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Anekantic broad-mindedness he feels that he is belonging to all times and places All people regard him as their brethren To him even animals and trees do not look alien He declares with Acharya Kundakunda "I am equal with all the living beings I have enmity with none I relinquish all desires and hopes I become equanimous,"
Behind School of Arts Kishanpole Bazar, JAIPUR-3
Any injury whatsoever to the material or conscious vitalities caused through passionate activity of mind, body or speech is Himsa, assuredly
(Prusharthasıddhupaya, 40)
Birth does not lead to greatness, but cultivation of numerous wrtues by a man leads him to greatness It is a pearl that possesses real greatness and not the pair of shells in which it is produced
(Vajalaggam, 687)
Character is far better than birth in a high family, poverty is far superior to ill-health, learning is far better than royalty and forgiveness is preferable to the rigorous practice of austerities
(Vajalaggam, 85)
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