Positive Non Violence

SR No.: 006917
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kanhaiyalal Lodha, Dalpatsingh Baya
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 344
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 5 MB

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That is "The sense-restrained monk must be kind and compassionate towards all the living beings; he must be forbearing and forgiving, and a restrained celibate; he must give up all violent activities and go about with his senses well under control." In this aphorism the monks have been clearly urged to be kind and compassionate towards all living beings. Here, mercy, kindness and compassion have also been held equally important as restraint, celibacy, forgiveness, and giving up of violent activities. That means they (kindness and compassion) have been said to be dharma in the form of karmic stoppage and separation.
The famous master of the sky-clad tradition, Acārya Vīrasena has said in the commentary of Kaṣāyapāhuḍa -
Suhasuddhapariņāmehim kamma
kkhayābhāve takkhayāṇuvavattido
- Jayadhavala Book 1 p.
That is If the destruction of karma through pure and auspicious volitions is not accepted, then there can be no karmic destruction and separation at all. Here, the Acārya has clearly said that like the pure volition the auspicious volition also results in karmic destruction and separation. What is meant here is that the auspicious volition is not a cause of karmic bondage but that of karmic destruction and separation.
Positive Non-Violence
There are two forms of non-violence - 1 Volitional non-violence and 2. Practical or material non-violence. These can also be referred to as internal and external forms of non-violence. The volitional form of non-violence is beneficial for all and it benefits the self as well as the others. Herein there is no feeling of causing even a little harm to any living being at all. This form of non-violence reduces attachment and craving for mundane pleasures. It is a different thing that except in the mind of the fully detached Lords Jina all other living beings have attachment and aversion, delusion and passions and craving for mundane pleasure in a greater or a lesser measure and their fruition always shows their effects. However, the non-violent volitions of mercy, kindness,
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