Environmental Doctrines of Jainism

SR No.: 007642
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S M Jain
Publisher: S M Jain
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 94
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 462 KB

Page 37

"Walk carefully avoiding and protecting various life forms in dust on way."
'जययं विहरावि जोगवं, अणुपाया पंथा दुरूत्तरा। अणु सासणमेव पक्कमे, वीरेहिं सम्म पवेइयं ।।2/1/11
- Sutrakritanga "Paths are full of small organisms. It is difficult to traverse it without care, caution and awareness. Therefore one should walk according to discipline as ordained in scriptures."
'मरदु व जीएदु व जीवो अयदाचारस्स णिच्छिदहिंसा। पयदस्स णत्थिं बंधो हिंसामेत्तेण सामिदस्स। 121711'
- Pravachansar "If one is walking carelessly without awareness and whether any creature is hurt and killed or not he is guilty of committing violence. Contrary to this if one walks carefully and with caution and if any creature is hurt or killed, he is not guilty. One should walk carefully, cautiously with awareness (concentration) so that no life-forms moving. shrinking, spreading, staying, hidden in soil are hurt and killed".
"अप्पं तिरियं पेहाए, अप्प पिडओ उपेहाए। अप्पं बुइएऽपडिभाणी, पंथपेही चरे जय माणे। 19/1/21 ||"
- Acharanga Sutra "Mahavir walked carefully with awareness (Concentration) while walking neither looked side ways, nor backwards, nor spoke."
'गामं पविसे णयरं वा, घासमेसे कठ परद्वाए। सुविसुद्धमेसया भगवं, आयत-जोगयाए सेवित्था।19/4/62||
- Acharanga Sutra "Mahavir after entering in village or town will take food after carefully examining and enquiring about all processes of its preparation He practiced Ayat-yoga i.e. doing everything with care, caution and awareness."
'उग्गम से अ पुच्छिज्जा, कस्सट्ठा केण वा कडं। सुच्चा निस्सकियं सुद्धं. पडिगाहिज्ज संजय।।5/1/56।।
- Dashavaikalik Sutra "Monks should enquire about the source and processing of food and ascertain that it is pure without doubt and then only take it". Now-a-days most of food products grains, cereals, vegetables, fruits etc. are produced with indiscriminate use of pesticides and the farmer uses these with intention to kill innumerable insect pests (sankalpi himsa). Monks and house holders very well know this and yet take such food which causes many serious diseases like cancer also. Use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers also pollutes air, water and soil. Agriculture itself involves lot of violence while tilling etc. For food without violence forest - based life-style is necessary. 'लद्धे आहारे आणारो मायं जाणेज्जा। 12/5/103 ।
- Acharanga Sutra "Monks should not take food or water in excess." "बहु अट्ठियं पुग्गल, अणिमिसे बहुकंटयं। अस्थिय तिंदुर्य बिल्लं इच्छेखंडं व सिंबलि ।।5/1/73||
- Dashavaikalik Sutra "One should not take fruits containing large number seeds, fruits with thorns and such things in which major portion is thrown away as waste and very little is edible such as sugarcane etc." Wild animals, birds, insects require these and can digest their major portion than humans.
दृष्टिपूतं न्यसेत् पादं, वस्त्रपूतं जलं पीवेत। शास्त्रपूतः वदेत्वाक्यं मनः पूतं समाचरेत।।
(Chanakya) "Walk with open eyes, drink water filtered in clean cloth, speak as per scriptures and behave with purity of mind."
'परिसुद्धजग्गहणं दारूय-धान्नाइयाणं लह चेव। गहियाण वि परिभोगो विहीइतसरक्खणट्ठाए ।।25811
- Sawayapannati