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CHAPTER - IV
Right View
SECTION -1
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se bemi - je aīyā, je ya paduppannā, je ya āgamessā arahamtā bhagavamto te savve evemāikkhamti, evam bhāsamti, evam pannavemti, evam parūvesti - save pāņā savve bhūta save jīvā savve sattā ņa hamtavvā, ņa ajjāveyavvā, ņa parighetavvā, ņa paritāveyavvā, ņa uddaveyavvā. Thus do I say: All the adorable Lords who flourished in the past, are flourishing in the present and will flourish in the future unanimously declare, speak, propound and explain: animates, living beings, souls and living entities should not be injured, commanded, enslaved, tortured or killed.
Bhāsyam Sutra 1 Now, to the query about promulgator of the aphorism of nonviolence; no living being should be injured, the Sūtra says that this was promulgated by the Adorable One. This is an eternal truth and therefore the Adorable Ones of the past also did so; the present Ones are doing the same and the future Ones also will do so. This indicates the oneness and the eternality of the truth.' The Adorable Ones are the Tīrthankaras (ford-makers or Jinas). They are the Lords too because of their being worthy of Adoration or endowed with the treasure of knowledge. The prāņas (animates) are so called because they breathe in, breathe out, inhale or exhale The bhūtas (living beings) are so called because they existed in the past, do exist in the present and will continue to exist in the future.
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