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will definitely think twice about the violence of Agnikaya
(living creatures of Fire) caused in the preparation of this food.
Such violence will pinch him and he will not be delighted in
acquiring tasty food.

Which other religion can demonstrate such detailed and
minute compassion and non-violence ?

Without complete compassion and non-violence, how can you
attain salvation (Moksha) from some other religion ?

The true friendship :
Claiming to have friendship and brotherhood for one and all
seems easy but really living up to this is totally different
and really difficult. This is because all living beings include
Ekindriya organisms also and if we harbour friendship for
them, then it is not possible that we can cruelly harm and
kill them.

Consider those innocent Ekindriya (one- sensed) living beings
to be our friends, then can we enjoy seeing them being
slaughtered ? Can we enjoy and happily utilize the things
made by slaughtering them ?

Consider yourself lucky to have acquired this great Jain
religion which deeply preaches the virtues of friendship, non-
violence and compassion. It teaches us to harbor feelings of
non-violence and compassion on a wide scale and practice it
as much as possible.

1) It helps us identify even the small one-sensed living beings.
As we discussed earlier, it throws light on the fact that
even considering hot tea to be good or feeling happy about
the cool breeze passing by, is a sinful act because of the
approval and appreciation of the violence caused. These
are just 2 special features of Jain religion.

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