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POSITIVE NON-VIOLENCE
ĀGAMIC ESSENCE
THE READINESS PHRASES
Be ever ready to listen to the teachings of the so far unheard of faith
Be ever ready to act on the discourses so heard |
Be ever ready to stop the influx of new karma-matter through observing flawless restraint |
Be ever ready to reduce, destroy and separate the bonded karmamatter through detached practice of penance |
Be ever ready to help the helpless and shelter the unsheltered I
Be ever ready to educate the uneducated |
Be ever ready to happily serve the weak, the ill and the diseased |
If, for some reason, there has arisen a difference of opinion, quarrel or fight or strife between the fellow followers of the faith, be ever ready to diffuse it and bring back the state of reconciliation and harmony.
- Sthānānga Sūtra, Eighth Chapter
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