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translate themselves into environmental friendly policies. Religions, after all, have profound influences on their followers and anything that has religious overtones are likely to be observed with due alacrity. From this point of view, it is pertinent here, to mention the Jaina precepts that are environment friendly.
The following precepts and conduct rules that are the offshoots of the Jaina insistence on non--violence, and which are clearly enunciated in the Jaina scriptures go to promote not only environmental awareness but also make a positive contribution in restoring ecological balance and environmental protection: - a. Non-violent life-style that includes non-killing and non
destruction of any vitality of any living being - fine or gross (Fine life in the form of Water-bodied creatures, Earth-bodied creatures, Air-bodied creatures, Firebodied creatures, Vegetation-bodied creatures and gross life in the form of bacteria, insects, animals, birds, fishes
and humans). b. Restrained life-style, c. Non-accumulation of material adjunct, d. Prohibiting pursuit of grossly violent forms of professions
or industries, e. Prohibition of hunting and eating of flesh foods, f. Prohibition of eating at night, etc.
Conclusion -
Non-violence is at the centre of Jaina thought and philosophy. In this chapter I have tried to examine, at some length, the issues connected with violence and its opposite – nonviolence. In doing so I have tried to explain that though the term non-violence seems to be a negative command, it also encompasses its creative and positive side in the form of rendering
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| SR No. | 006564 |
| Book Title | Jainism the Creed for All Times |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | D S Baya |
| Publisher | Prakrit Bharti Academy |
| Publication Year | 2006 |
| Total Pages | 420 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 20 MB |