Ahimsa Mimansa

Author(s): Kanubhai Sheth, Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: SKPG Jain Philosophical and Literary Research Centre

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Ahimsa Mimamsa principally non-violence religion. A sweet music always flow in its every rites, mankind therefore becomes very happy. If å man succeeds in the achievement of non-violence, then one can easily succeed in other rites. Psychological Analysis of non-violence
The principle of non-violence is established on the psychological basis in Jaina religion. Non-violence is mentioned as religion of the extract of Arhat discourses, pure and eternal. Some times it is questioned why non-violence is believed to be a religion? It is answered psychologically there is strong will principally prevail in every living specy. Happiness suits every living creature and misery is unsuitable.
"सव्वे पावा सव्वे जीवा सव्वे सत्ता सव्व भूआ न हंतव्वा न परितावेयव्वा। सव्वेपाणा पियाउआ, अप्पियवहा, सुहसाया दुक्खपडिकुला सव्वेपि जीविउ काय, सव्वेसि जीवियं पियं ।
“Protect each and every living creature. Protect the living creatures from smallest to biggest. All prefer life and do not prefer death. All like happiness and deslike miseries. Therefore do not kill and do not beat any one."
Non-violence is to be accomplished through mind, speech and body in Navkoti (Total) non-violence. Violence is halted over the body, through control over the body. Similarly, the sins are stopped while controlling mind and speech. It is geneally agreed upon that more sins are committed if violence is done personally. But this is not an absolute truth. To engage one self in violence, carry out violence through some one and to support any kind of violence these all are sinful activities. Some times it so happens that more sins are committed as the violence is supported as well as to carry out violence via media than one engages own self in the violence. Therefore neither any criteria nor any materialistic thermometer can be derived for the violence. Politeness is the only