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AFFECTION AND SYMPATHY
Ayatule payāsu - Sūtrakṛtänga, 1.11.3.
Be equally disposed towards all living beings.
Te attao pasai savvaloe - Sutrakṛtänga, 1.12.15
One who knows the fundamentals sees all living beings as his own self.
Jivavaho appavaho, jivadaya appano daya hoi
Bhaktaparijñā, 93.
To kill a creature is like killing oneself and to be merciful towards a living being is like being merciful towards oneself.
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Jam icchasi appaṇato, jam ca na icchasi appaṇato Tam iccha parassa vi, ettiyagam Jiṇasāsaṇayaṁ ||
- Vrhatkalpabhāṣya. 4584
Whatever you desire for yourself and whatever you do not desire for yourself, desire the same for the others as well. This is the essence of the discipline propounded by Lords Jina.
When we see the living world from the point of view of evolution. we come to know that higher the stage of evolution a living being is. the greater is the spirit of cooperation in him. His mind and other sensory organs are well developed as compared to those at the lower
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