Jainism

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

— Acaranga Sutra I.4.1 (trans. Hermann Jacobi, 1884) · Jainism · #kindness · source

“Souls render service to one another. (Parasparopagraho jivanam)”

— Tattvartha Sutra 5.21, Umaswati · Jainism · #community · source

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