Thus Spake Lord Mahaveer

Thus Spake Lord Mahaveer (excerpt from the sacred books of Jainism)

COMMANDMENTS OF NON-VIOLENCE (AHIMSA)

1. Live and let live. Love all - Serve all.
2. Where there is Love there is Life. Violence is Suicide.
3. All Souls are alike and potentially Divine. None is Superior or Inferior.
4. All living beings long to live. No one wants to die.
5. Have compassion towards all living beings. Hatred leads destruction.
6. Silence and Self control is non-violence.
7. Just I dislike pain, so all other beings dislike pain.
8. A wise person does not kill, nor cause others to kill, nor consent to the killings by others. 9. Respect for all living beings is non-violence.
10.Non-violence is the highest religion.

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The Teachings of Lord Mahaveer

Every soul is independent. None depends on another. All souls are alike. None is superior or inferior.

Every soul is in itself absolutly omniscient and blissful. The bliss does not come from outside.

All human beings are miserable due to their own faults, and they themselves can be happy by correcting these faults.

The greatest mistake of a soul is non-recognition of its real self and can only be corrected by recognising itself.

There is no seperate existence of God. Everybody can attain God-hood by making supreme efforts in the right direction. Know thyself, recognise thyself, be immersed by thyself - you will attain Godhood. God is neither the creator nor the destructor of the universe. He is merely a silent observer and omniscient.

One who, even after knowing the whole universe, can remain unaffected and unattached is God. Fight with yourself, why fight with external foes? He who conquers himself through himself, will obtain happiness. All beings hate pain, therefore one should not hurt kill them.

Ahimsa (non-violence) is the highest religion.

A man is seated on top of a tree in the midst of a burning forest. He sees all living beings perish. But he doesn't realize that the same fate is soon to overtake him also. That man is fool.

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