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Conflict Removing Vision of Jainism
sūtra explains that weapons may be superior to each other, but nothing is superior to non-violence."
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Although complete non-violence is difficult for a householder, but he can avoid killing as much as possible. Dr Sagarmal Jain has rightly said:
"According to Jaina point of view, all the beings have equal right to lead a peaceful life. Though violence is unavoidable, yet it cannot be the directive principle of our living, because it goes against the judgments of our faculty of reasoning. If I think that nobody has any right to take my life, on the same ground I have no right to take another's life". 28
He further says:
"Though in our worldly life complete non-violence is not possible, yet our motto should be-'Lesser violence is better living"
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Right Attitude, Right Knowledge And Right Conduct
Jainism is a religion and philosophy of salvation from sorrows. Fallacious view, nescience (wrong knowledge) and misconduct are the causes of suffering. Fallacious view is the cause of wrong knowledge and wrong knowledge is the cause of misconduct which includes passions (emotions) of anger, pride, deceit and greed. All these passions put a person into sorrows. Such a person remains tensed and creates tension for others. It generates confrontation with other people. This confrontation may be avoided by developing right view, which is helpful in
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"Acārānga Sūtra 1.3.4: Atthi sattham parena param, natthi asattham
parena param.
Peace, Religious Harmony and Solution of World Problems from Jaina perspective, p.57 "Ibid, p.57
