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Ahimsadilakṣano dharmaḥ |
That is, Dharma is characterises by non-violence, etc.
Punatyātmānam puyate'neneti vā punyaṁ |
- Tattvārtha sūtra, 6/13, Rājavārtika ṭīkā.
That is, - What purifies the soul is punya. Punyam karma subham proktam |
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Tattvärthavārtika, 6.34.
That is, - Auspicious activities are punya. Durgatau prapatato jīvān dhārayati, sugatau vā tān sthāpayatīti dharmaḥ|
- Sthānāngavṛtti, 1.40, p. 21.
That is, Dharma holds the living beings falling in bad or inauspicious destinies and establishes them in good or auspicious destinies.
Dharmo nama kṛpāmūlaḥ |
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- Adhyātmasāra, 18.60.
Positive Non-Violence
That is, - Dharma is based on mercy.
So dhammo jattha daya - Vrtti on Niyamasara, 6. That is, - Where there is mercy, there is dharma.
Dharmaḥ pumso viśuddhiḥ |
- Kṣatracūḍāmami, 5.35.
That is, Purification of the soul is dharma. Subhaḥ punyasya | Asubhaḥ papasya |
- Tattvaārtha sūtra, 6.3-4. That is, - Auspicious combination (yoga) results in the influx of merit; inauspicious combination results in that of sin.
Navavidhe punṇaṁ paṇṇate, tañjahā – aṇṇapuņņe, panapunne, vatthapunne, lenapunne, sayanapunne, manapunne, vaipunne, kāyapunne, namokkārapunne |
- Sthānanga sutra, sthāna 9.
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