Uttaradhyayana 25.31-33

JainismUttaradhyayana 25.31-33

"One does not become a Sramana by the tonsure, nor a Brâhmana by the sacred syllable ôm, nor a Muni by living in the woods, nor a Tâpasa by wearing (clothes of) Kusa-grass and bark. "One becomes a Sramana by equanimity, a Brâhmana by chastity, a Muni by knowledge, and a Tâpasa by penance. "By one's actions one becomes a Brâhmana, or a Kshattriya, or a Vaisya, or a Sûdra.

❖ Unity of humankind ✧ Discernment

The same idea in other traditions

SikhismSGGS Ang 611

The One God is our father; we are the children of the One God. You are our Guru.

ConfucianismAnalects 2.15

The Master said, "Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous."

BuddhismDhammapada 258

A man is not learned because he talks much; he who is patient, free from hatred and fear, he is called learned.

ChristianityGalatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

JudaismPsalm 111:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do thereafter; His praise endureth for ever.

IslamQuran 39:9

…Say: "Are those equal, those who know and those who do not know? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition.

SufismHafiz, Ode 17 (Bell)

Alike the drunk and the strict of fare / For his mistress yearns—in the mosque Love doth dwell / And the church, for his lodging is everywhere. …

HinduismChandogya Upanishad 6.8.7

'Now that which is that subtile essence (the root of all), in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it.'