I t is not fault of knowledge that bad dull-witted men becoming proud of their learning are engrossed in sense - gratification. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 8/10 share
T he Enlightened ones have said there is no difference between virtue and knowledge; only, without virtue the temptation of the senses kills knowledge. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 8/2 share
I f a person who does not understand the self studies a lot of scripture and observes various rules of conduct, that study and conduct is childish. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/100 share
B elief in a religion of compassion, in a God free from 18 blemishes, and in a preceptor, free from possessions is right faith. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/90 share
E ven-mindedness towards blame and praise, suffering and happiness, foe and friend, is right conduct. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/72 share
B ecause attachment to nonself is the cause of mundane existence, therefore the yogi always contemplates the self. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/71 share
S o long as a man does not know the self, he indulges in sense gratification; the yogi, averse from sense gratification, knows the self. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/66 share
K nowledge without austerity is useless, so also is austerity without knowledge; therefore knowledge should be combined with austerity to attain Nirvana. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/59 share
T he saint who entertains feelings of attachment to pleasing objects other than self is an ignorant man; the man of knowledge is the reverse of this. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/54 share
R ight conduct is the religion of the self; religion is even mindedness, which means freedom attachment and aversion, the soul’s very nature. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/50 share
T he soul free from pride, deceit, anger and greed and of a spotless nature attains supreme bliss. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/45 share
W hat knows is knowledge, what sees is vision, renunciation of good as well as bad deeds is called (right) conduct. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/37 share
I t is good to attain heaven by vows and austerity, not torments of hell by their opposites. There is a great difference between sitting in the shade and sunshine as between observers of vows and their opposites. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/25 share
O ne who can walk a hundred yojanas in a day with a heavy load, can he not walk even half a kos on the earth with ease? Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/21 share
T hose who, turning away from non-self, meditate upon the true self are men of right conduct; taking to the path of the great Jinas they attain Nirvana. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/19 share
F ree from the eight evil Karmas, incomparable, knowledge incarnate, everlasting, pure, - such a self, the Jina has said, is the true self. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/18 share
W hat is foreign to the true nature of the self, animate, inanimate, or a mixture of the two, is non-self; so has the omniscient truly said. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/17 share
A ttachment (to) non-self lowers one’s state of existence and (to) the true self verily better it; knowing this, be attached to the true self and averse from the other. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/16 share
A man devoted to spurious knowledge and entertaining false thoughts, when over-powered by delusion, even takes the body to be the self. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/11 share
(And) Looking upon other bodies, even if inanimate, as his own, appropriates and cherishes them with intense feeling. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 6/9 share
T hose free from attachment, pride, and conceit and endowed with a compassionate frame of mind cut through the pillar of sin with the sword of conduct. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 5/159 share
A s a lotus leaf is not wetted by water owing to its very nature, so a good man is not touched by passion and sense attraction owing to his mental attitude. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 5/154 share
E nergy, happiness, vision and knowledge, - these four attributes are manifested on the four destructive Karmas being destroyed, and the universe as well as the empty space beyond is illumined. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 5/150 share
B efore you are overpowered by old age, or the cell of your body is burnt by the fire of disease, or the senses impaired you, do what is good for the self. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 5/132 share
A s a burnt seed does not sprout on the Earth’s surface, so the burnt Karma seed of an ascetic of mental purity does not sprout into mundane existence. Acharya Kundkund quote, Jainism Ashta Pahuda, 5/126 share