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Jainism in a Global Perspective
As smallexperience as a cut in the finger, one can casually reason and realize, the sufferings of forceful killings imposed on the other innocent fellow humans and living creatures, through violence.
Reasoning thus the importance of humanity, every religion paid utmost importance to compassion in its messages.
The holy Bible says: Thou Shal't not kill. Even Some Muslim groups refrain from consumption of all non-vegetarian diets during Ramzan.
The Indus Valley Religions of pre-Christian Era mention, Live and Let Live Others, and that those, who are religious, always perceive the pains of sufferings of others.
Not accepting the basic Religious messages, calling them mere orthodox, the consequences cannot be avoided, since nature maintains her own balance, by the rule "As you sow, so shall you reap."
Theexisting state of affairs, all around us on globe, as the environmental hazards, Natural calamities, psychogenic social and health problems, ecological problems, disturbed climatic conditions, violence of varioustypes like wars, revolutions, terrorism, bloodshed for fun and even in the name of religion (?) social insecurity to the born and unborn humans, hatred, betrayal, broken homes, and dreaded diseases like Aids, etc., all indicate the sick Psychology of Humans.
An old Indian proverb says : "The food influences the Mind and thoughts." and Also "A healthy mind resides in a healthy body."
So to preserve compassion, one should consume the vegetarian foods only, not involving violence, hurting or killing of creature; so as to protect human psychology, right from its pre-natal stage through mothers, until to the total life span.
The old most religion of the Globe, since pre-Vedic and preChristian millenniums, through series of preachers called Tirthankaras, guides humans to effort, doing Śrama for non-violence and to cultivate human virtues in self, practicing the methods, on lines indicated in Srāvakācāra and Mülācāra.
Compassion being the basic quality of every sensible human being,
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