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The discipline of non-violence has been propounded by the self-realized Jinas. The implication is that self-realization is the fountainhead of the discipline, not the intellect. One who has realized the self is omniscient. It is only the self-realized person who is capable of knowing the root cause of suffering. 4.3 tam jahā - utthiesu vā, aņutthiesu vā, uvatthiesu vā, aņuvatthiesu
vā uvarayadamdesu vā, aņuvarayadamdesu vā, sovahiesu vā, anovahiesu vă, samjogaraesu vā, asamjogaraesu vā. The discipline of non-violence is propounded for all (irrespective of their spiritual) condition such as whether they are spiritually awakened or not awakened for the practice of discipline; whether they are alert to the practice or not; whether they are eschewing or not eschewing the weapon of injury of life; whether they are possessed or not possessed of worldly things; whether
they are attached or not attached to their relations. Bhāsyam Sutra 3 There is an universal purpose for the formulation of a religious discipline. Ten conditions of such formulation are give here:
(1) Awakened : exerting for the discipline. (2) Not awakened. (3) Alert: desirous of hearing or accepting the discipline. (4) Not alert. (5) Eschewing the weapon : self-restrained. (6) Not eschewing the weapon. (7) Possessed of material property : possessed of gold etc. (8) Not possessed of material property. (9) Attached to relations : with attachment to progeny, wife
etc. (10) Not attached to relations. The self-realized ones have propounded the discipline for all these categories of people. 4.4. taccam ceyam tahā ceyam, assim ceyam pavuccai.
The doctrine of ahimsā is the truth; it is truly axiomatic; it is rightly enunciated in the teaching of the Jinas. The doctrine
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