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also essential. Not to cause hurt to the sense organs with a molestive intention, as also to remove affliction, depends on the proper distribution of the articles, enjoyable by these sense organs. In this way the comprehensive form of non-violence will be fully capable and influential in forming the equanimous life of the society or an individual.
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Truth : What is true and what is false.-These are fully the subjects determined by the state of knowledge, contemplation as well as inner experience of the soul. Their gross forms become intelligibie to all the beings those which are known through the medium of senses, perceived by eyes, are true and expressing contrary to it are false. This very principle when extended from an ordinary individual's mind to the minds of superior persons, then it will be said that the discoveries made by them of the unknown truths through their intuition, become worth following for the ordinary people, and on the basis of that discovery decision is taken of right or wrong (real or unreal). For instance, the speech of unattached (veetrag) is called true-for the reason that whatever reality was realized with an unbiased mind by those omniscients having attained the highest state of self evolution and being devoid of attachment and aversion. it became ideal. That works like a Beacon light in which one can go across the darkness of life.
Untruth or false hood is born out of anger, greed and fear. One speaks lies knowingly while truth
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