Mahavira Smruti Granth Part 01

SR No.: 010530
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamtaprasad Jain, Others
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Society Agra
Total Pages: 363
Language: Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth
File Size: 9 MB

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TAN YUN-SHAN
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"How were chaos and calamities caused: They were caused by people not loving each other. A thief loves bis own house and does not love the others' house, he therefore steals the others' house for the benefit of his own house, A murderer loves his own body and does not love the others' body, be therefore murders the other's body for the benefit of his own body.. .. ... Officers, each loves his own family and does not love others' family, they therefore exploit others' families for the besefit of their own families. The state biogs, each loves his own country and does not love others' countries, they therefore attack others' countries for the benefit of their own countries. If all look upon others' bouses as their own house, who will steal? If all look upon others' body as his own body, who will murder? If all look upon others' family as bis own family, who will exploit? If all look upon Others' country as his own country, who will attack .. Therefore, when all love each other, there will be peace and when all hate each other, there will be chaos and calamity." (Works of Mo-T'su.)
Again he said. "To kill one man is called wrongful and must receive one death punishment. Accordingly to kill ten men is ten times wrongful and must receive ten death punishments And to kill hundred men 18 hundred times wrongfui and must receive bundred death punishments....... Now the greatest wrongful is to attack a country but receive ao punishment.
Is this night?" (Works of Mo-Tsu)
Again he said "Which are the greater ones among the evils of the world? They are those actions of the big countries attacking smal of the big families disturbing the small families, and those deeds of the strong robbing the weak, of the group of many oppressing the group of few, of the clever deceiving the dull, of the bigh class scorning the low These are the greater evils of the world.” (Works of Mo-Tsu)
The foregoing paragraphs have dealt at suficient length with the deals and toessages of the Chinese saints and sages Now, come to India again..
In India, Malāvīra Jina and Sakyamuni Buddha preached almost the same gospel in the same way. The fundamental principles and teachings of both of them, such as the "Pancha Silanı" or the five rules, are nearly the same. Those of Buddha'are - First, Non-killing, second, Non-Stealing, third, Non-Adultery, fourth, Non-Lying, and the fiftb, Non-Drinking. And those of Jaina are first, Speaking the Truth , second, Living-a-Pure-and-Poor-Life, third, Non-killing, fourth, Non-Stealing, and fifth, Observing-Chastity
The Three Jewels ( Triratna) of Jaina, namely (1) Samyag - Darsana, fight conviction, faith and perception combined. (2) Samyag-Ināca, right knowledge, (3) Sapiyag-Charitra, right conduct, are all included in the Eighttold Noble Path ( Aryamärga ) of Buddha, namely .-- (1) Samyag-Drsti, right VIC198, (2) Samyar-Samkalpa, night thought, (3) Samyag-Vac, right speech