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grants every creature its right to live in dignity. Jaina prayer, O merciful : ‘May all living things be blissful'. In fact, the devotee gives up his body-residence before he gives up the Jaina non-violence. Dear Bullock, freely trade your yoke for a garland of the 3 Jaina Jewels, and understand Right Faith, Knowledge and Conduct adorn ye with unfading spiritual mastery. Savior then ye are, of your soul's inner space of splendor."
Bullock (like old ashes, grey) : "No lack of courage to pull out the cart for my Lord's pilgrimage, but 'tis old bones. Alas, forgive me, I fall to sleep, feebly."
Lord (soft-toned): “Ye Bullock, ye are not alone. Ye Bullock, the religion of Ahimsā calls ye its own."
Bullock (muffled): “I dream His voice, O my soul, rejoice, rejoice ..."
Lord : "May this truth of the Jaina religion move ye bullock towards self-realization, for ye are your own ageless soul in the eternity of the Jaina reality."
Said the Lord : "Shadow of grace, Ye Blackbuck, from a greenleaf shadow place, now ye are the last seeker, and of what alarms are ye speaker ?”
Said the Blackbuck (quivering): "Festival wherein the forest is a blood-river of betrayal, 'Tis the demons' merrymaking, but 'tis the breath of life we are forsaking."
Lord (apart): "How to compose this distress of heart-pounding fears, endless ? Again, the placid creed of the Jaina religion shall pacify an inborn agitation ..." (aloud): Dear Blackbuck! For meet reason,
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