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158 CWMG, Vol.40, M. K. Gandhi, YI, 04.04.1929; See M. K. Gandhi,
op.cit, pp. 109-10.
See chapter 4 for details. 160 Manish Barua, Religion and Gandhian Philosophy (Akanksha
Publishing House, New Delhi, 2002), pp. 107-108. 161 Ibid, pp.117-119.
CWMG, Vol.48, op.cit, p.434, M. K. Gandhi, YI, 31.12.1931. Kalpa Sūtra, one of the most story text of Jains giving life of
Mahavira. 164 CWMG, Vol. 20, p. 133, M. K. Gandhi, YI, 25.05.1921. 165
Svāmi Kārtikeya, Kārtikeyānuprekṣā, 4/78, Quoted in Dharmāmrta (Anāgāra) Translated by Pandit Kailash Chandra Shastri, (Bharatiya Jnanapith Publication, New Delhi, 1977), p.12. Dhammovatthusahavokhamadi-bhavoya das viho dhammo Rayanattayamcadhammojivanamrakkhanam dhammo. The first discourse of Mahavira in Sūtrakstānga (second limb of the twelve fold Jain canons having sermons of Mahavira) says: "One should know what causes the bondage (of the soul) and what one must know to remove it'. Then in the subsequent four verses Mahavira replies "He who owns even a small property in living or lifeless things or consents to others holding it, will not be delivered from misery; If a man kills living beings or causes other men to kill them, or consent to their killing them, his iniquity will go on increasing; A sinner, who makes the interest of his kinsmen and companions his own, will suffer much; for the number of those whose interest he takes to heart constantly increases; All his wealth and his nearest relations cannot protect him (from future misery); knowing this and the value of life, he will get rid of karma." Dasvaikālika sūtra verse 1.1, (Agam Prakashan Samiti, Beawar. 1985). Dhammo mangalamukkittham ahimsā sanjamo tavo.
Devā vi tam namamsanti jassa dhamme saya mano. 168 CWMG Vol. 59, Narayan Desai, My Gandhi, op.cit, p.97;, Page 9. 169 M. K. Gandhi, Hind Swaraj, (Navjivan Publishing House,
Ahmadabad, in soft copy), p.67. 170 M. K. Gandhi, Harijan, Feb.1937, as quoted from the Raghawan
N. Iyer, "Means and Ends in Politics” in G. Ramachandran & T. K.
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