Ahimsa and Jainism

Author(s): Vijayvallabhsuri
Publisher: Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi

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Heaven on Earth, one should do everything in one's power to make men, understand their spiri. tual nature and to practise universal love. To bring this about, the first step that every peaceloving citizen should take is to observe abstinence from wine and meat, because as Tolstoy says, "if a man's aspirations towards a righteous life are serious, his first act of abstinence will be abstinence from animal food; its use is plainly immoral as it requires an act contrary to moral feelingi, e., killing-and is called forth only by greed."
You cannot prolong your life, therefore be not careless; you are past help when old age approaches. Consider this: “ what protection will careless people get, who kill living beings and do not exert themselves ?”..::
Uttradhyayana Sutra