text: Jainism preaches – to live and let live, not harming sentient beings, i.e.uncompromising reverence for all life.It also considers all living things to be equal.The first , Rishabhdev, introduced the concept of altruism for all living beings, from extending knowledge and experience to others to donation, giving oneself up for others, non-violence, and compassion for all living things.The principle of nonviolence seeks to minimize karmas which limit the capabilities of the soul.Jainism views every soul as worthy of respect because it has the potential to become (God in Jainism).Because all living beings possess a soul, great care and awareness is essential in one's actions.Jainism emphasizes the equality of all life, advocating harmlessness towards all, whether the creatures are great or small.This policy extends even to microscopic organisms.Jainism acknowledges that every person has different capabilities and capacities to practice and therefore accepts different levels of compliance for ascetics and householders.Christianity Thomas Aquinas interprets "You should love your neighbour as yourself" as meaning that love for ourselves is the exemplar of love for others.Considering that "the love with which a man loves himself is the form and root of friendship" he quotes Aristotle that "the origin of friendly relations with others lies in our relations to ourselves",.Aquinas concluded that though we are not bound to love others more than ourselves, we naturally seek the common good, the good of the whole, more than any private good, the good of a part.However, he thought we should love God more than ourselves and our neighbours, and more than our bodily life—since the ultimate purpose of loving our neighbour is to share in eternal beatitude: a more desirable thing than bodily well-being.