Uttaradhyayana 32.3

JainismUttaradhyayana 32.3

This is the road to it: to serve the Gurus and the old (teachers), to avoid throughout foolish people, to apply oneself earnestly to study, and to ponder zealously on the meaning of the Sûtras.

⌂ Care for elders ⚒ Diligence

The same idea in other traditions

ChristianityColossians 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; …

JudaismProverbs 23:22

Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

ConfucianismAnalects 4.21

The Master said, "The years of parents may by no means not be kept in the memory, as an occasion at once for joy and for fear."

IslamQuran 53:39-41

That man can have nothing but what he strives for; That (the fruit of) his striving will soon come in sight: Then will he be rewarded with a reward complete;

BuddhismDhammapada 21

Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvâna), thoughtlessness the path of death. Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.

SufismBustan, ch. 1

When thy servant becomes stricken in years, be not unmindful of thy obligations towards him. If old age binds his hand from service, the hand of generosity yet remains to thee.