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While no justice can be made in highlighting the continued decay of Jain practices in such a small essay, but let me make an attempt to deal with them briefly.
Personal Conduct Issues:
Personal conduct is defined as a set of actions and behaviors undertaken by a person in his or her daily life. The personal conduct should be in consonance with the broader ideology and principles of Jain Dharma. When one's personal conduct is in accordance with the principles and values of Jain Dharma it actually helps promote the religion, builds a strong moral compass and acts as a catalyst for positive change in others. However, when the personal conduct is not in agreement with Jain Principles, it brings forth a moral decline of a person and related attraction of inauspicious karmas that further brings more spiritual and worldly misery to a person. Currently, there appears to be a rise of laxity in personal conduct in the form of adoption of partial or full nonvegetarian diet, occasional or regular consumption of alcohol, periodic gambling, lack of respect for family elders (parents, relatives, others), reduced interest in Jain activities, lack of self discipline, absence of temple visit, deceitful behavior (in professional and personal sphere), wanton thrust for power, money and pleasures, lack of pride in being a Jain, and finally, and probably the most important, the worship of non-Jain deities. The last one, Jain Principles state, brings the misery of highest magnitude to a Jiva3. Yet, Jains continue, in large numbers, to worship and regard other schools of religion. The partial or full adoption of non-vegetarian diet by some Jains contravenes the most fundamental Jain principle - Ahimsa (Non-Violence). It is a transgression of highest order that has started to cast a shadow of doubt and grim future for the Jain Philosophy that has given this world the most potent ideological weapon - the concept of nonviolence.
Family Conduct Issues:
In the current day and age, the Jain parents, in general, are not a force for believing, practicing and sustaining a strong desire for Dharma (Piety) and for regulating one's conduct accordingly. If parents themselves are not truly interested in Dharma, how can we blame children for their disinterest in religion? Children's view of the world in their formative years is primarily shaped by what they see in their parents. If the seeds of disinterest are sown early, the fruits of Dharma will not grow in future, which may bring unpalatable results in later years.
Every Jain family has its own system of values that is specific and peculiar to that family only. I call this phenomenon as a "micro value system". This micro value system derives its strength and modus operandi from the basic framework of "Jain Value System" which is common to all Jain families. The Jain Value System is an important foundational element of family's micro value system. There are many other factors that impact and influence one's micro value system, including the following:
Religious role models in the family Proclivity for understanding Jain scriptures Degree of involvement in Jain temple and other Jain activities such as Pathashala, swadhyaya, reading, etc.,
Sentient beings endowed with consciousness - Shri Dravya Samgraha (Verse 3)