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4. All living beings love life, they wish to relish pleasure;
loath misery, shun annihilation; enjoy life and love to live long. In short, life is dear to all beings.
- Ācā. Sū. 1.2.3.63
Hence one should not inflict pain on any creature.
- Utta. Sū. 2.20
Nor have any feeling of antipathy or enmity.
--- Sū. Kr. Sū. 1.15.13
One should be friendly twoards all creatures.
- Utta. Sū. 6.2
5. Nothing is higher than Mount Meru nor anything more
expansive than the sky. Similarly know that no Dharma is equal to Ahimsā in this world.
— Bha. Pa. 91
Forty Two Truthfulness
1. A person who speaks the truth becomes trustworthy like
a mother, venerable like a preceptor and dear to everyone like a kinsman.
— Bha. A. 840
2. Truth is the quintessence in this world. Truth is more tranqil and deeper than the deepest ocean.
— Praśna. 2.2
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