Ahimsa the Ultimate Winner

SR No.: 001630
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N P Jain
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 298
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Ahimsa
File Size: 18 MB

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classes. Sadhvi Yaksa and Arya Payani were literary figures while Princes Auve of Chu was a renowed Tamil poetess.
Like all his predecessors, Mahavir presided over a totally unified Jain community. Divisions into different sects with each one following its own trail came after him. Jain community the world over owes it to Mahavir to close our differences, develop inter-sect tolerance and to bring out that what unites us is far stronger than what may appear to divide
us.
Acharya Haribhadra observes in Upadesa Tarangini 1/
नाशाम्बरत्वे न सिताम्बरत्वे, न कर्तवादे न च तत्त्ववादे । न पक्ष सेवाश्रेयणेन मुक्तिः, कषायमुक्तिः किल मुक्तिरेव ॥
(A person cannot be liberated on grounds of being a Digambara or Svetambara, by belonging to a particular sect or by adherence to any logic or thought attribute. A person attains emancipation only if he frees himself from the clutches of attachments and passions)
The undreamt of revolution in global communications and the speed of knowledge culture provide us with an unprecedented opportunity in the 21st century to propagate Jain philosophy in all nook and corners of the world. We are not spreading religion or proselytizing, but spreading the philosophy and action programme for life ethics for universal happiness.
Let us take up the exciting task of making the wider strata of humanity the beneficiaries of Jain philosophy irrespective of their religious affiliations or political ideologies. Let Jainism become increasingly global and create the momentum for the global commitment to the culture of non-violence.
Ahimsa: The Ultimate Winner
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