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latter only relatively prohibits the killing of any life; for on certain occasions they enjoin the same as we find in the statement, Senena abhicharan yajeta" i.e., kill enemies by the performance of Sena yajna.
However, what is hims& from the Jain point of view? It is the crushing of the jivic organism into two, oudarika and the karman bodies for non can destroy the karmun body clothing a soul.
It will be remarked perhaps that the sage like Jaimini could not put in such contradictory rules of conduct in his Karma Philo
Himsa in the Purva
mimansa sophy. The answer is a very simple one.
and in the
Jain teach The scriptural statements of interdictions
ing.
and injunction are to be interpreted according to the view points from which they are made. The prohibition of 'not killing any life' in reference to one who has conquerd his Krodha (anger): while the injunction for the perfomance of Sena yajna for the slaying of enemies, is with reference to the man of the world who has anger and its correlates. So is the case with
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