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Some for the blood, heart, liver, fat, feathers or teeth.... Some out of fear.
He who is disinclined to kill the smallest living thing,
knows what suffering is, because he who sees and understands
the real cause of his own happiness and pains, knows others' too. And he who sees and understands
others' feelings also knows his own feelings.
This is the way one must compare oneself with others.
Knowing what is bad, he who knows it with regard to himself
knows it with regard to the world;
And he who knows it with regard to the world outside,
knows it with regard to himself.
This reciprocity between oneself and others
(one should mind).
Thus we enjoin on you, thus do we say, Thus we believe, thus we proclaim to all: No living things should be slain anywhere, Nor ordered forcibly this way or that. Nor put in bonds, nor tortured any way Or treated violently otherwise: Because you are the same which ye would slay Or order here or there against his will. Or put in prison, or subject to pain, Or treat with violence: ye are the same; The Self-same Life doth circulate in all.
-Lord Mahavir - Acharanga Sutra
Similarly, the Uttradhayan sutra shares the following:
"Seeing the self in every one and everywhere, knowing that all beings love their life, we, having made ourselves free from fear and enmity, should not kill other beings,"
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An Ahimsa Crisis: You Decide
