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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
first vow of non-injury (ahimsā). When the ascetic dispassionately protects the living beings from harm, he frees himself from the sin of committing injury (himsā), even if there is occasional injury caused to them.
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कषाय-राग-द्वेष अर्थात् अयत्नाचार (असावधानी-प्रमाद) के सम्बन्ध से अथवा प्रमादी जीव के मन-वचन-काय योग से जीव के भाव-प्राण का, द्रव्य-प्राण का अथवा इन दोनों का वियोग करना सो हिंसा है।
The severance of vitalities (prāna) due to the activity of the soul tinged with passionate disposition - pramattayoga – is injury (hiņsā).
The qualifying phrase 'activity of the soul tinged with passionate disposition' - pramattayoga - is intended to indicate that mere severance of the vitalities is not wicked. It has been said, "Even with the severance of life one is not stained with the sin of injury.” Again it has been said, “The ascetic who observes diligently the fivefold regulation of activities (samiti) does not accrue bondage even if he has caused injury to the living beings.” From the spiritual standpoint, just as infatuation (mūrcchā) is called attachment-to-possession (parigraha), the disposition of the soul tinged with attachment (rāga) is the cause of injury (himsā). Now, it has been admitted in the Scripture that mere passionate attitude, even without the severance of vitalities, constitutes injury (himsā) – “A person following right conduct, due to the absence of passions like attachment, does not commit the slightest of injury (himsā) although he may have occasioned severance of vitalities. Infatuated by passions like attachment, when a person acts carelessly, he commits injury (himsā), whether the living being is killed or not.”
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