Ahimsa Mimansa

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

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Ahimsa Mimamsa pared to external one, they are the victorious. External enemies only destroy the peresent life, while the internal enemies destroy not only the good qualities of the soul, but present life and succeessful lives, while peforming sinful activities after becoming haughty in the kashyas format. Lord Mahavira, therefore preached that ‘fight against internal enemies(Kashayas) and get victory over them.'
The second form of violence is materiallistic Violence. What is this Violence? A person is clean and clear as well as pious internally and does not desire to cause pains and miseries to others. To him protecting every animal, is his own religion. However the violence occurres, in his daily routine work, that is called Dravya Himsa or materiallistic violence. The meaning of Dravya is ‘visible'. This violence is not actual but is so called violence.
If some one dies through some body, during daily routine work, having, non-violent tendeceies, that is not considered as violence but due to malicious intentions such as anger, fascination, illusion, and greed, tendency to kill any animal, that one is called Violence. Learned Jaina saints proclaimed '44T OMIC 9141244740i felt! (aratef 23) means, kidnapping of animals due to idleness is violence. In other words, violence basically depends upon kashayas. There may not be violence from the external point of view, but internal kashyas of Raag-Dvesh are violence. On the contrary, if there is no kashay, no idleness, and even then there is Violence, then it is Dravya violence, and not Bhav violence. Even though life is terminated externally there is no violence. We saw earlier, that Violence occurres with wisdom, that act is not Violence. Such position can be obtained by non-attached souls. Because they are free from Raag and Dyesha they are therefore, free from all kind of Violence. The violence occurrs due to their daily movement is not sinful violence.