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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.

quote 6118 | Mahavira
Pravachansara, 1/67

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

quote 6117 | Mahavira
Acaranga, 1/7/147

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

quote 6116 | Mahavira
Isibhasiyam, 44/1

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

quote 6115 | Mahavira
Niyamasara, 96

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.

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

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.

quote 6113 | Mahavira
Acaranga, 2/6/160

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

quote 6112 | Mahavira
Prasnavyakarana, 7/20

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

quote 6111 | Mahavira
Acaranga, 3/75

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.

quote 6110 | Mahavira
Prasnavyakarana, 7/20

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.

quote 6109 | Mahavira
Mulachara, 2/119

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

quote 6108 | Mahavira
Mulachara, 2/101

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?

quote 6107 | Mahavira
Mulachara, 2/100

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

quote 6106 | Mahavira
Kartikeyanupreksa, 5

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.

quote 6105 | Mahavira
Moksha-pahuda, 31

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

quote 6104 | Mahavira
Brhatkalpa-bhasya, 3387

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

quote 6103 | Mahavira
Isibhasiya, 35/23

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.

quote 6102 | Mahavira
Isibhasiyam, 29/2

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

quote 6101 | Mahavira
Acaranga, 3/1

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

quote 6100 | Mahavira
Bhagavati Aradhana, 245

D iscipline is the means of achieving liberation.

quote 6099 | Mahavira
Shila-pahuda, 20

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

quote 6098 | Mahavira
Shila-pahuda, 2

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

quote 6097 | Mahavira
Pravachansara, 3/18

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

quote 6096 | Mahavira
Kartikeyanupreksa, 18/14

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

quote 6095 | Mahavira
Bhava-pahuda, 13

O ne who, being swayed by wishful thinking, becomes a victim of passions at every step, and does not ward off the desires, cannot practice asceticism.

quote 6094 | Mahavira
Dasavaikalika, 2/1

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Wisdom and teachings ofJainism

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Jainism