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The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara (Part III) Necessity For The Adoption Of Right Conduct मोहतिमिरापहरणे दर्शनलाभादवाप्तसंज्ञानः।रागद्वेषनिवृत्र्ये चरणं प्रतिपद्यते साधुः।।४७।। To whom Right Knowledge has accrued by virtue of the ac¬quisition of Right Faith, on the destruction of the darkness of faith obstructing infatuation, that excellent soul begins to practise the rules of Right Conduct, to be...

The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara (Part II) Characteristics Of Right Knowledge अन्यून मनतिरिक्तं याथातथ्यं विना च विपरीतात्।निःसदेहं वेद यदाहुस्त ज्ञानमागमिनः।।४२।। That which reveals the nature of things neither insufficiently, nor with exaggeration, nor falsely, but exactly as it is, and with certainty, that the knowers of Scripture call Right Knowledge. प्रथमानुयोगर्थाख्यानं चरितं पुराणमपि पुण्यम्।बोधिसमाधिनिधानं बोधति बोधः...

The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara PART I नमः श्रीवर्धमानाय निर्धूतकलिलात्मने। सालोकानां त्रिलोकानां यदिृद्या दर्पणायते।।१।। I bow to Sri Vardhaman Mahavira, who has washed off all the impurities of sin i.e. karmas from His soul and whose knowledge reflects i.e., embraces the entire lokaloka. देशयामि समीचीनं धर्मंकर्मनिबर्हणम्। संसारदुःखतः सत्त्वान्यो धरत्युत्तमे सुखे।।२।। Which frees souls from the pain...