Jain Spirit 2003 06 No 15

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

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The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Carl Jung
With all your science, can you tell how it is, and whence it is, that light comes into the soul?
Thoreau
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. Oscar Wilde
QUOTES & QUIPS
I'm astounded by people who want to "know" the universe when it's hard
enough to find your way around
Chinatown. Woody Allen
As sun and shade are ever interwoven, so doer and deed cling to each other. The Panchatantra
A loving heart doesn't fail to help. Ugandan proverb
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present. Tao Te Ching
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Let us live in joy, never hating those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate us. The Dhammapada
How shall one know thy self? By | When the inflow of karmas through discerning the self to be distinct from the the three channels of mind, speech and body shall one be able to know thy self. body is completely stopped. The soul Samaya Sara 296 realizes its distinctness from body. Uttaradhyayana Curni 1
Victory over one's self is greater than conquering thousands and thousands of enemies on the battlefield. A true conqueror is one who conquers his self. Uttaradhyayana Sutra 9.34
My own self is knowledge, vision and
conduct. Samaya Sara 277
QUOTES & QUIPS
I am alone, pure, and free from attachment and full of infinite knowledge and perception. Firmly established in the self. I destroy all those modifications, which are alien to me. Samaya Sara 73
It is very difficult to realize the soul. Only with sufferings, the soul is realized.
Moksa Pahuda 65
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Before trying to guide others, be your own guide first. It is hard to learn to guide oneself. The Dhammapada
Just as a person burdened by load experiences relief when he unburdens the load, an aspirant who by reviewing his wrong deeds and confessing them before his spiritual guide experiences lightness. Ogha Niryukti 806
When a wrong deed is committed consciously or otherwise, the aspirant should immediately desist from that and never repeat it. Dasavaikalika Sutra 8.31
Know the soul to be different from the perishable body and steadily engage yourself in destroying the karmic influence.
Acharanga Sutra 1.4.3
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