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The Jains through Time
The strength of wholeness is great and vast.
From the completeness of a seed, a flower blossoms. The wholeness of every single grain of wheat produces 'gold' from the earth, in the form of the harvest. Unbroken grains of wheat are sown into the fertile earth and then fill the
fields with green. Used by the whole of the human community, they feed the world. If this
grain of wheat were to be divided up into its two halves, would it still retain the ability to grow? No, in that situation, the soil and water would cause it to decay. The primary cause of
its burgeoning is its wholeness. The same holds true for life. In order to spread fulfilment
and joy in the world, the integration of knowledge and action in our lives is necessary. When the seeds of knowledge and action are sown as one in the fields of life, then life will flourish and rise from the harvest of many good virtues. In this way, the power of
wholeness fills life with pure bliss.
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