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Dayā sarvaprāṇiviṣayā ... - Bhagvati Ārādhanā, 1836.
That is - Mercy concerns all living beings and to be moved by the misery of other living beings is mercy.'
So dhammo jattha dayā ... - Niyamasāra vrtti. That is - 'Where there is mercy, there is dharma.' Dayā dukhārtajantutrāņābhilāşah |
- Aņagāradharmāmặta, Svopajña Țīkā, 4.1. That is – “To desire to save the miserable living beings from their misery is mercy.'
Dayāmūlo bhaved dharmo I - Mahāpurāņa, 5.21. That is - Mercy is at the root of dharma.' Padhamam nāņam tao dayā | - Daśvaikālika sūtra, 4.14.
That is – First knowledge and then mercy, meaning that mercy is an outcome of knowledge.'
Yeşām Jinopadeśena kārunyāmrtapūrite citte jīvadayā nāsti teșāṁ dharmaḥ kuto bhavet | Mūlam kşamate-rādyam vratānām dhāma sampadāṁ guņānām nidhiriti | Dayā kāryā vivekimiḥ | - Padmanandi vimsati, 37 and 34.
That is - 'How can those householders practice dharma whose hearts are not aroused by mercy for the living beings even after hearing the teaching of Lords Jina, which is full of the elixir of mercy. Mercy for the living is the root of the tree of dharma, it is the most important of all the vows, the abode of spiritual wealth and the treasure of virtue Therefore, the discreet must practice mercy towards the living.' Na taddānam na taddhyānam, na tajjñānam na tattapaḥ ||
Na sā dīkṣā na sā bhikṣā, dayā yatra na vidyate II
That is - 'Where there is no mercy, there the charity is no charity; the meditation is no meditation; the knowledge is no knowledge; the austerity is no austerity; the monasticism is no monasticism and the mendicancy is no mendicancy.'
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