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Neither I am the body, nor the mind, nor the speech, nor their cause in any case Again, neither I am the doer, nor the persuader, nor the appreciator of the doer in any case. Knowing he pure self and having known all the thoughts to be different from one's own self, which wise man is such as will really say this line that'this (group of thoughts) is mine' Verily, I am one, pure and without minencss. I am full of knowledge and intuition Since I have stayed in the self, I become engrossed in that. In consequence, I bring destruction to these alien thoughts.
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(For the authentic development of human life) the two kinds namely, (ethico-spiritual) means and the purpose of ado, ting the means have been properly stated in the law cf jina (spiritually victorious) (Because of being the basis of authentic development) undoubtedly, spiritual av akening is its means and the purpose to be achieved by this means (spiritual awakening) is supreme peace (equanimity) The means of attaining emancipation (equaninity) has been pronounced to be spiritual awakening, value-knowledge and ethico-spiritual conduct so, that should be utilised for this purpose But it should be born in mind that) on the one side from them (Karmic) bondage (mental tension due to auspicious thoughts) occurs and on the other side from them equanimity results ( in one's life) This has been made intelligible by the divine personalities Owing to (spiritual) ignorance if an intellectual person recognises that by dependence on auspicious psychical states freedom from suffering (mental tension) cmerges, then, (he) remains absorbed in alien nature (taking him away from cquanimity) Even adopung the vows (of non-violence, etc), obscrving the Carefulness (in walking, eating, speaking, etc ), practising the self-control (of mind, body and speech), pursuing the moral pattern of behavior and even performing the austerity, the person who is not spiritually awakened is considered unaware and unawakened
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