In Jainism also, the same truth (One Divine in all beings.) was taught by Mahavira. When the senses are allowed to have their way, all kinds of reactions occur. It is only when the senses are brought under unified control that the nature of Divinity can be comprehended. The eyes have the power of sight. The ears can hear. The powers of all the sense organs- seeing, hearing, speaking, etc., - are derived from the Divine. It is the Divine that enables the eyes to see, the ears to hear, the mind to think and to have various expressions. It is when all these sensory processes are brought under unified control (by the conquest of the senses) that man becomes a conqueror a ‘Jina’ as termed by Jains. Because he had conquered his senses, the title of victory was conferred on Mahavira. (SSS Vol.24, p. 157)

Jainism, the religion that was rendered an all-India movement by Mahavira, extols Jina, or the heroic conqueror of senses, emotions and stratagems of the intellect. He called upon all to carry out the duties inherent to their status and profession with steady faith and enthusiasm. He declared that all things and beings are holy in their right and are pilgrims on the road of Realisation. Any injury inflicted on any one of them is an intervention in that sacred journey and so one has to be scrupulously avoided. (SSS Vol. 10, p. 65)