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JAINA DOCTRINE OF AHIMSA
From the point of view of practicability, himsa may be divided as follows:
୮ Injuring one-sensed living-beings
Deliberately
Unavoidable
Self-defence a-of body b-of property c-of country
f Sport
Law
and order
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Himsa
I
Slavery
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Duc to carelessness
Treatment of disease
Sacrifice
Injuring higher types of living-beings
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Employment of men and animals in trade
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Vivisection
For Private & Personal Use Only
Accidentally
I
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Implied in daily living
Wanton
Of these the layman cannot expect to avoid food altogether, so he confines his diet to vegetables and cereals and nuts which are all one-sensed forms of life only. Periodically he goes without eating anything in the shape of fresh vegetables and fruits, to extend his love to the vegetable kingdom also. Later he places limits on himself as regards the time, during the twenty four hours of the day, when alone he may eat food, and gives up eating at night, to extend the scope of his vow of Universal Love. The layman gives up all forms of wanton cruelty, but he cannot be expected to avoid the unavoidable types of himsa as yet. He cannot also escape from the himsa
Killing for food, fashion,
etc.
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