Jain Spirit 2005 06 No22

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

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a person given to self-study (sasutra) cannot be lost. Mahavira (Uttaradhyayana, 29/59)
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There's no knowledge without right faith, No conduct is possible without knowledge, Without conduct, there's no liberation, And without liberation, no deliverance. Mahavir (Uttaradhyayana, 27/30)
Just as a threaded (sasutra) needle is secure from being lost, in the same way
The nights that have departed will never return. They have been wasted by those given to adharma (unrighteousness). Mahavira (Uttaradhyayana, 14/25)
The nights that have departed will never return. They are profitable for one who is given to dharma (righteousness). Mahavir (Uttaradhyayana, 14/25)
All living beings love life, they wish to relish pleasure; loath misery, shun annihilation; enjoy life and love to live long. In short, life is dear to all humans beings. Acā. Sū. 1.2.3.63
Hence one should not inflict pain on any creature. Utta. Sü. 2.20
Nor have any feeling of antipathy or enmity. So. Kr. Sü. 1.15.13
One should be friendly towards all creatures. Utta. Su. 6.2
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A person who practises truthfulness remains unmoved in the face of severe trials and tribulations Acā. Sū. 1.3.3
Under the influence of greed, a man fails to discriminate between good and evil and indulges in theft without caring even for his own life Bha. A. 857
A celibate should always give up the sensual pleasures of sound, sight, smell, taste and touch Utta. Sü. 16.10
Wealth cannot protect an imprudent person in this birth and the next. Just as an extinguished lamp cannot light the path so also a person who is deluded cannot tread the right path Utta. Sū. 4.5
The importance of austerity is obvious but what is the importance of caste? Utta. Su. 12.37
When anger is conquered, the spirit of forgiveness springs in the soul Utta. Sü. 29.67
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