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E xternal renunciation is meaningless if the soul remains fettered by internal shackles.


Jainism quote 6095 |  Bhava-pahuda, 13  




L iving beings have desires. Desires consist in pleasure and pain.


Jainism quote 6096 |  Kartikeyanupreksa, 18/14  




O ne who is constantly careful in his deportment is like the lily in the pond, untarnished by mud.


Jainism quote 6097 |  Pravachansara, 3/18  




O bjects of the senses pollute knowledge if it is not protected by discipline.


Jainism quote 6098 |  Shila-pahuda, 2  




D iscipline is the means of achieving liberation.


Jainism quote 6099 |  Shila-pahuda, 20  




E ven the noble becomes mean in the company of the wicked, as precious necklace on the neck of a dead body.


Jainism quote 6100 |  Bhagavati Aradhana, 245  




T he ignoramus is always benighted. The enlightened is always wide awake.


Jainism quote 6101 |  Acaranga, 3/1  




T he five senses of the awakened always remain inactive. The five senses of the unawakened always remain active. By means of the active five, one acquires bondage while by means of the inactive five, the bondage is severed.


Jainism quote 6102 |  Isibhasiyam, 29/2  




J ust as everybody keeps away from the burning fire, so do the evils remain away from an enlightened person.


Jainism quote 6103 |  Isibhasiya, 35/23  




K eep yourself always awake. One who keeps awake increases his wisdom. He who falls asleep in wretched. Blessed is he who keeps awake.


Jainism quote 6104 |  Brhatkalpa-bhasya, 3387  




T he yogin who is indifferent to worldly affairs remains spiritually alert to his own duty, namely, his duty towards his soul. On the other hand, one who indulges in worldly affairs is not dutiful to his soul.


Jainism quote 6105 |  Moksha-pahuda, 31  




B irth is attended by death, youth by decay and fortune by misfortune. Thus everything in this world is momentary.


Jainism quote 6106 |  Kartikeyanupreksa, 5  




T he courageous as well as the cowardly must die. When death is inevitable for both, why should not one welcome death smilingly and with fortitude?


Jainism quote 6107 |  Mulachara, 2/100  




B oth the righteous and unrighteous must die. When death is inevitable for both, when should not one embrace death while maintaining good conduct?


Jainism quote 6108 |  Mulachara, 2/101  




T here is nothing as fearful as death, and there is no suffering as great as birth. Be free from the fear of both birth and death, by doing away with attachment to the body.


Jainism quote 6109 |  Mulachara, 2/119  




D o not be in dread of the dreadful, the illness, the disease, the old age, and even the death or any other object of fear.


Jainism quote 6110 |  Prasnavyakarana, 7/20  




T he non-vigilant has fear from all directions. The vigilant has none from any.


Jainism quote 6111 |  Acaranga, 3/75  




O ne who entertains fear finds himself lonely (and helpless).


Jainism quote 6112 |  Prasnavyakarana, 7/20  




T he valiant does not tolerate indulgence, nor does he tolerate abhorrence. As he is pleased with his own self, he is not attached to anything.


Jainism quote 6113 |  Acaranga, 2/6/160  




A s a tortoise withdraws his limbs within his own body, even so does the valiant withdraw his mind within himself from all sins. He also withdraws his hands, legs, mind, sense-organs, sinful moods, evil words, pride, and deceitfulness. This indeed is the valor of the valiant.


Jainism quote 6114 |  Sutrakrtanga, 1/8/16-18  




T he enlightened should contemplate that his soul is endowed with boundless energy.


Jainism quote 6115 |  Niyamasara, 96  




O nly that man can take a right decision, whose soul is not tormented by the afflictions of attachment and aversion.


Jainism quote 6116 |  Isibhasiyam, 44/1  




O ne who knows the spiritual (self) knows the external (world) too. He who knows the external world, knows the self also.


Jainism quote 6117 |  Acaranga, 1/7/147  




I f one’s vision is capable of expelling the darkness, he would not need a lamp. Likewise the soul itself being blissful, there is no need of external object for bliss.


Jainism quote 6118 |  Pravachansara, 1/67  




T hose who are interested in worldly objects have of necessity misery in them. If there were no misery in them, they would not indulge in those objects.


Jainism quote 6119 |  Pravachansara, 1/84  



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