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PATII OF LIBERATION
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(244) One who holds religious discourse, one who narrates religious stories, one who holds discussions with rivals, one who reads omens, one who performs penance, one who is leamed, one who is possessed of miraculous powers, one who is a poet-these eight types of person undertake propagation of religion.
19 PRECEPTS ON RIGHT KNOWLEDGE
(245) After listening to scriptures, a person comes to know what is good and what is sinful, having thus known through listening one ought to perform what leads to welfare.
(246) Again, under the influence of his(scriptural) knowledge, he becomes firm in his faith, meditation, observance of vows and self-restraint, and lives a life of purity throughout his lifetime without any wavering.
(247) As a monk continues to master the scriptures with extra-ordinary devotion and unbounded interest, he experiences supreme bliss with renewed faith accompanied by dispassion.
(248) A needle with a thread (in it) does not get lost even when it falls in a heap of rubbish, so a person endowed with scriptural knowledge does not lose his self, even if involved in transmigratory cycle.
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