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Second agama of the 12 main angās of the Jain canons probably written by Gandhara Sudharmasvami in Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
"Men suffer individually for the deeds they themselves have done."
"All things are eternal by their very nature."
"A wise man, knowing the nature of excessive pride and deceit, giving them all up, brings about his liberation."
"The best time to mend your ways is the present."
"All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away. This is the pure unchangeable law. "
"Speak after thinking."