Prabuddha Jivan 2015 08 Jain Dharm ane Anya Dhrmni Aavashyak Kriyao Visheshank

SR No.: 526085
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanvant Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
Publication Year: 2015
Total Pages: 172
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India
File Size: 3 MB

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versed in religious theory and practice. With the ris- versal of the global warming may not be achieved, sing influence fo Brahmanical system, the original and the rate of increase in earth's temperature might
class system disappeared, and was replaced by a at best be negligibly slowed down. It would then seem strongly segregated caste system. Faithful to the natural that changes in a physical structure and other
principle of non-violence, the followers of Jainism characteristics of humans, as projected in Jain scripI largely remained confined to the vaisya class in fact, tures, could occur to adapt to the increasing tempera- I 5 one does not find the closed, conservative and nar- ture of the earth and other variations. But, with the
row caste system as prevalent among the Jains as increase in the earth's temperature, sea-level will rise. it had been in a certain section of Hindu community. ecosystems disrupted, deserts expand and storms The Unhappy Fifth and Sixth Kalas
become more frequent and violent. The conditions at The fourth kala of dusama-susama ended 3 years
their extreme levels, could be correlated with the end ū and 8 12 months after the nirvana of Lord Mahavira -
of the avasarpini era of the tine cycle. the last 24th tirthankara. Thus, we are already about
It would be appropriate to note that destruction of 2,500 years into the fifth kala. During the unhappy
trees and vagetation, production of waste and growth fifth and sixth kalas in our world, spiritual knowledge of pollution are considered as forms of violence in z and power of saints in all religions, as well as self- Jainism. Also, the Jain vow of non-possession (or nondiscipline and general character of people gradually
acquisitiveness) implies abstinence from consuming :
acquisitiveness) implies diminishes with time. The struggle for living, stress
nature's resources beyond the satisfaction of one's Z and suffering go on increasing during the dusama bare minimum needs. w and dusama-dusama kalas in both the avasarpini The Jain Concept of the Universe
and utsarpini time cycles. In such suffering domi- The geography of the universe has been described nated periods no tirthankars are born.
in details in Jain scriptures. Though, it is said to have a Environmental Pollution if Fifth and Sixth Kalas similarities with the geopgraphy accepted in the z If one attempts to rationalize things and situations Vedas, the description does not seem to easily match z mentioned above, they could have been caused by
the geography of the world as we know it today. Also, diverse natural causes, as well as, human activites.
the duration of time assigned to various kalas appears you ŽIn recent years, great concern has been shown to to greatly exceed the age of the earth, which is about wards global warming. Recently, it was reported in
4.6 billion years based on recent astronomical estiw the New York Times that the earth's surface tem- mates. It is probable that we might learn new truths ūperature has risen by one degree Fahrenheit since
about the origin of the earth, and that's the estimate 1900. Based on a new generation of computer stud
about the earth's age could change, as better tech-> Sies, scintists on a U.N. Panel Climate Change have niques are developed to understand the astronomi
confirmed that human activities such as burning of cal phenomenon. Geographical details of the Jain wood, oils and coal, which releases carbon monox- Universe are mentioned in Jinendra Varni's ide into the air, is atleast partly responsible for the
onsible for the Jainendra Siddhant Kosh, Volume III. However, the ū so called greenhouse effect or warming of the earth's subject is still open for Jain researchers to seek ex> atmosphere. Ata U.N. Climate Conference in April planation as to how the Jain concept of the Universe <1995. held in Berlin, the panel proposed that the can be corroborated with the Universe as known to
emissions of heat-trapping gases must be cut by 60 day. percent to reverse the eventually catastrophic effects Based on the Jain scriptures, the Universe is a I of global warming. With this awareness, it is appar- three dimensional space, which is again very vast in Sent that humans on this earth will have to make ad- size but has finite dimensions. It has a shape like that
justments in their life style, and take resort to using of a man standing in an akimbo position, with legs 3 w safer energy sources such as hydro-electric, solar, apart and the two arm resting on both sides of his w
geothermal, wind and nuclear fusion. However, with waist with elbows stretched out. It is divided vertically the fast industrial growth on global scale and other in three tiers, The upper tier, called urdva-loka, conI factors not known to us as yet, reduction in indus- sists of sixteen heavens where various Indras reside. Z trial and developmental activities, needed for the re- The Indras and devas are human-like individuals who
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