Sramana 2016 01

Author(s): Shreeprakash Pandey, Rahulkumar Singh, Omprakash Singh
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi

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CONCEPT OF NON-VIOLENCE OF SIX BODIED JIVAS IN JAINISM: 91
5. The human body is wounded when it is hit; so is a plant. 6. At the end of their life-span plants also die and fall just like
human. Above similarities show that there is a life in plants and we should minimize the violence of it. About plant bodied beings, Lord Mahāvīra says that, the who uses weapons on plant-bodied beings is not free of these sins (the blemish of harming and killing living beings). He who does not use weapons on plant-bodied beings is free of these sins. Therefore, knowing about this (the unexpressed suffering of beings) one (wise man) should not harm plant-bodied being himself, neither make other do so, nor approve of other doing so.' In Ācārānga Sūtra, Mahāvīra says that 'he who has properly understood the violence related to plants is parijñāta-karmā muni(a discerning sage or an ascetic who with a discerning attitude abandons violence).'S
Vāyukāya or Air Bodied Jivas: To refrain from the violence of air-bodied beings Mahāvīra expresses, 'a disciplined person become capable of abandoning violence against air-bodied beings, because he sees terror in violence and considers it harmful. He who knows the inner self (spirituality) knows the outer (world) also. He who knows the outer (world) knows the inner self (spirituality) also. Explore this comparison with self, and ponder over it. Those (ascetic) who have found peace (pacified their passion) in it (Jaina order) and are filled with clemency, do not wish to live by killing air-bodied beings.16
Trasakāya or Mobile Bodied Jivas: According to Jaina Āgamas the worldly beings are divided into two broad classes-sthāvara or immobile and trasa or mobile. Those who are capable of activities like stirring and moving in order to save themselves from agony or to enjoy pleasure are mobile beings. Its opposite or incapable of movement are sthāvara or immobile beings. Beings having two to five sense organs are mobile. Those who have only the sense of touch are immobile beings, On the basis of their birth, the mobile