Where does religion stay ?

A simple man can be duped, deceived, tricked; but he will never try to mislead, lead astray or hoodwink anyone. Opposite to this, if someone were to dupe a dirty-character person, he would have to sweat that out, it would not be easy to deceive him; but the duper can easily dupe others.

Simple man does not get angry easily and even if he gets angry, he does not abuse. Even if he were to use speech unbecoming of him, he instantly feels ashamed because of purity of his soul.

If someone wants to be pure, he would have to become simple and refrain even from thinking of wickedness. Purity is necessary to become a religious man; because religion can stay only in a pure man.

- Uttaradhyayana Sutra 3/12