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## Yogaṣṭi Samuccaya (106)
The key to this is in the hands of the soul. If the soul is harmed, destroyed, then it is all violence. If there is physical violence, but it is done with compassion, then it is not violence. If there is violence in the mind, whether there is physical violence or not, it is still violence. If there is no violence in the mind, whether there is physical violence or not, it is still non-violence. To be detached from one's true nature, to be corrupted, to be agitated, or to be affected by passions like attachment, aversion, and delusion, is the destruction of the soul or mental violence. Therefore, falsehood, theft, sexual misconduct, and greed are all causes of the soul's corruption, and therefore all these sins are part of violence. Conversely, to be in one's true nature, to not be detached from one's true nature, to not be affected by passions like attachment, aversion, and delusion, is non-violence, and truthfulness, etc., are its parts. In short, not allowing passions like attachment, aversion, and delusion to arise is non-violence, and their arising is violence.
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"Truthful and generous, compassionate and righteous; compassion is not one without the sun's rays."
"I am the soul, violence arises from the mind, all sins are born from it; from that, the opposite, non-violence, the contemplation of its absence...mind." - Sa, Tr. Ga. St.
Thus, since the mind is the primary factor in all things, it is the main test for determining violence and non-violence. And from this, some points emerge: For a person who practices right conduct, violence does not arise simply from the taking of life, if they are free from passions like attachment, aversion, and delusion. But if there is a state of delusion, under the influence of passions like attachment, aversion, and delusion, then whether the being dies or not, violence still runs ahead. Because the soul, being deluded, first kills itself with its own mind, then whether or not it kills another being.
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—Śrīmad Rājacandrajī Praṇīta Mākshamālā
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"Because the soul's transformation is the cause of violence, all of it is that. False speech, etc., are only mentioned to teach the student. Because of the influence of passions, the taking of life, in the form of the physical body, is definitely violence."
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Maharṣi Śrī Amṛtacandracāryakṛta Puruṣārtha Siddhi Upayā
"Even for one who practices right conduct, violence does not arise simply from the taking of life, if they are free from passions like attachment, aversion, and delusion. But in a state of delusion, under the influence of passions like attachment, aversion, and delusion, whether the being dies or not, violence still runs ahead. Because the soul, being deluded, first kills itself with its own mind, then whether or not it kills another being." - Śrī Puruṣārtha Siddhi Upayā