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T ruth, emancipation, the nature of substance, the highest reality, the supreme pure goal, all these words convey the same meaning.


Jainism quote 6220 |  Saman Suttam, 34/590  

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A soul is characterised by consciousness; is eternal, immortal, different from the body (in which it is embodied), formless, an agent, and the door and enjoyer of his own Karmas (i.e., fruits of his actions).


Jainism quote 6221 |  Saman Suttam, 34/592  

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T he soul is not perceptible to the senses as it has no corporal form; it is eternal since it has no corporal form; due to internal activities like the passions, Karma binds the soul; and it is said that bondage is the cause of mundane existence.


Jainism quote 6222 |  Saman Suttam, 34/595  

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A ttachment binds the soul (with Karmas); a soul, which is free from attachments, becomes liberated from Karmas. Know that this surely is briefly (the nature of) the Karmic bondage of souls.


Jainism quote 6223 |  Saman Suttam, 34/596  

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A lways speak words which are dear (to others), even those wicked men who use harsh words ought to be forgiven; one must take the best from all people, these are illustrative of persons possessed of subdued passions.


Jainism quote 6224 |  Saman Suttam, 34/599  

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P raising oneself, picking up faults even with those who are worthy of worship and maintaining inimical attitude for a pretty long time, these are the characteristics of persons possessed of intense passions.


Jainism quote 6225 |  Saman Suttam, 34/600  

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A person, having lost his selfawareness due to attachment and aversion, remains enslaved by the senses. His doors of karmic influx being open, he commits Karmas continuously through three fold means, i.e., mind, body and speech.


Jainism quote 6226 |  Saman Suttam, 34/601  

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T here is a continuous inflow of the Karmas through the doors of influx, i.e., violence etc., just as a boat with holes sinks in the sea due to the inflow of water, so does the soul.


Jainism quote 6227 |  Saman Suttam, 34/602  

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J ust as the water of a huge pond gradually dries by blocking the way of the inlet of water, drawing out its previous water and by sun heat, in the same way, the Karmas of the self-restrained, accumulated during crores of births, get destroyed by blocking the entrance of sinful deeds and by austerities.


Jainism quote 6228 |  Saman Suttam, 34/609 & 610  

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I t has been asserted by the Jinas that one who has not controlled the influx of the Karmas, does not achieve liberation by practising austerities only; just as the water of a pond does not dry completely, if the sources of the inlet of water are kept open.


Jainism quote 6229 |  Saman Suttam, 34/611  

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T he soul , l iberated from the Karmic pollution, ascends the top of the Universe and there enjoys transcendental infinite bliss, possessing all knowledge and all perception (i. e., being omniscient).


Jainism quote 6230 |  Saman Suttam, 34/614  

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W here there is neither pain nor pleasure, neither suffering nor obstacle, neither birth nor death, there is emancipation.


Jainism quote 6231 |  Saman Suttam, 34/617  

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W here there are neither sense organs, nor surprise, nor sleep, nor thirst, nor hunger, there is emancipation.


Jainism quote 6232 |  Saman Suttam, 34/618  

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W here there is neither Karma, nor quasi-Karma, nor the worry, nor any type of thinking which is technically called Artta, Raudra, Dharma and Sukla, there is Nirvana.


Jainism quote 6233 |  Saman Suttam, 34/619  

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T he state of emancipation is free from all obstacles and sense-organs, unique, devoid of merit and demerit, devoid of rebirth, eternal, immobile and independent.


Jainism quote 6234 |  Saman Suttam, 34/623  

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A n atom is unextended. Due to its being unextended, it is devoid of sound, and it is either smooth or rough, i.e., with positive or negative charges. When the atoms are conjoined, they become subject to experience.


Jainism quote 6235 |  Saman Suttam, 36/652  

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T he universe is fully occupied by these subtle as well as gross molecules. Some of them are capable of being transformed into the karmic particles while others are not.


Jainism quote 6236 |  Saman Suttam, 36/654  

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T he molecules are capable of being transformed into Karma as a result of the thought activity of the Jiva, yet this transformation is not caused by Jiva itself.


Jainism quote 6237 |  Saman Suttam, 36/655  

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T he mental attitude through which the soul perceives and knows the objects that come into its experience and is attached to them; it comes into bondage due to the same.


Jainism quote 6238 |  Saman Suttam, 36/656  

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W hatever good or evil Karmas are accumulated by a soul, associated with those very Karmas, it proceeds on to assume the next birth.


Jainism quote 6239 |  Saman Suttam, 36/658  

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T he great Jinas preached to their disciples that faith is the root of religion. Having heard that with your own ears, do not bow to one without faith.


Jainism quote 6240 |  Ashta Pahuda, 1/2  

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T hey are lost whose faith is lost. Nirvana is not for one devoid of faith. One having blemishes of conduct may attain perfection, but not one with blemishes of faith.


Jainism quote 6241 |  Ashta Pahuda, 1/3  

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T hose who are without the gem of right faith may know all sorts of scripture, but being without realisation, they keep wandering about.


Jainism quote 6242 |  Ashta Pahuda, 1/4  

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T hose who find fault with a person possessed of the virtues of piety, self-control, austerity, holiness (niyama) and communion are themselves ruined and will ruin others.


Jainism quote 6243 |  Ashta Pahuda, 1/9  

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F rom right faith comes right knowledge; right knowledge shows the padarthas or categories, (in their true light); having known the categories, (the soul) sees what is good for it and what is bad.


Jainism quote 6244 |  Ashta Pahuda, 1/15  

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