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To be careless in protecting and saving life is negligence and any deprivation due to such neglect is violence. As has been said - "Pramattayogāt prāņavyaparopaņas himsā l”
- Tattvārtha sūtra, 7.8. That is - Any depriving of vitalities of any living beings due to negligent activities of the body, mind and speech is violence. Not to apply this aphorism on the negligent and the passionate and not to consider the atrocities perpetrated by them as violence is not according to the right precepts. Conclusion -
By the answers given to the abovementioned objections it is clear and proven that the auspicious activities of mercy, kindness, compassion, charity, service, and the like feelings are not only acceptable from the humanitarian standpoint but they are acceptable from the standpoint of karmic stoppage and separation also. To consider them as causes of karmic bondage and as abandonable is not justified by any logic. They are a help and not hindrance in the attaining of liberation.
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