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That is, - Non-violence is the universal mother, non-violence is the only way to pleasure, non-violence is the only giver of good destinies and non-violence is the only eternal wealth.
Pāne ya nāivāejjā, se samie tti vuccai tāi | Tao se pāvayam kammam, nijjāi udagam va thalāo ||
- Uttarādhyayana, 8.9. That is, - The living beings must not be subjected to violence. The non-violent only are said to be comported. The sin goes out of the comported ones just as the water flows away from the land. Aprādurbhāvah khalu rāgādinām bhavatyahimseti ||
- Purusrrthasiddhyupāya, 44. That is, – Non-violence is nothing but the nonexistence of the volition of attachment.
Comments - It says that attachment is the basic cause of violence. Therefore, only the detached one can be fully non-violent. This is a very fine distinction of non-violence and cautions against even giving way to attached disposition and to curb such tendencies in the very beginning only
Ahimsā nāma pāņātivāyavirati II
- Daśavaikālika Cūrņi, p. 15. That is, - To abstain from depriving the vitalities of the living beings is non-violence.
Śrūyate sarvaśāstresu sarveșu samayeșu ca| Ahimsālakṣaṇo dharmastadvipakașaśca pātakam ||
- Jñānārņava, 8.31. That is, – According to all precepts and all scriptures, it is well known that dharma is characterised by non-violence and its opposite (violence) is sin
Ahimsā bhūtānām viditam brahma paramam II
- Svayambhūstotra (Samantabhadra), 21.4.
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