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'healthy' and so on have been derived and it is this experience that when a feeling of this nature is generated, it means a feeling of physical, psycological and spiritual integrity, a sense of balance among the various components of our organism and its total er vironment. In Jaina epistemology there are many other words such as: 'Samata', 'Samakit', 'Samayik', 'Sramana', 'Shata', 'Aashatana', Shanthi', 'Samadhi', 'Samsara' and so on. To explain some of these: 'Samata, Shanti and Shata' are states of being in which disturbances are eliminated and totally neutralized into harmony, equality, peace and happiness; 'Aashatana' is just the opposite, a state of disturbance in existence. Samadhi implies a state of stillness, a wide permanent calmness as different from 'adhi' a worry. 'vyadhi' a serious worry not only mental, but physical, and 'upadhi' as caused by others, thus itself being a balanced and tranquil state of mind in which the basic sameness of everything in and of the universe is experienced. The word 'Samsara' from 'sara' suggesting movement, all that moves towards final 'sama' though at the moment of perception it is all entanglements, worries and misery. Thus, the final goal, of 'Samara' is attaining the state of harmoniousness from disturbances. And words 'Samayik'
and 'Sramana' are the action and the actor in, and of the entire · process of samyaktva. the theme of meditation and contempla
tion being equalness; harmoniousness, and peacefulness within one's self and also with regard to all life-forms, things and events in and of the universe, or the multiverse. A jaina is a 'Sramana' involved in being evolved as an Equal, a 'Whole in the himself rather than a 'Brahmana' involved in being evolved as a part or portion in and of and as merging in 'Brahma'. ine mea. ning of 'Equality' has no comparison as has been found in jain religion.
All this is certainly not to say that Non-Violence in Jainism is of little importance. It is only to emphasize that to bring about the state of Samyaktva, Jainism prescribes means and all vows. Austerities and Reflections are the means only and not the end or the final objective. And one of these means is the observance of Non-Violence in the same way as the observances of non-falsehood, non stealing, nonaccmulation,
