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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.
— Mahavira
24th Tirthankara of Jainism
As quoted in Religion and culture of the Jains (1975) by Jyotiprasāda Jaina, p. 187.
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