Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 1

Author(s): Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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VAISHALI INSTITUTE RESEARCH BULLETIN NO. 1
The substance is this: One may sometimes have to enjoy the fruit of himsa even without having actually performed it. Sometimes one does not reap the fruit of himsa even when appearing to have performed it. (1). Sometimes an act which appears as weak himsā may produce a mighty result, and on other occasions, an act appearing as himsa of considerable dimension may have a result which is slight in proportion. (2). Sometimes an act of himsă produces only bad result, but on other occasions the same act could confer immense benefits of ahimsa. (6). Sometimes, again, ahimsa can produce the results of himsa, and on other occasions, an act appearing as himsă could confer exclusively the fruit of ahimsa. (7).
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Abbreviations
Gita Rahasya by B. G. Tilak, Poona, 1965.
Hindu Dharma-M. K. Gandhi (Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1950).
An Autography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth -M. K. Gandhi (Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, 1948).
Mahatma Gandhi-Edited by S. Radhakrishnan (Jaico Publishing House, Bombay, 1957).
MMG The Message of Mahatma Gandhi (Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, New Delhi, 1968).