Ahimsa and Jainism

Author(s): Vijayvallabhsuri
Publisher: Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi

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ness and goodness of the teacher and a ready acceptance of certain articles of faith for one's own guidance.
A man of knowledge is a man of faith and a man of faith is a man of action, Virtue consists in right conduct, but there is no right conduct without right belief, and no right belief without the right perception of truth Right knowledge, faith, and conduct constitute the path of Jainism leading to the destruction of karma and to the attainment of perfection. Faith is produced by nature, instruction, command, study of the sutras, suggestion, compret hension of the meaning of the sacred lore, complete course of study, religious exercise, brief exposition and reality. According to the Buddhists faith is nothing but trust in the Buddha, Doctrine (Dharma) and order (Sangha ).
The knowledge, which is cô.extensive with the object rather than knowledge which is supernatural, is known in Jainism as Avadhi knowledge. Avadhi means that which is limited by the object, that which is sufficient to survey the field of observation. It is the knowledge of the distant non-sensible in time or space possessed by divine and internal souls. The Buddhist Antavantajnana is evidently the
same term as Jain Avadhijnana. .