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KARMA PHILOSOPHY
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agachaia meads breaking the vow, atichara means partial transgression.
[c] If it is done for any necessary of proper cause, then the animal or person (or child) should not be starved or underfed. Then it is not an atichara,
The above particular cases are given as illustrations of ways in which the first vow can be partially transgressed. There may be other ways; for instance, anyone who believes in mantras, or thoughtforms, would be breaking the vow or partially transgressing it if he used these to injure or so that injury came to the person or animal. Any line of conduct which results in killing.
These twelve vows of which this first is one, are all based on daya [love, kindness, thoughtfulness for others], the same as were the thirty-five rules of ordinary dharma. These twelve vows are the special dharna as distinguished from the ordinary dharnia.
Fruits.
It is the opinion of the Jain philosophy that the results of the observance of this vrata [vow] are good health, sirong body, strong constitution, etc. in the future or next following life. No separation fron friends, relations, or parents. There would be happiness, the legitimate pleasures of life, comforts,
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