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268: JAINS TODAY IN THE WORLD
“By giving up all desires, by disconnecting oneself from the bondage of worldly pleasures and by avoiding temptations, one frees oneself from sins and rebirth".
"Birth is misery, old age is misery and so are disease and death and nothing but misery is the "samsāra" in which men suffer distress”.
“Fight with your conflicting wavering thoughts".
"One can obtain happiness by conquering bad thoughts with the help of good ones".
“If there were numerous mountains of gold and silver as high as Mount Kailāśa they would not satisfy a greedy man because his avidity is boundless like space”.
“As a dew-drop dangling on the top of a blade of kuśa-grass lasts but a short time, even so the life of men; Gautama, be careful all the while!
“As a lotus flourishing in water manages to stay clear above the surface and remains comparatively dry; so should you stay clear of materialistic desires!”
"Time does fly, pleasures are not eternal and will leave you as birds leave the tree after all the fruits are eaten”.
“There is no right conduct without right vision and to obtain it, it must be cultivated".
"Without right faith there is not right knowledge, without right knowledge there is not virtuous conduct, without virtue there is no liberation and without liberation there is not perfection”.
"By knowledge one knows things, by faith one creeds in them. By conduct one delivers oneself from “karma” and by austerities one reaches purity”.
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