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the bed-rock, the refuge and the most excellent shelter. That righteousness is supremely auspicious whose constituents are non-violence, self-control and austerity. Even the celestials revere him whose mind is always absorbed in such righteousness."
Spiritualist is religious. Religion can be practised in human life. Religion has to be lived, because that is the only way to learn it.Religion enables to comprehend the true nature of soul in order to get it freed from impurities (passions etc.). Emancipation through the removal of karmic matter from the soul is attainable only through righteous living according to ethical discipline. The principles of non-violence are based on equality of all living beings. Not to hurt tells us how to preserve a purely inward integrity and balance of mind, and how to deal with other fellow men and with other living and non-living beings to conquer the world from an environment both hostile and intractable, through self-restraint one gives up the forbidden deeds and austerity enables to conquer the hardships and senses.
Mahavira said, “By adhering to the vows, even a householder can be pious.“
Leading a spiritual life does not mean leading the life of an ascetic.Some view righteousness, wealth and pleasure as different and contradictory and renunciation of active life is the best way out of the trap of karma, of endless life and suffering. Jainism is basically a way of healthy, meaningful and fulfilling life. The principle of nonviolence is the most fundamental and well known aspect of Jain spiritual practice. Mahavira did not ask the people to renounce
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