Can you hold a red-hot iron rod in your hand merely because some one wants you to do so? Then, will it be right on your part to ask others to do the same thing just to satisfy your desires? If you cannot tolerate infliction of pain on your body or mind by others' words and actions, what right have you to do the same to others through your words and deeds? Do unto others as you would like to be done by. Injury or violence done by you to any life in any form, animal or human, is as harmful as it would e if caused to your own self. Mahavira
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The quote above is often quoted by people who believe that they are right and that others must do as they say. The implication of this quote is that others should not be allowed to persist with their beliefs, ideas, or actions. This belief is often used as a justification for the use of force to stop the actions of others. However, it also says that there are consequences to actions that are seen as harming others.

If you hold a red-hot iron rod in your hand, it will give you great pain. But, you can't simply ask someone else to do the same thing because you have some desires to have them do so. You must use your own judgment to determine if something harmful is being done to you or another person.

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  1. A man is seated on top of a tree in the midst of a burning forest. He sees all living beings perish. But he doesn’t realize that the same fate is soon to overtake him also. That man is fool.
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  4. All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.
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