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SOUL
The soul is the architect of one's happiness and sorrow. The soul on the right path is one's own friend and a soul on the wrong path is one's own enemy.
SELF CONQUEST Fight with your own self. What is the use of fighting with external foes? One who conquers one's own self enjoys happiness.
The five senses and four passions (anger, pride, deceit and greed) are difficult to conquer. But the most difficult is to conquer the self. When the self is conquered, they all automatically get conquered.
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At the end of every day, an awakened person should contemplate thus: What noble deeds have I done and what have I not done? And what deeds remain to be done which I could have but did not accomplish?
Just as a child speaks of his good and bad acts in an innocent manner, similarly one ought to confess one's guilt with a mind free from deceit and pride.
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RIGHT KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge is that which helps to understand reality, controls the mind and enlightens the soul.
Knowledge is of no use in the absence of right conduct, conduct is of no use in the absence of right knowledge. When a lame man and a blind man in a forest are caught in a conflagration, both get burnt because the lame cannot walk and the blind cannot see.
Without right faith, there is no right knowledge; without right knowledge
there is no virtuous conduct; without virtues there is no annihilation of karma and without annihilation there is no liberation.
He only is a right believer who knows what is to be accomplished and what is to be relinquished.
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Can we get to moksha on a Mercedes? Do we really have to walk on foot?
Climbing Palitana requires energy, commitment and dedication. So does achieving enlightenment.
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BODY & SOUL
In its youth, the body is tempted by worldly life and concerns. Approaching death, the body is frightened by the world and fearful of the future.
Learn the truth. Set your goals. Walk the path. Liberate your soul. That is the essence of Jainism.
A true monk is one who is not proud of his own lineage, beauty and scriptural knowledge. Thus discarding all pride, he remains deeply immersed in tspiritual contemplation.
Modern society is driven by selfishness and ego. Regular seva or selfless service is a very important way of overcoming this weakness.
Charity is selfless when it is done without any expectation of return of any kind whatsoever.
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Many of the quotes above have been extracted from Springs of Jaina Wisdom by Dulichand Jain, Motilal Banarsidass Publications.
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