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POSITIVE NON-VIOLENCE :
THE MEANS OF KARMIC DESTRUCTION
Pasatthajogapadivanne ya nam aṇantaghaipajjave khavei - Uttaradhyayana, 29.7.
That is - Through noble or auspicious activities of mind, body and speech one destroys infinite modes of destructive karmas.
Punṇāsavabhūdā aṇukampa suddhao va uvajoo
Vivario pāvassa hu āsavaheum viyāṇāhi ||
- Kasayapāhuḍa, Jayadhavalā commentary Bk. 1, p. 96. Anukampa suddhuvaogo viya punṇassa āsavadāram | Tam vivarīdam āsavadāraṁ pāvassa kammassa ||
- Bhagavatī Ārādhanā, 1828.
That is (Auspicious activities like) compassion and purity of volition result in meritorious karmic influx and the opposite that cruelty and impurity of volition result in the influx of sinful karma matter. Jive aṇukampae aṇubbhaḍe vigayasoge
carittamohanijjam kammam khavei|
- Uttaradhyayana, 29.29.
That is, The compassionate, humble and tranquil aspirant destroys the conduct deluding karma.
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