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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM
latter only relatively prohibits the killing of any life ; for on certain occasions they enjoin the same as we find in the statement, Senena abhichåran yajeta" i.e., kill enemies by the performance of Sena
yajna. However, what is himså from the Jain point of view ? It is the crushing of the jivic organism into two, oudàrika and the kurman bodies: for non can destroy the karman body clothing a soul.
It will be remarked perhaps that the sage
like Jaimini could not put in such contraHims d in
in dictory rules of conduct in his Karma Philo
sophy. The answer is a very simple one. Jain teach- The scriptural statements of interdictions
and injunction are to be interpreted according to the view points from which they are made. The prohibition of 'not killing any life' is in reference to one who has conquerd his Krodha (anger) : while the injunction for the perfomance of Sena yajna for the slaying of enemies, is with reference to the man of the world who has anger and its correlates. So is the case with
the Purva m im ansa and in the
ing.
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