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5.26 se avihimsamāņe, anayamāņe, puțho phāse vippaņollae.
The awakened person should not commit violence to anybody; he should not deny the existence of subtle living things.
Whatever suffering he meets he should tolerate equanimously. Bhagyam Sūtra 26
A person engaged in injurious activities indulges in violence. But the person who has vowed to live non-violent life is an awakened individual who does not destroy living beings. There are two classes of living beings: subtle and gross. The avoidance of violence to gross beings is not that difficult as avoidance to subtle beings. The vow to lead a non-violent life is really very difficult, because sometimes doubt may arise about the existence of subtle animate things. The Sūtra, therefore, in order to meet such doubt says that the non-violent person should not deny the existence of subtle animate things. In such situation one may confronted with many hardships while leading a non-violent life, which he should bear patiently, not being overpowered by them. 5.27 esa samiyā-pariyāe viyāhite.
Such person is designated as the practitioner of the right mode
of life. Bhāșyam Şūtra 27
Such non-violent and tolerant person has been designated as a person of right inclination, that is, a person practising equanimity par excellence.24 5.28 je asattā pāvehim kammehim, udāhu te āyamkā phusamti. iti
udāhu vīre "te phāse putho hiyāsae. Even the ascetics, not addicted to sinful activities, are overtaken by fatal diseases. Such people are addressed by the Lord to
endure those ailments with patience. Bhajyam Sūtra 28
Once Lord Mahāvīra was approached by some monks who asked him: 'O Lord! there are people who are attacked by ailments, even though
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