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HERITAGE OF LORD MAHAVIRA :
drama of life. To make him know that thus killing and harming brother-souls, he is only adding to the stock of his own misfortunes, and still to encourage him to take up the desperate struggle against this world of dark forces within and around him, calls no doubt for the heroic mettle in man !
How can he take up this desperate struggle ?
कह चरे कहं चिढे कहं आसे कहं सए ।
कहं भुंजतो भासंतो पावं कम्मं न बन्धइ ॥ “ How to move, how to stand, how to sit, how to lie down, how to eat and how to speek without incurring undesirable Karma?”
The Dasavajkalika Sutra (IV. 7 ff.), after giving a detailed description of the harm people do to other creatures merely by careless behaviour, puts forth these questions and immediately follows them up with appropriate answers :
जयं चरे जयं चिठे जयमासे जय सए।
जयं भुजन्तो भासन्तो पावं कम्म न बन्धइ ॥ “By moving with care, by standing with care, by sitting with care, by lying down with care, by eating with care and by speaking with care, one can avoid incurring undesirable Karma.”
The Acharanga Sutra discusses this subject in full breadth and the Sutrakritanga Sutra, which goes even more
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