Jiva Vichar Prakaranam

SR No.: 010679
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay
Publisher: Ratnaprabhvijay
Total Pages: 240
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 33 MB

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ignorane for the selfish nourishment of his own body or mainttence of livelihood and thus avoid the severest punishment at the hands of nature. They saw this truth through their finer and subtter intelled and intuition and analysed how the sin is increased in proportion from the killing of life possessing one sense to that of 5 senses. They say as follow :--
सत्तविराहणपावं, असंखगुणीयस्स एगभूयस्स । भूयस्साणतगुणं पावं, इक्कस्स पाणस्स ॥ १ ॥ बेइंदिय तेइंदिय चउरिदिय, तहय चेव पंचिदी । लक्ख सहस्सात सयगुणंत पावं मुणेयव्वं ॥ २ ॥
From the above observations and summary it is evident that infinite amount of sin is gathered from eating fleshthan from eating fruits etc., In our ignorance and from temptations of passions, we forget what is right and what is wrong, and what should be eaten and what should not be eaten and fall into the error of judgement and commit such sins for which the highest punishment would await us.
it is, therefore, essential that we should completely avoid violence to the living beings when we can easily maintain our body by fruits, nuts, and vegetables and other articles which contain no tangible life, just as Jaina Munis do. This kind of life of non-violence of munis practised even for a day is extolled as greater than all the charities an Emperor can make; but in the case of a house-holder, it is impossible for him to follow the strict rules of munis, and so, he is allowed some margin for his maintenance except through the violence committed to the mobile living Beings. Even from the standpoint of medical science, it has been proved that by vegetable diet, the health and life is better maintained than through flesh-eating. We can also know which food is natural to hiiman beings by a little observation of patural Laws.......From they very anatomceal construction of human