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barren field, consumes and burns up the roots of vile pleasure, and renders the soil of the heart more fertile for the good seed of the word of God."- (Recognitions of Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. iii. p. 328.
11. (Universal love):
"Love is the keeping of commandments which leads to know. ledge, and the keeping of them is the establishment of commandments from which immortality results."-(Clement) A.N.C.L. vol. xii. p. 375.
"If ye love me, keep my commandments."-John xiv. 15.
Universal love signifies loving every one of the living beings, not only one's relations and friends, and human beings, but all living beings, and its manifestations take the form of Ahimsă, that is to say, the protecting of the lives of all living beings and the avoiding of causing hurt to any one; for we protect the lives of those whom we really love.
"... and the latter (knowledge) terminating in love, thereafter gives the loving to the loved."-A.N.C.L. vol. xii. p. 448.
The class of the loved embraces every living being, and the mode in which you can give the loving to the loved’ is to see that you neither hurt nor destroy any one, if your love is not to die merely on your lips. The Jaina saint, therefore, carries with him a whisk of soft peacock feathers with which to brush aside any living being, insects, etc., that may be in danger of being killed or crushed by his movements.
"If you knew what that meaneth, I will bave mercy and not sacrifice."--Matt. xii. 7.
“But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will bave mercy, and not sacrifice. ..."—Matt. ix. 13.
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