Jain Spirit 2003 12 No 17

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

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FAMILY VALUES
QUOTES & QUIPS
JAINS' PRACTICE BEFORE THEY PREACH
WE MUST
FIGHT FOR PEACE!
QUOTES & QUIPS
When anger and other passions get more and more inflamed, character begins to decline lower and lower. Nisitha Bhasya 2790
Attachment and aversion are two evils, which lead the soul to commit sinful acts. The ascetic who always resists them does not suffer from worldly sojourn. Uttaradhyayana Sutra 31.3
The tree whose roots are arid will never | Karmic bondage is low, medium or flower, however much it is watered. If intense in direct proportion to the delusion is conquered, the fruit of
degree of attachment. karmas will never surface.
Brhatkalpa Bhasya 2515 Dasasrutaskandha Sutra 5.14
By conquering greed, contentment is
achieved. A little water will suffice to extinguish
Uttaradhyayana Sutra 29.70 physical fire but the waters of all the oceans will not be enough to extinguish
Illusion alone is enough to the fire of desires and delusion.
exterminate thousands of truths. Rsibhasita 3.10
Bhagavati Aradhana 1384
If you desire to cross the terrible ocean of worldly existence, virtuous one, quickly board the boat of austerity and self- restraint. Maranasamadhi Prakirnaka 202
Greed increases on account of deceit and falsehood. Uttaradhyayana Sutra 32.30
Influenced by greed, a person resorts to untruth. Acharanga Sutra 2.15.53
Attachment is possessiveness. Dasavaikalika Sutra 6.21
By conquering anger, the soul attains forgiveness. Uttaradhyayana Sutra 29.67
Anger, prejudice, ungratefulness and wrong faith are the four blemishes that destroy all the virtues present in a person. Sthananga Sutra 4.4
A person under the influence of delusion suffers in the cycle of birth and death. Acharanga Sutra 5.3
Ignorant is he, who, out of pride, humiliates others. Sutrakrtanga Sutra 1.13.14
The external renunciation of a person is of no avail, if his inner self is knotted with possessiveness Bhakta Parijna 13
One who is short-tempered, ignorant, proud, harsh, hypocritical and deceitful drifts in the worldly current as a piece of log drifting on a stream. Dasavaikalika Sutra 9.2.3
Shed all attachments as a great snake that sheds off its skin. Uttaradhyayana Sutra 19.86
Do not be perturbed if you are unable to get expected profits. Dasavaikalika Sutra 8.29
Just as a crane is produced from an egg and an egg from a crane, so delusion springs from desire and desire from delusion. Uttaradhyayana Sutra 32.6
When adverse situation arises, others take away the accumulated wealth, whilst the doer must suffer the consequences of his evil deeds. Sutrakitanga Sutra 1.9.4
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