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en-wikipedia-org-5587		Criticism of Jainism - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3387	533	70	In another Buddhist text Majjhima Nikāya, the Buddha criticizes Jain emphasis on the destruction of unobservable and unverifiable types of karma as a means to end suffering, rather than on eliminating evil mental states such as greed, hatred and delusion, which are observable and verifiable.[4] Buddha also criticises the Jain ascetic practice of various austerities, claiming that he, Buddha, is happier when not practising the austerities.[5][note 2] In response, the Jain community said that the practice was a religious activity which was protected under article 25 of the Indian constitution.[24][25] In August 2015, Rajasthan High Court cited that the practice is not an essential tenet of Jainism and banned the practice, making it punishable under section 306 and 309 IPC (Abetment of Suicide).[26] But a few days later, The Supreme Court of India stayed the High Court's order.[27] ^ For the Jain refutation of the theory of God as operator and dispenser of karma, see Jainism and non-creationism.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5587.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5587.txt