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- Read on →: yo’hiṁsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātma-sukhecchayā
yo’hiṁsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātma-sukhecchayā |
sa jīvaṁś ca mṛtaś caiva na kvacit sukham edhate ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.45)“One who harms innocuous creatures out of a desire for one’s own pleasure never attains happiness in life or after death.”
- Read on →: ahiṁsā paro dharmo
ahiṁsā paro dharmo |
(Mahābhārata: 1.11.12; 3.198.69)“Nonviolence is the highest dharma.”
- Read on →: sa kartā sarva-dharmāṇāṁ bhakto yas tava keśava
sa kartā sarva-dharmāṇāṁ bhakto yas tava keśava |
sa kartā sarva-pāpānāṁ yo na bhaktas tavācyuta ||
dharmo bhavaty adharmo’pi kṛto bhaktais tavācyuta |
pāpaṁ bhavati dharmo’pi tavābhaktaiḥ kṛto hareḥ ||
(Skanda Purāṇa; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 10.90)“He who is your bhakta is a performer of all dharma, O Keśava, and he who is not your bhakta is a performer of all sins, O Acyuta. Even adharma performed by your bhaktas [e.g., some occasional excessive acceptance of donations at a tīrtha or similar place] becomes dharma [because it is for your sake, by virtue of the sincerity of your bhakta], O Acyuta, and even dharma performed by non-bhaktas [e.g., performance of yoga and so on] becomes sin [because of disregard for you], O Hari.”
- Read on →: naitādṛśaḥ paro dharmo nṛṇāṁ sad-dharmam icchatām
naitādṛśaḥ paro dharmo nṛṇāṁ sad-dharmam icchatām |
nyāso daṇḍasya bhūteṣu mano-vāk-kāyajasya yaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.15.8)“For human beings who aspire to follow the highest dharma, there is no better dharma than this: giving up violence—caused by the mind, words, or the body—towards living beings.”
- Read on →: tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayāṁ kuruta sauhṛdam
tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu dayāṁ kuruta sauhṛdam |
bhāvam āsuram unmucya yayā tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥ ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 7.6.24)“Therefore, one should give up the demonic mentality and engage in kindness and friendliness to all beings whereby Adhokṣaja [i.e., Bhagavān] is pleased.”
- Read on →: yo bandhana-vadha-kleśān prāṇināṁ na cikīrṣati
yo bandhana-vadha-kleśān prāṇināṁ na cikīrṣati |
sa sarvasya hita-prepsuḥ sukham atyantam aśnute ||
(Manu Smṛti: 5.46)“One who does not desire to bind, kill, or trouble other living beings and [instead] desires good for them all attains unlimited happiness.”