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samvar (stopping) and Nirjara (removing) by removing the layers of Karma, brightens the soul. A Jaina way of life will be thus away from extremes will be towards neutrality. Jaina education insists not only on non-hurting or non-killing; it also insists on forgiveness (kshama) and love (karuna). No education is complete without these external values. Jainisms universal values, its ethics and theory of Knowledge, its non-absolutism (aneekantvada) and its theory of manifold aspects of reality (syadvada) reflect a complete system of training or educating a life that fully and totally fulfills the ultimate and the highest goal of life.
Dr. Kalidas Nag, an eminent Ideologist and historian, a great admirer of Jainism and a profound scholar wrote way back in 1936: "Jainism shines today as the only religion with an uncompromising faith in peace and non violence in thought and deed. This great lesson of Jainism, which Buddhism and Hinduism in general accepted, has not yet been made public with adequate reference to the Jaina canons and Jaina history. But we hope that in, in this crisis of human culture when, in the name of nationalism and imperialism, millions of human beings could be butchered, when internationalism is ridiculed and peace causes exploited by shrewd politicians our Jaina friends of India would organize a 'World Federation of Ahimsa' as the noble contribution of India to humanity." 17 It will not be too much to say, in our final summing up, that any ideal system of education is bound to be a system reflecting education in Jainsm.
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Dr Hemant Shah 12, Premanjali Society Bodakdev Ahmedabad 380 015 (Guj)
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| SR No. | 269156 |
| Book Title | Education in Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hemant Shah |
| Publisher | Hemant Shah |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Article & 0_not_categorized |
| File Size | 130 KB |