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NON-VIOLENCE AND ITS IMPORTANCE Ahimsā niuņā ditthā, savvabhūesu sañjamo II
- Daśavaikālika, 6.9. That is, - The full import of non-violence is to act in a restrained manner towards all living beings. Himsāe padivakkho hoi ahimsā ||
- Daśavaikālika Niryukti, 45. That is, - Non-violence is the opposite of violence.
Ayā ceva ahimsā, āyā himsati nicchao eso! Jo hoi appamatto, ahimsao himsao iyaro II
- Oghaniryukti, 754. That is, – Absolutely speaking the soul itself is violence and it is non-violence, too. A vigilant soul is non-violent and the negligent one is violent. Asubho jo pariņāmo sā himsā 11
- Viseșāvaśyakabhāsya, 1768. That is, - According to the absolute standpoint, the inauspicious disposition of the soul is violence.
Savvão vi naio kamena, jaha sāyarammi nivadanti!
Taha bhagavai ahimsāe, savye dhammā sammilanti ||
- Sambodhasattari, 6. That is, – As all rivers merge into the sea, so do all religious streams merge into non-violence.
Ahimsaiva samsāra-marāvamrtasaranih 11
- Yogaśāstra, 2.50. That is, - In the desert of the world only non-violence is the spring of nectar.
Ahimsaiva jaganmātā’himsaivānandapaddhatih ! Ahimsaiva gatiḥ sādhvī, śrīrahimsaiva śāśvati ||
- Jñānārnava, 8.32.
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