Federation Of Jain Associations in North America
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Quote - Das Lakshana Day 7 | |||||||||
Knowing that the earth with its crops of rice and barley, with its gold and cattle, and all this put together will not satisfy one single man, one should practice penance. - Bhagwan Mahavir | |||||||||
Day 7 - Uttam Tapa - Penance | |||||||||
Penance is an easy medium to lead a living being towards spiritual uplift. Those who adopt austerity in life, sail across the ocean of the world smoothly i.e. get rid of the cycle of birth and death. Austerity is the only path to attain liberation. Tapa (penance) is of two folds;
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