Mahāvīra zugeschrieben
«Non-violence is the highest law (ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ).»
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Es steht nicht im Werk von Mahāvīra
A Sanskrit formula the Jain community has adopted as a motto and which is often ascribed to Mahāvīra. It appears in the Mahābhārata, in brahmanical contexts, and not in the Prakrit Jain canon, which expresses the idea in other words (see the Daśavaikālika quotation).
Quelle: Dundas, Paul. The Jains. 2.ª ed. Londres / Nueva York: Routledge, 2002 (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices). ISBN 9780415266055.
Was wirklich gesagt wurde
Belegte Worte von Mahāvīra
«All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.»
Ācārāṅga I.4.1.1; trad. de Hermann Jacobi, SBE 22 (1884), verificada en el texto; versión española del investigador; palabras que el canon atribuye a Mahāvīra
«All beings are fond of life, like pleasure, hate pain, shun destruction, like life, long to live. To all life is dear.»
Ācārāṅga I.2.3.4; trad. de Hermann Jacobi, SBE 22 (1884), verificada en el texto; versión española del investigador; palabras que el canon atribuye a Mahāvīra
«Man! Thou art thy own friend; why wishest thou for a friend beyond thyself?»
Ācārāṅga I.3.3.4; trad. de Hermann Jacobi, SBE 22 (1884), verificada en el texto; versión española del investigador; palabras que el canon atribuye a Mahāvīra