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Essay heading: Jainism
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Ahimsa, the first pillar, means non-violence. “According to Jainism, all living beings, no matter of their size, are equal,” (Shah, P.). Therefore, no living being posses superior characteristics over another, and has the right to kill another creature. Not only is physical violence prohibited, but mental violence, bad thoughts, and ill felling also lead to the accumulation of paap...
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Ahimsa, the first pillar, means non-violence. “According to Jainism, all living beings, no matter of their size, are equal,” (Shah, P.). Therefore, no living being posses superior characteristics over another, and has the right to kill another creature. Not only is physical violence prohibited, but mental violence, bad thoughts, and ill felling also lead to the accumulation of paap...
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