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By avoiding the three kinds of committing sins namely by means of one's own activity, by means of commission and by approving others to do sinfui deeds on attains purity of heart and thereby attains Nirvana.5 Whoever grasps the Law of the Jinas, whoever restrains one's senses and overcomes all kinds of hardships, in course of time attains the ultimate liberation.6
A wise monk gives up the pride of genius, the pride of sanctity, the pride of birth and the pride of good living and thereby transcending the Gotra attains moksha or liberation.? A good monk who protects himself in his thoughts, speech and action, who practices austerities and silence thereby annihilates all sins and attains final liberation. A wise follower of the path who abstains from works which one ought to do by virtue of one's birth, who controls the senses and destroys one's karma either is reborn in the realm of gods or becomes liberated. He who practises ahimsā or non-violence without injuring all living beings which dwell on the earth, over it and below it and also does not kill those which move and do not move attains the goal of nirvana (which consists in peace).10 A learned monk whose soul is pure and who gives up all sins and is free from delusion in course of time attains final liberation 11
One can cross the difficult flood of samsāra by treading that best path preached by Tirthankaras. Thereby one attains liberation freeing from all suffering. Whether god or human being whoever may be, when enquires about the right path should be informed about the teaching of the Omniscient Mahāvira who belongs to the Kaśyapa clan. Just as the traders who intend to cross the ocean successfully reach
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ibid., P. 243. ibid., P. 322. Ibid., P. 332. ibid., P. 278.
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Ibid., P. 268. lbid., P. P. 326-327. Ibid., P. P. 271,311.
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