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श्रमण / अप्रैल-जून/ १९९६.
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as the existence of non-violence will be seen in the creation. So Non-violence is a whole or complete ( Sampūrṇa) one. (ii) The Doctrine of Equality (Samatva): All beings are equal because fundamentaly they have their equal constructions. All beings consist of two elements Soul (Atmā) and Body (Deha) in which soul dwells.
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Soul can experience all pains and pleasures because it is conscious. The body is material. There have been accepted five types of material elements Earth (Pṛthvi), Water (Jala), Fire (Agni), Air ( Vāyu) and Ether or Sky ( Ākāśa). Though bodies, due to the karmika influences, are seen in different shapes and sizes, souls living in them have feelings of various troubles in the same way. They feel pains. They feel pleasures. The pain is painful for all and in the same way the pleasure is pleasant for all. It cannot be accepted that a pain is painful for one and pleasant for other. The pleasure is pleasant for one and painful for other. All beings feel pain as pain and pleasure as pleasure. Therefore in the Sūtrakṛtānga it has been instructed :
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savvehim aṇujuttihim, matim paḍilehiyā.
savve akkaṁtadukhā ya, ato savve na hiṁsayā. 9. eyam khu ṇāņino sāram, jam na himsaḥ kañcana.11 ahimsa samyamaṁ ceva, etāvaṁtaṁ vijāṇiyā. 10. Here four valuable ideas have been expressed in support of Non-violence:
(i) The person who is wise should come to know the being hood of beings.
(ii) He should know that trouble is painful for all.
(iii) After knowing these facts he should never injure any
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(iv) This is the most valuable wisdom.
The beinghood (Jīvapanā) of a being lies in its construction and nature. One can understand his own feelings of pain and pleasure and on this basis he may infer the feelings of other beings, be
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