Ahimsa and Jainism

Author(s): Vijayvallabhsuri
Publisher: Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi

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another man's robe, nor did he eat out of another man's vessel. He observed moderation in eating and drinking. He meditated day and night undisturbed, unperturbed, exerting himself strenuously. He never cared for sleep for the sake of pleasure. He slept only a little, free from cares and desires
He calmly endured all hardships. Well-controlled he bore all dreadful calamities and different kinds of feeling and he wandered about speaking but little. In his journey he paid no heed to the abusive language of the rustics, being perfectly enlightened. Whether wounded or not he did not desire medical treatment. In the cold season he meditated in the shade In summer he exposed himself to the heat. He lived on rough food. He sustained himself eight months using three kinds of food: rice, pounded jujube and jujube (Zizyphess jujuba, lanık). Sometimes he did not drink half a month or even for a month. Some. times he ate stale food. He committed no sin himself nor did he induce others to do so nor did he consent to the sin of others. He meditated persevering in some posture without the smallest motion. He meditated in mental concentration on the things, above, below, and beside. He meditated free from sin and desire, being unattached to
sounds and colours, and never acted carelessly.