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I AM MAHĀVĪRA
TO
Fig. 15 A Farmer tilling the land with bulls
"A fisherman also sits all the day with his fishing hook in the water in the river. He is always in the look when a fish is trapped at any point.
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Fig. 16. A
Fisherman
with his fishing hook in water
"Now tell me, O Sinha, who will be called more violent out
of these two?”
I continued, "The farmer performs physical violence. But
his mental dispositions are good. He thinks of a good crop so that his family and society may be well off. In contrast, the fisherman
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