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draught and transport activities. A horse-cart owner puts his horse to work and also gives it rest. He caresses the horse with love and himself feeds it. If this entire process is analyzed psychologically, it would definitely come out as a compassionate activity. A person moving around in an automobile will never feel compassion towards his vehicle because he knows that the vehicle does not get tired. He is fully aware of the lifelessness of his vehicle. There is only one way animals can be saved and that is to make them a useful part of the life of human society and consider them as an important constituent of the economic strength of the country. For better understanding of the concept of violence and non-violence, the Jain agams speak about three types of violence. A. Hetu Hinsa : Carelessness which can lead to
violence. B. Swaroop Hinsa : Acts which superficially appear to
be violent but are not violent if you see the result. For example, the violence of plucking the flowers for the purpose of offering to the deity
during a pooja. This is not hinsa. C. Anubandh Hinsa : Here the violence is not visible but
subtle. For example a bird catcher 'offers grains to the bird so that they
get entangled in the net spread by him. Offering grains is visibly jeevdaya. However, it leads to hinsa (as the birds get caught, either for killing or for caging).
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