approaches. Uttaradhyanasutra
Karma The question as to when the union of the soul with karma occurred for the first time cannot arise, since this is a beginningless' relationship, like gold and stone. Pancadhyayi
Enlightenment Perfect knowledge is attained on the destruction of deluding karmas...which obscure knowledge and perception...and which obstruct [faith). Tattvarthasutra
Desire On gaining the desired object, one should not feel elated. On not receiving the desired object, one should not feel dejected. In case of obtaining anything in excess, one should not hoard it. One should abstain from acquisitiveness. Acharangasutra
The Human Condition Just as knowledge, in spite of its being intangible, gets obliterated under the influence of wine, so the self, though originally intangible, gets its qualities obstructed under the influence of tangible karma particles. In its state of bondage the soul, though intangible, conceives itself to be tangible [identical with the body). Pancadhyayi
Lord Mahavir Glory be to Lord Mahavir, in whose mirror of enlightenment are reflected vividly the terrestrial and the extra-terrestrial, and whose complexion resembles the interior of a blooming lotus and burnished gold. Jayadhavala
Charity Charity - to be moved at the sight of the thirsty, the hungry and the miserable, to offer relief to them - is the spring of virtue Kundakunda, Pancastikaya
Calories Count The force of arms cannot do what peace does. If you can gain your desired end with sugar, why use poison? Somadeva, Nitivakyamrita
Devotion Lord! In praying to you I violate the restraint of tongue, in remembering you I violate the restraint of mind and in prostrating to you I violate the restraint of body. Be it as it may, I vow to ever pray to you, remember you and prostrate myself before you. Adipurana
The Original Mind Delusion is a sort of demonic force, People's original mind is pure but it becomes perverted due to delusion and other karmas. Kundakunda
Religion Non-injury is religion. Naladiyar
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