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The Essence Of All Religion

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“The one whose every kind of beggary is gone is given all the rules in his hands. But beggary does not go away, does it? How many kinds of beggary must there be? Beggary for the pride, for the wealth, for the fame, for the sex, for the disciples, for building temples, there is nothing but beggary. How can we be liberated from all our pains (and problems) there?”

“Control over anger-pride-deceit-greed is known as saiyam. Saiyam, in turn has two parts; in one, there is presence of anger-pride-deceit-greed but they are controllable; they do not harm the other person to the slightest extent. The other saiyam is like 'ours' [the Gnani's]. There is absolutely no anger-pride-deceit-greed at all in that. It not only does not harm the other person, but it also does not harm one's own self.”

“To follow one’s own viewpoint, to insist that one’s viewpoint is only correct is called ekantik (one sided view point). The religion of the Vitraags (the enlightened ones) is called ‘anekant’ (all inclusive viewpoints). Religion that embraces all the view-points within itself is called Vitraag religion (religion of the enlightened ones).”

“Weakened anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays – the ones that gives pain to soul) is called religion and absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays) is called (True) Knowledge (Gnan). If a religion cannot reduce anger-pride- deceit-greed (kashays), then either the religion is wrong or you are wrong. Religion is the one of the enlightened ones (the Vitraags); how can it be called as wrong?”