 Hence according to Jainism, violence to higher-sensed beings like man, cow, tiger and those who have five senses and the capacity to think and feel pain attracts more "karma" than violence to lesser-sensed beings like insects, or single-sensed beings like microbes and plants.Out of the five types of living beings, a householder is forbidden to kill, or destroy, intentionally, all except the lowest (the one sensed, such as vegetables, herbs, cereals, etc., which are endowed with only the sense of touch).But, the ascetic is required to avoid even injuring the one-sensed form of life to the best of his ability.