Book Title: Jainism the Creed for All Times
Author(s): D S Baya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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________________ The passions in general and the greed in particular is roundly denounced when it is said that the entire wealth of the earth also cannot satisfy the greed of one greedy person and that greed is as vast as the expanse of the sky. Like this, all the moral values that one ought to practice in order to lead a wholesome life and to achieve the ultimate destiny of liberation, have been amply highlighted in this story. The story ends on the appropriate note that all the extraordinary, enlightened and learned persons so get detached from worldly pleasures as the royal ascetic Nami had.' 312 : JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES

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