Discipline
Even the most offended and powerful enemy does not cause as much harm as uncontrolled attachment and aversion do.
Even the most offended and powerful enemy does not cause as much harm as uncontrolled attachment and aversion do.
Mastery
We are the masters of our destiny. Attachment and aversion are seeds of Karma, and karma is the source of misery.
Effort
Jainism relies a great deal on one’s own efforts and initiatives, and laws of nature.
Jainism relies a great deal on one’s own efforts and initiatives, and laws of nature.
Victory
Fight with yourself, why fight with external foes? He who conquers himself through himself, will obtain happiness.
Fight with yourself, why fight with external foes? He who conquers himself through himself, will obtain happiness.
Detachment – Vairagya
One who, even after knowing the whole universe, can remain unaffected and unattached is God.
Hero
Rise above the circumstances. Rise above the mundance circumstance of life. An everyday hero rises above the circumstances.
Rise above the circumstances. Rise above the mundance circumstance of life. An everyday hero rises above the circumstances.
Observe
God is neither the creator nor the destructor of the universe. He is merely a silent observer and omniscient.
God is neither the creator nor the destructor of the universe. He is merely a silent observer and omniscient.
Knowledge
Know thyself, recognizes thyself, be immersed by thyself – you will attain Godhood.
Self-Realisation
The greatest mistake of a soul is non-recognition of its real self and can only be corrected by recognising itself.
Responsibility
All human beings are miserable due to their own faults, and they themselves can be happy by correcting these faults.
You are miserable due to your own faults, and you yourself can be happy by correcting these faults.
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