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virtues extends upto animals and other creatures over and above human beings. But it is Jainism which goes a step ahead and makes all beings right upto the beings that possess only one sense, namely, trees and vegetables, to be the objects of compassion, love and non-violence. In order to promote this thought, Jainism has given us a special kind of biology or the science of life, which is found in all creatures. Thus Jainism has shown us a peculiar as well as striking aspect or nature of all beings. The propogators or founders of Jainism who were free from passions such as attachment etc., who were ominscient and who are known as holy Tirthankaras, have admitted the existence of beings ranging from those having five senses right upto the lowest creatures which have only one sense. And this can be proved logically and empirically. Just as we are beings with five senses, similarly there are insects like the fly, the bee, the mosquito, the scorpian etc. that have four senses because they do not have the sense of hearing. In the same way, the ant etc. have three senses, because, they do not have eyes as well as
ears.
Further on, there are beings like warms etc. which have only two senses because they lack not only the above two senses, namely, eyes and ears, but also the sense of smelling. Finally we come to those beings that have only one sense.
A Unique Science of Life: The Gift of Jainism
We must bear in mind that sensual ability is possessed by living beings only and not by
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