Uttaradhyayana 29.59

JainismUttaradhyayana 29.59

By possession of knowledge he acquires an understanding of words and their meaning; thereby he will not perish in the forest of the fourfold Samsâra; as a needle with its thread will not be lost, thus the soul possessing the sacred lore will not be lost in the Samsâra; …

✧ Seeking knowledge ✧ Discernment

The same idea in other traditions

IslamQuran 20:114

…but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."

SikhismSGGS Ang 356

Contemplate and reflect upon knowledge, and you will become a benefactor to others.

JudaismProverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

ChristianityProverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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.

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.'

SufismMasnavi, Book III, Story 7

Little is known by any one but the spiritual man, / Who has in his heart a touchstone of vital truth. / The others, hovering between two opinions, / Fly towards their nest on a single wing. / Knowledge has two wings, opinion only one wing; / Opinion is weak and lopsided in its flight. …