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Kill not, cause no pain. Nonviolence is the greatest religion.

— Mahavira Let's Celebrate! (1987)

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Non-violence and kindness to living beings is kindness to oneself. For thereby one's own self is saved from various kinds of sins and resultant sufferings and is able to secure his own welfare.

Religion and culture of the Jains (1975)

All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.

Desistance from sin makes one entirely happy.

Religion and culture of the Jains (1975)

All there is in the three worlds, moving or unmoving, all that cannot be described without mathematics.

A living body is not merely an integration of limbs and flesh but it is the abode of the soul which potentially has perfect perception (Anant-darshana), perfect knowledge (Anant-jnana), perfect power (Anant-virya), and perfect bliss (Anant-sukha).

Jainism and Indian Civilization (2004)

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

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