All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated… — Jaina Sutras
All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, not tormented, nor driven away. This is the pure, unchangeable, eternal law.
Jaina Sutras
500 BC
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Jaina Sutras, part 1, translated by Herman Jacobi. Gyan Publishing House, 2021, Akaranga sutra, lecture 4, lesson 1.
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The Akaranga Sutra. c. 4th century BC, lecture 4, lesson 1.
