Jain

Quotes

• “(He thinks) I have to provide for a mother, for a father, for a sister, for a wife, for sons, for daughters, for a daughter-in-law, for my friends, for near and remote relations, for my acquaintances, for different kinds of property, profit, meals, and clothes. Longing for these objects, people are careless, suffer day and night, work in the right and the wrong time, desire wealth and treasures, commit injuries and violent acts, direct the mind, again and again, upon these injurious doings.”
• “All beings are fond of life, like pleasure, hate pain, shun destruction, like life, long to live. To all life is dear.”
• “According to Jaina tradition nine of the eleven disciples attained the highest knowledge of kevala during Mahavira's lifetime.”
• “There is nothing mightier in the world than karma; karma tramples down all powers, as an elephant a clump of lotuses.”
• “Discipline is the root of religious practice.”
• “A rise of Jain fundamentalism would endanger no one. In fact, the uncontrollable spread of Jainism throughout the world would improve our situation immensely. We would lose more of our crops to pests, perhaps (observant Jains generally will not kill anything, including insects), but we would not find ourselves surrounded by suicidal terrorists or by a civilization that widely condones their actions.”

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