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which also resulted in some violence towards the one sensed and small moving creatures would also have resulted in karmic bondages and they would never have liberated. But it was not so and they did not incur any karmic bondage because the intent to do anything, to get it done and approving anything done by others was totally absent in their case. The sense of doership was not there and that did not cause any karmic bondage.
What is meant here is that in the auspicious activities of mercy, kindness, charity, service, affection, etc., the feeling of doership etc., is totally absent and, therefore, they are not sinful activities and do not cause any karmic bondage. It is for the same reason that even though the yoga activities of the ordained monks also cause some violence towards one sensed and other moving creatures, their monastic conduct is believed to be free of karmic bondage due to three means (body, mind and speech) and three agencies (self, other and approval). It is so because the violence in question is committed but they do not commit it. They only aim at the protection and safety of all the living beings of the world and do not intend any harm and violence to any creature. Therefore, the auspicious activities do not result in any karmic bondage.
5. Objection – Any sinful acts committed by a creature that is saved by the auspicious activities of mercy, protection, etc., may incur sinful karmic bondage and the person that saves it would also partially incur that sinful karmic bondage, which is abandonable and would eventually hinder his liberation. Therefore, to save and protect any creature through the auspicious activities of mercy, protection, etc., is a sin and should be abandoned.
Answer - The abovementioned reason is absolutely unsubstantial. The reason being that the person that saves a creature does not save with the intent that the creature so saved may live for doing sinful acts. If the saviour be held responsible for the future sins committed by the saved creature then everyone except the fully detached omniscient Lords are sinners because they are acting to save and protect their near and dear ones who are committing some sins or the others all the time.
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