Ahimsa Mimansa

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

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pathy prevail in place of mean feelings such as attachment, illusion, pride and selfishness. On the coutrary, it is a symbol of Ravan, where exists fascination, illusion, avarice, selfishness, pride and anger as well as hatredness, cruelty and nonforbiddenness spread out. An idealogy, which may be termed as Ram idealogy is pious, attractive and dear and another ideology may be Ravan ideology which is dirty, vile and vulgar. Now the Manav has to decide about either Ram or Ravan?
The pious nectar flow of non-violence is in one's own self. That is a special discovery of Jain religion. And that pious ideology-of non-violence and truth constantly flows in our blood. The man has to be awakened that power of flowing Ganges and has to take bath in it so that the life of man becomes fulfilled. Non-violence is life like flowing Ganges to make life more pious, the humanity fully developes after taking holy deep in it. The mask, such as hypocracy, pretention, selfishness and exploitation the man has put on over his so called beautiful face, which breaks, bursts automatically after this holy deep and the man turns to be real man and can pass through an ocean of Samsar. WIDE SPREAD MEANING OF NON-VIOLENCE IN JAINA TRADITION:
The wide-spread meaning of non-violence is described from all the angles, available probably in the ancient Jain volume of Acharang in the world literature. The violent killing of shadjivanikays such as Earth. Water, fire, Air, Botanical matters and moving living species are forbidden. Its first chapter belongs to examination of weapons. It creates the wisdom for the causes and materials of like wise violence, befitting to its name. The consideration related to the wisdom of violence, non-violence of shadjivanikayas is the speciality of Acharanga, which is totally accepted in Jaina literature. There is not only wide-spread meaning of non