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 326. Behold the man who hath taken the vow of non-killing : Death that eateth away all life maketh no inroads into his days.

327. Take not away from any living thing the life that is sweet unto all, even if it be to save thine own.

328. They may say, Sacrifices gain for a man many blessings : but to the pure in heart the blessings that are earned by killing are an abomination.

329. Those who live by slaying are likened by the discriminating to eaters of carrion.

330. Behold the man whose putrid body is festering with ulcerous sores : he must have been a shedder of blood in the past, say the wise.

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