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Tisidam bubhukkhidaṁ vā duhidam
Padivajjadi tam kivayā tassesa,
hodi aṇukampa ||
- Pañcāstikāya, 137.
When one gets perturbed by seeing the hungry, thirsty and the miserable ones and acts towards them with mercy, it is said to be his compassion.
daṭṭhūna jo du duhidamano |
Karuṇāe jīva-sahāvassa kammajaṇidattavirohādo
- Dhavală Book 13, p. 362. Compassion is in the nature of the living beings. Therefore, to call it karma generated, is against the scriptural teachings.
Asuhādo viņivittī, suhe pavitti ya jāṇa cārittaṁ ||
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(Right) conduct is nothing but refraining from inauspicious activities (like violence, etc.,) and to engage in auspicious activities (like mercy, kindness, etc.,).
- Vṛhaddravyasamgraha, 45.
Atmaprayojanapara eva jāyate svādhyāyameva kurvan | Vaiyavṛtyakarastu svam param coddharatīti manyet ||
- Bhagavati Ārādhanā, 329.
One who engages in self-study does well by himself only, but the one who serves others does well by himself as well as by the others. "Kim Bhante! Jo gilāņam padiyarai se dhaṇne udāhu je tumaṁ damsanena padivajjai?"
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"Goyama! Je gilānam poaḍiyarai \"
"Bhagavan! Who is noble, the one who serves the diseased or the one who serves you?"
- Āvaśyaka sūtra Haribhadriya Ṭīkā, Folio 661. (Agamodaya Samiti Surat, 1917)
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