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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
In the observance of sallekhana, since passions, the instrumental cause of himsă, are subdued, sallekhanā is said to be leading to ahimsā.
Jain, Vijay K. (2012), "Shri Amritachandra Suri's Puruṣārthasiddhyupaya", p. 114-116. Sallekhana as expounded in Dharmamṛta (Sāgāra) – 13th century CE composition:
न धर्मसाधनमिति स्थास्नु नाश्यं वपुर्बुधैः ।
न च केनापि नो रक्ष्यमिति शोच्यं विनश्वरम् ॥ ८-५ ॥
Restraint is the instrument of dharma; a knowledgeable man, therefore, never injures his body that is steadily established in dharma. When destined for obliteration, no one – a shaman (yogi), a celestial being, or a demon - can rescue the body; there is no point in grieving for it.
कायः स्वस्थोऽनुवर्त्यः स्यात् प्रतिकार्यश्च रोगितः ।
उपकारं विपर्यस्यंस्त्याज्यः सद्भिः खलो यथा ॥ ८-६ ॥
When the body is healthy, noble men should try to maintain it through suitable nourishment and activity. When disease supervenes, appropriate medicines should be administered to cure it. If the body, ignoring the services rendered (for its maintenance and curing), acts in opposition and is no longer a means to the pursuit of dharma or the disease gets totally intractable, it needs to be shed as if a rogue.
कालेन वोपसर्गेण निश्चित्यायुः क्षयोन्मुखम् ।
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When certain that the end of life is near, due either to natural aging or approach of a calamity (upasarga), one should take recourse to renunciation in the prescribed manner through
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