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Acārānga-Bhāṣyam
CHAPTER-V
THE ESSENCE OF THE WORLD
SECTION-2
5.19 āvamti keāvāmtī loyamsi aṇārambhajīvī, etesu ceva
Acarya Mahāprajña
maṇārambhajīvī.
Whosoever lives a life of non-violence does so by not being attached to those objects of allurement.
Bhāşyam Sūtra 19
Here the word 'non-violence' is intended to mean selfrestraint or absense of laxity. The person who does not indulge in the senses, sensual objects and passions leads a life of nonviolence. The non-violent persons in the world are so called because of their non-indulgence in respect of the senses, sensual objects and passions.1
5.20 etthovarae tam jhosamāne 'ayam samdhi' ti adakkhu.
Thus desisting from violence and practising2 nonviolence one could identify the juncture.
Bhāşyam Sūtra 20
Here, in the life of non-violence the person who desists from violence, or non-restraint or laxity, could see or idenify the juncture while practising non-violence. Here the word "juncture" has two meanings that are relevant in the present context:
तुलसी, प्रज्ञा जनवरी-मार्च,
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