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as a flaw. It proves that the aphorisms after aphorisms in the scriptures are full of instances in support of positive non-violence.
Chavvihā appamāyapaļilehaņā pannattā, tamjahā – Anaccāvitam avalitam anānubandhim amosalimm ceva |
Chapurimā navakhodā, pāņīpāņavosohiņi ||
- Sthānanga sūtra, sthāna 6. That is, - Non-negligent inspection of clothes and other monastic equipage is said to be of six types, such as -
1. Anartitā -- To inspect the clothes without turning them round and round and without going about them round and round.
2. Avalitā - To inspect the clothes without inclining own body or the clothes.
3. Anānubandhi - To inspect the clothes without undue haste or without jerking them violently.
4. Amosali - To inspect the clothes without rubbing the upper and lower parts of the clothes.
5. Șatpūrvā-navakhodā - To inspect the clothes by spreading them wide and inspecting carefully and to shake then, gently three times from each side is said to be șațpūrvā inspection and to gently sweep them three times and to carefully inspect thrice each time is called navakhodā inspection.
6. Prāņiprāņaviśodhini – To carefully take any creature noticed during such inspections on one's hand to carefully put it in a safe place.
Comments - To inspect the clothes and other monastic equipage twice a day is regular monastic chore. The sixth category of careful inspection - Prāņiprāņaviśodhini – it has been prescribed that any even the finest creature that is noticed during such inspection is to be protected and put in a safe place. Had the act of protecting the living creatures been deplorable and abandonable, such prescriptions would not find a place in the sacred scriptures.
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