जमट्ठं तु न जाणेज्जा, एवमेयंति नो वए
Until full information is not available on a subject, do not say,“This is this only”
So, it would be better that on any subject of which we are doubtful, unsure, we should not use language of certainty e.g. ‘this is this only’; or else, if the listeners were faithful, we would become guilty of misleading them. This will make us as well as others fall. As blind men cannot show the path to other blind men; similarly, an ignorant cannot guide an other ignorant.
We must always understand ourselves first, and then speak.
- Dasavaikalika Sutra 7/8
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