Book Title: Ahimsa Mimansa
Author(s): Kanubhai Sheth, Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: SKPG Jain Philosophical and Literary Research Centre
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Ahimsa Mimamsa criteria available as demerits and merits of violence and nonviolence 'respectively. Any kind of external activities are not a karma. Some time we get retirement from sinful act, wrong act as well as violence, and engage some one else to carry out such violent act coupled with cruelty and get satisfaction that I did not committ any kind of violent act then how can I get sins ? The one who did it physically then the sin would be his-but it is not like this. You have to enjoy the fruits of sinful act even if it is done indirectly. The responsibilities of sinful act, either directly or indirectly done, rest with the person who inspired some one to do such sinful act and support the same.
If some one is tortured either directly or indirectly, there are all chances of violence being committed. A labourer, loaded with heavy load on his head, pánting, tired, over flooded with perspiration as well as passing through crowded street, must be given a passage first. Here, it is termed as indirect act of non-violence. There are all chances of violence to be committed, if some one is bodily pained either directly or indirectly.
The question now arises where is more sin, either doing violence, or engineering through some one or supporting the same. Jaina religion preaches non-absolutism. Each and every problem, therefore, should be tried to solve by way of non-absolutism. Where ever there is violence, though one is directly not involved it is done indirectly, or else violence is not carried out directly but the violence is being supported then there would be sinful act. Its famous example is HitlerHitler dragged the whole world into horrible flames of the world war. It is said that he never fired a single bullet, during the world war, neither he kept any weapons, nor he killed a single soldier, nor wounded any one. His army fought the war through his orders, suggetions and advices. Several were killed,
