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main principle is ahimsa. The other four are supportive to this main one. They are complimentary to reverence for life. These guide our conduct which help our life to grow to the higher self. In this way the whole Jain dharma is for freeing the self from the non-self, freeing the self from the desires, expectations, and poisons which we call anger, greed, jealousy and deceitfulness. Ultimately we reach the state of perfection which in this school is known as enlightenment, emancipation or Moksha.
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