Atmavallabh

SR No.: 012062
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagatchandravijay, Nityanandvijay
Publisher: Atmavallabh Sanskruti Mandir
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 300
Language: Hindi, English, Gujarati
Classification: Smruti_Granth & Articles
File Size: 55 MB

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43 who was not born in a Jain family could be in the olden times also, some of these should put a limit of his own. There are a considered a true since he very largely commercial/industrial activities which led number of people in the legal profession, followed in practice, the principles of Jainism. either to considerable violence or which led medical profession, engineering profession,
nguage what to supporting wrong conduct in society were accountancy, teaching and literary profeshe wrote: "Jainmatna mara Pakshapatne considered gainful and therefore, the people sion, andcomparatively in these professions lidhe ane jainona Satsanga lidhe Ketiak were advised to refrain from engaging the involvement of violence is minimal. Hence mane Jain mane chhe. Evu hu to jarur ichhu themselves in such business activities, and if these vocations are considered to be more ke a traimsk Jain Sahitaga dwara Jain mat je they were already involved in such activities, desirable. Furthermore, normally there is no atyare to jivdaya etle khoti jantu dayana name they were advised to relinquish them. limit to a person's greed for earning and vagovaychhe te jivdaye etle manushya
wealth, but according to the jain tenets as sudhha pranimatra pratyena vishudhh
As time passes business/industrial mentioned before, people should voluntarily
activities also undergo changes or they are put a limit in regard to the extent to which they "Owing to my partiality towards the Jain not as wide-spread as before, and a number would continue business or vocation which philosophy and because of my intimate of new business activities come into being. In would enable them to progress through life contacts with Jains, quite a few people take these, the main principle sidhhanta is that a according to the various tenets of Jainism me to be a Jain. I Certainly believe that the true Jain, in order to make his living, should and thus practice Dharma to the maximum Jain tenet of non-violence which is often engage himself in such activities which are extent possible while going through life in the understood only in the narrow sense of not without blemish. As such, you will find that normal manner i.e. as a Grahasthi-apart killing even an inact, is not properly grasped manyJainsare engaged in business of Money
engaged in business of Money from being a monk/nun or sadhu /sadhvi. in the true sense which is that non-violence lending, as gold and silver smiths, jewellers,
The Jains have made important contributions should pervade through all strata of mankind cotton textiles etc, and very orthodox Jain in various fields of activity of business, trade and all living beings and I wish that in the pure even in these businesses keep a specific limit and industry and the different professions conduct of our daily life, this teaching should to their earning or retaining wealth after and have also discharged various social be properly understood."
giving due consideration to the reasonable responsibilities very creditably. The fundamental tenet of Jainism is non- needs of life (Called Aparigraha) and after a . Our first Jain Tirthankar, Bhagwan violence. Jainism has gone to the minutest certain time they completely retire from Rishabhdev taught the people the art of extent possible in its espousing of non- business. At one time, amongst the Jains it fighting for self defence (asi), arithmetic and violence Ahimsa. As such, amongst the Jains,
was common to have business in pearls writing script (masi) and agriculture (krishi understandably the avoidance of meat of any
coming from the Persian Gulf and silk coming Bhagwan Rishabhdev, it is said went through kind is an absolute must. Further more, in
mostly from China and people thought that his worldly life many thousands of years ago choosing vocations also, Jains would avoid
this was a business that did not involve any and had two doughters-one was called those vacations which involves violence to an violence. However, when it came to be known sundari who was taught Ganit i.e. Arithmetic avoidable extent. In violence, the killing of life that in search for pearls and nurturing the silk and the other was called Brahmi who was with five senses is called gross violence and thread, violence is involved (i.e., killing or taught writing. Even today Brahmi Lipi is well
thread, Violence is involved (.e., Killing or taug such, it is supposed to be the most sinful. That injury to corals and mulberry), it is known that known. He also weaned away people from is why the Jains would not go into the a number of jains gave up their businesses of business of killing animals and eating meat business requiring killing processing of pearls and silk.
and instead led them into the business of animals or birds or catching of fish or poultry
agriculture. projects. Even to raise a poultry farm is In the present times, jains are engaged in a If we think of the time from the first against Jain tenets. The Jain philosophers number of trades and industries such as dyes Thirthankar to the last. i.e. the 24th Acharya) has shown 15 types of activities and chemicals, yarns and textiles, engineer- Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavir, werelease how which were leading to a lot of killing and ing, etc. However, in many of these vocations, from time to time the principles of real hence extremely sinful. These are very well violence of some nature or the other is dharma were instilled in the peoples and that stated in the Vanditasutra. I am not repeating definitely involved and, therefore, it is is how our ancient culture has been built up. them here.
necessary that every person concerned brick by brick.
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