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DISCOURSE 56
113 DRESS - HEALTH AND "FASHION”
If a girl goes into the kitchen to prepare food, wearing a mini-skirt and if she has to cook food, sitting, not standing, what will be her condition ?
If somebody is suffering from "allergy” and if he wears synthetic clothes what will happen to him ?
If someone has a warm body and if he wears tight dress what will happen to him ? On account of ignorance regarding the choice of dress, now-a-days, many people are suffering from many diseases. Even after developing diseases, if they do not stop wearing such dress, we can only admire their intelligence ! LET YOUR DRESS AND DECORATIONS ACCORD WITH DECENCY AND DECORUM
At present, I have to exhort especially women to exercise their discretion in the choice of their dress. The women of the Jain Shasan must observe the principles of propriety and decorum in respect of their dress, with a firm mind. They should not see cinemas, and even if they see cinemas, they should not imitate the dress and styles of movie celebrities. The responsibility of the entire society and its welfare rests on the shoulders of women. A woman has the duty of enabling her sons to become sadhus; her daughters to become sadhvis; or to enable them to become Shravaks and Shravikas. "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world”. The woman is the spring of the four-fold Jain society. So, the original spring has to be very pure. It should be safe and sublime.
I insist that all women of the Jin Shasan should wear proper and decent dress. This is also my appeal to them. They should wear the dress and decoration that accord with their status, age, condition and society.
You always keep your body well covered. Never treat your beauty as a thing to be exhibited. Instead of desiring to appear beautiful and fascinating; desire to appear to be virtuous and chaste. Do not flow away with the flood of the modern
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| SR No. | 006515 |
| Book Title | Way of Life Part 3 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Bhadraguptasuri |
| Publisher | Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana |
| Publication Year | 1986 |
| Total Pages | 348 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Religion |
| File Size | 18 MB |