Book Title: Mahavira Jayanti Smarika 1977
Author(s): Bhanvarlal Polyaka
Publisher: Rajasthan Jain Sabha Jaipur

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________________ AHINSA Ahinsa is the true character of life for it appeals to all the men and beasts alike. It engenders in them love, trust and friend. lyness. 2. Ahinsa does not mean any religious faith, it rather represents that sweet and loving character which makes life worth living, which sustains it through helpless condition and makes it capable of growing into society. 3. Ahinsa is the inner urge of life to love and behave other in a way, as one would like to be loved and behaved by others. 4. Ahinsa is born of the universal outlook, which recognizes oneness of truth, oneness of self and oneness of purpose through all the veried forms of life. 5. Love begets love and hatred begets hatred so a seeker after love should ever live a life of Ahinsa. 6. The essence of all great men and their philosophies is that Ahinsa is the greatest good and Hinsa, is the greatest evil. 7. Ahinsa like mother is the greatest protector in life. It is the safest royal road to happiness. 8. Ahinsa is the art of living by which one can live and let others live, 9. The life of Ahinsa costs little but enriches all. 10. Ahinsa is double blessing, it blesses him that gives and him that takes. LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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