Essence of Jainism: succinct summary of Jainism - requires a lot of thinking on the readers part
Pujya Lalchandbhai Amarchandbhai Modi described this as the essence of all Jainism:
હું જાણનાર છું; હું કરનાર નથી. જાણનારો જણાય છે; ખરેખર પર જણાતું નથી![](images/lalbl001.gif)
Jananaro janay che, kharekhar par janatu nathi. Translation: I am a knower, I am not a doer.
The knower is being known, in reality non-self is not known. (Pujya Lalchandbhai Amarchand Modi)
Pujya Gurudev Shree Kanji Swami's quotes on the same topic:
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Lippy Gujarati:Gneyakar avasthama pan te gnaannu parinaman gnayakpanay janay che matay jey janai che te chij nahi pan tema jarnaro janai che. (Purusharthprernamurti Pujya Gurudev - Atmadharm, July 1999, Front Cover) Translation: Even in the object-knowing state, that knowledge transition is being known as the knower, therefore that which is known, is not that object, but the knower is being known in that (state).
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Lippy Gujarati: Siddh che te jarnanaar-dekhnaar che. Tem tu parn jarnanaar-dekhnaar j cho. Adhura purano prashna j nathi. Jarnanaar-dekhnaarthi jarik khasyo aaetle kartutvamanj gayo. Aaetle siddhothi joodo padyo. Aaek xarn siddhthi joodo pade te mithyadrasti che. Te yatharth vaat che. (Purusharthprernamurti Pujya Gurudev - first thing every morning Lalchandbhai used to pray to Gurudev and remember this quotation)