"Drink The Nectar Of True Knowledge..."

"In this interminable and meaningless world, obtaining a virtuous human birth is not only difficult but indeed very rare. 


Oh atman! Now that you have acquired this human life by mere coincidence, you should work towards the accomplishment of your rightful duty. 


It is not possible to ascertain your true identity in any other life besides this human life, hence this recommendation. 


Shri jina enjoins that right faith, knowledge and right conduct are the causes of liberation. 


So one who aspires to be free,considers right faith, right knowledge and right conduct as the only instruments for moksh (liberation). 


Implicit in these instruments is meditation. 


That is why, to expound on the significance of meditation, it is said, 'oh atman, to destroy the miseries of the world, drink the nectar of true knowledge and to sail across the ocean of the world, embark on the ship of meditation..." 


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