Parasparopagraho Jivanam

Jain emblem with the motto: परस्परोपग्रहो जीवानाम् (*Parasparopagraho Jīvānām*)

Parasparopagraho Jīvānām (Sanskrit: परस्परोपग्रहो जीवानाम्) is a Jain aphorism from the Tattvārtha Sūtra [5.21]. It is translated as "Souls render service to one another".^[1] It is also translated as, "All life is bound together by mutual support and interdependence."^[2] These translations are virtually the same (by virtue, that is), because Jains believe that every living being, from a plant or a bacterium to human, has a soul and the concept forms the very basis of Jainism.

^ Tatia, Nathmal (tr.) (1994). Tattvārtha Sūtra: That Which Is of Vācaka Umāsvāti (in Sanskrit and English). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0-7619-8993-5. p.131
^ Sangave, Dr. Vilas A. (2001). Facets of Jainology: Selected Research Papers on Jain Society, Religion, and Culture. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan. p. 123. ISBN 81-7154-839-3.

[1] Tatia, Nathmal (tr.) (1994). Tattvārtha Sūtra: That Which Is of Vācaka Umāsvāti (in Sanskrit and English). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0-7619-8993-5. p.131

[2] Sangave, Dr. Vilas A. (2001). Facets of Jainology: Selected Research Papers on Jain Society, Religion, and Culture. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan. p. 123. ISBN 81-7154-839-3.

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