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Amar Muni ji Maharaj, “Ahimsa ke Preraṇā Sūtra", in Ahimsā Darsana (Agra: Shri Sanmati Gyanpeeth, 2012)
Je ya buddha atikkantā je ya buddhā aṇāgayā. Santi tesim paiṭṭhānam bhūyānam jagai jahā.. Utträdhyayana Sūtra, 8.8
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Na hu pāṇavaham anujane muccejja kayai savvadukkhāṇam. Amar Muni ji Maharaj, op. cit., Ahimsa Darśana
Esa sā ahimsā bhagavai bhiyāṇa viva saraṇam, tasathavarasavvabhūyakhemakarī.
First lecture called knowledge of the weapon in Acaranga, English translation by Herman Jacobi and Max Mueller.
Amṛtacandra Sūri, PS, Gatha- 42, 43, Trans. Vijay K. Jain (Dehradun: Vikalp Printers, 2012), p.33 Atmapariņāmahimsanahetutvātsarvamevahimsaiyat.
Anṛtavacanādikevalamudahṛtam siṣyabodhāya.42
All subdivisions (injury, falsehood, stealing, unchastity, and attachment) are himsa as indulgence in these sullies the pure nature of the soul. Falsehood etc. have been mentioned separately only to make the disciple understand through illustrations. Yatkhalukaṣayayogātprāṇānāmdravyabhāvarūpāṇām. Vyaparopanasyakaranamsuniścitabhavatisähimsā. 43
Acting under the influence of passions, an injury caused to physical or psychical vitalities is deliberate himsa.
60 Jaina Acāryas have given certain individual and social characteristics
that accompany Samyagdarśana (spiritual awakening) and the same can be classified as individual and attitude towards others. The individual characteristics are doubtless in kindness / compassion to all creatures, impose upon him restraint in the realm of possessive desires, becomes free from follies (Mūḍhatā) i.e. superstitions and develops virtuous dispositions of honesty, gratitude, forgiveness, modesty. The social characteristics are not hating a meritorious being owing to certain diseased bodily conditions and the like, develops universal love to all creatures to provide equal opportunities for progress to all, rehabilitates the fallen or misguided and to publicize the righteous creed / path. there are other characteristics also, These are-Reduction of passions to the extent of acquiring mental peace, i.e. PRASAMA, Turning away from the causes, which enhance worldly career, i.e. SAMVEGA, Expression of the non-skeptical attitude towards the spiritual nature of Reality, i.e. ASTIKAYA, Manifestation of universal compassion, i.e. ANUKAMPĀ.
Amṛtacandra Sūri, PS, Gatha- 97, 124, op. cit. Vijay K. Jain, p.64,
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