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MATTHEW MCK 49. kimaself for the practising of absolute ahimsā by a steady course of training. In the beginning he should consider the teachings of the Jainas with reference to the course which he should adopt Living beings fall under the following five classes (1) One-sensed beings. These possess only the sense of touch, i e.
Vegetables (2) Two sensed beings. Thoge which possegs taste added to touch
Certain varieties of shell fish can be placed under this heading. , (3) Three-sensed beings. These enjoy the sense of smell 11 addition
to touch and taste The ant comes under tbis classification. (4) Four sensed beings who are endowed with all the senses, with the
exception of that of hearing (5) Five-sensed beings The true Jaina turns away from injuring all creatures
In defeace of body, property and country much that is injurious to others is committed
That a lot of this injury could be avoided passes without comment
In killing for food we see even in these days horrible exhibitions of, cruelty I have seen on many occasions cattle being brought to the slaughter. How I wished, I had the power at my command to set the doomed creatures free They were quite aware of their fate That point I would like to fully stress. The blood of the preceding Pictim was hardly cold before another unfortunate animal was goaded by cruel men, and barshly beaten in its last few moments of life. Fear could be seen in the eyes of the victim and in every movement of its body, quivering and apprehensive. But Cattle must be killed it is said And so the poor animals are glaughtered day by day that meat may be placed on the tables of the dinners. Butchers make a whole time profession of this cruel business, and their hired killers are ever at their beck and call to slaughter these ud-ofending creatures. '
I write with shame of the horrible cruelties perpetrated in the name of sport. Sport to my mind runs in the way of bloodless games where the opposing men are of fairly equal match., Imagine the dying cries of a rabbit or a hare in the jaws of hounds, after being hunted and chased until it be comes literally exhausted. The bounds are usually kept in a balf-starved condition in order that they will be more likely to follow the rabbit or hare to the death In the boxing ring too, one sees horrible scenes of- bleeding men, glazed in the eyes staggering about to put in a finishing blow on their Opponent And this mark is regarded as a geritleman's sport In horse racing too one sees much that is cruel I remember as a boy seeing a poor horse which had been entered 10 two hard races in one afternoon The poor beast won neither of these races, but had been forced on by its rider at :
