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colour and creed. Jains have never resorted to wars or exerted pressure on others to accept Jainism. Jainism envisages the concept of no harm even to the simplest of the simple organisms or even non-living things as far as possible and austerity for the self. Therefore, there is no question of adversely affecting or disturbing ecology in any sense.
Finally, I must say that those who follow Jainism in its letter and spirit can hardly do an act directly or indirectly, in thought or action by speech or action which may harm nature. Thus in the words of Ācārya Maháprajña preservation of ecology is the other name of Jainism.
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