Jain Study Center NC Raleigh 1997 11 YJA Regional Convention

Author(s): Jain Study Center NC Raleigh
Publisher: USA Jain Study Center NC Raleigh

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Thus Spake Lord Mahavir
Commandments of Non-Violence (Ahimsa)
Live and let live. Love all - Serve all.
(Excerpt from the sacred books of Jainism)
Where there is Love there is Life. Violence is Suicide.
All Souls are alike and potentially divine. None is Superior or Inferior.
All living beings long to live. No one wants to die.
Have compassion towards all living beings. Hatred leads destruction.
Silence and Self-control is non-violence.
Just as I dislike pain, so do all other beings dislike pain.
A wise person does not kill, nor cause others to kill, nor consent to the killings by others.
Respect for all living beings is non-violence.
Non-violence is the highest religion.
The Teachings of Lord Mahavir
Every soul is independent. None depends on another.
All souls are alike. None is superior or inferior.
Every soul is in itself absolutely omniscient and blissful. The bliss does not come from outside.
All human beings are miserable due to their own faults, and they themselves can be happy by correcting these faults.
The greatest mistake of a soul is non-recognition of its real self and can only be corrected by recognizing itself.
There is no separate existence of God. Everybody can attain God-hood by making supreme efforts in the right direction.
Know thyself, recognize thyself, be immersed by thyself - you will attain God-hood.
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