Ahimsa Times 2008 10 SrNo 100

SR No.: 523600
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ahimsa Times
Publisher: Ahimsa Times
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 19
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Ahimsa Times, & India
File Size: 465 KB

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AHIMSA TIMES - OCTOBER 2008 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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ASHTA-DHATU IDOL THEFT FROM ALIPORE JAIN TEMPLE Kolkata, October 14 A delegation of the West Bengal Minorities Commission visited the Alipore Jain temple from where an idol of Lord Parasnath was stolen almost a week ago. The delegation comprised state Minorities Commission Chairman SS Z Adnan, Vice-Chairman Kalyan Chaudhuri and another member Narayan Prasad Jain. The temple located at 9, Alipore Park Place has three idols of Jain lords - two of Lord Parasnath and another of Lord Santnath. On the morning of October 8, the temple authorities found one of the idols of Parasnath missing. The temple is thronged by hundreds of devotees of the Jain community every day and the idols are of immense historical significance. The members of the community have already met Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on October 12 and the Commissioner of Kolkata Police Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti on October 13 requesting them to ensure that the idol is recovered soon. The case has been taken up by the Kolkata police's Detective Department. The Jains from both Howrah and Kolkata intend to submit a memorandum to the state minorities commission, urging the state government to look into the matter.
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JAIN ACHARYA RAJYESH SURISWARJI CALLS FOR STOPPING ABORTIONS AT HYDERABAD - Thousands joined a scooter rally in response to a call given by top Jain Acharya to stop Abortions and offered flowers and rice as offerings at Hussain Sagar Lake for the peace of departed souls of the 2.5 crore unborn kids killed in abortions across India. Acharya Rajyesh Suriswarji said, Killing an infant child before birth is nothing short of violence. It should be stopped with immediate effect, stated Acharya Rajyesh Suriswar Ji, one of the top Jain Monks who is in city on a nation wide journey. He urged Jain Community and other people to observe October 2nd as the Non-Violence Day befittingly.
He also stressed that off late the number of abortions are on the increase in India. Annually approximately about 2.5 crore unborn kids are killed by their mothers while they are in their womb. Which is unfair. Acharya Rajyesh Suriswar Ji also deplored the Indian Government's Review Proposal to extend cutoff time for abortions and urged them to stop such proposal immediately. Instead of making stringent laws to punish those who kill the innocent kids, now they are planning to further relax or liberalise the law. Which is not in good interest to the Indian Society. He urged the Union Government to rethink and withdraw any such proposal. Before 1971, there was no law for permitting abortions. Under any condition, the doctors or the persons responsible for abortions were equally punishable for murder or killings. At that time our country had a severe problem of over population, as there were no effective means and medicines available to stop pregnacy. But now the world of medicines has progressed very rapidly and if one desires one can easily control the number of members of a family and thereby the population of the nation. So the law permitting the abortions must be abolished because the law is not strictly implemented by the Government, he said. Under this law about 95 per cent of abortions taking place are punishable! So what is the use of the law which has resulted in the killing of crores and crores of innocent unborn children, Acharya Rajyesh Suriswar Ji lamented,
DEEKSHA OF YOUNG CHILDREN CAN NOT BE PERMITTED- MUMBAI HIGH COURT A divisional bench of Mumbai High Court consisting of Justice P. B. Majumdar and Justice Amjad Sayeed in a case filed by Child Welfare Committee against the parents of a twelve year old girl, advised that no religion allows children of tender age to accept sainthood and such a tradition is tantamount to age-old 'sati-pratha'. Proper law should be enacted to stop such practices and a code of conduct should be prepared for this purpose. The society must care to protect young children from taking to the course of sainthood. The society fails in its duties if it can not provide protection to growing children, The court constituted a four-member committee to look into all the aspects of deeksha to children, interview the concerned child, who has accepted to become saint or sadhwi and conduct a thorough enquiry into the whole matter. Subsequently, the committee interviewed the concerned child sadhu amid
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