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ordinary householder has no such hard and fast rule to obey. He is not to kill from motives afforded by passions. That alone is killing which gives" pain to lives owing to our minds, tongue or body being affected by passion (Shri Uma Swami) This allows latitude enough for any ordinary life to carry on his usual avocations that necessarily imply a certain amount of unintentional harm to others. The Kshatriya is yet more plainly enjoined to follow his duty and do his Dharm by being a true and generons warrior. The ultimate goal is total non-killing. And even in the preliminary stages, a Jain has to avoid pain to others as far as possible. This is what is taught by European utilitarianism with the improvement that animals are placed upon the same footing as man in counting.up the results of an action. It is to be left to the readers to judge whether the change is for the better or for the worse. That it is more comprehensive and wider in range, is plain enough. As to
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