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ACCEPTABILITY OF ACTION IN JAINISM
Egao viraim kujjā, egao ya pavattaņam || Asañjame nivattiṁ ca, sañjame ca pavattaņaṁ |
- Uttarādhyayana, 31.2.
That is, - Renounce one and undertake another. Renounce the lack of restraint and undertake restrained activities.
There are many a quotation available in the Jaina literature that tell the followers to refrain from unrestrained activities and to undertake the restrained ones. They are - Asuhādo viņivitti, suhe pavitti ya jāņa cārittam |
- Dravyasangraha, verse 45. That is, - Know that to refrain from inauspicious activities and to undertake the auspicious ones is the right conduct. Sadasatkriyāpravstti-nivștti lakṣaṇaṁ cāritram |
- Tattvārthabhāsya vrtti, 2.3. That is, - The right conduct is nothing but the undertaking of auspicious activities and refraining from the inauspicious ones.
Sammatteņa sudeņa ya viradie kasāya
niggahaguņehim jo pariņado so puņņo II - Mūlācāra, verse 234; Gommațasāra Jivakāņņa, verse 622.
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Positive Non-Violence
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