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अटुंगजोगो
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The slaughter of beings, being itself the cause of sins, neither brings merit nor destroys sin. Can the deadly poison [ Halāhala ) which destroys life, ever prolong it ?
We are pained when even a thorn is pierced in à part of our body, how much then would a being which is being killed, be agonised ! Those who kill and torment others increase self enmity. ..
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: Even thinking ill of others is a Hinsa, then what to say of doing ill to others ? He who has understood Ahinsă to be universal brotherhood, has realized the truth.
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Merit which accrues from non-injury can never accrue from injury. Lotuses which grow in water can never have fire as their source.
