Prabuddha Jivan 2017 01

SR No.: 526102
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sejal Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
Publication Year: 2017
Total Pages: 44
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India
File Size: 2 MB

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JANUARY 2017
PRABUDDHJEEVAN
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counter prepared salad bags carrying celery and the evening on a weekend. Only a few commuters tomatoes, while one of them washed bananas and walked across the sidewalk and yes, some meticulous wiped them to assemble in final meal bag. These meal entity who earned their bread by picking up garbage bags were prepared as per the suggestion of a on the streets and trying to keep it clean manually. We nutritionist taking care of calories and nutrition needed waited there on the streets with the meals but no one for a perfect one time meal. This was a stimulating but approached us as we did not have any banner saying an exciting and amusing mission for children. At the it was a meal for free. Some misunderstood it was a same time, when they cognized the ethics and purpose stall to sell something. People walked by and we were of preparing these meal bags from their teacher, the confused. But then, Hunger van volunteer who abetted entitlement of their thrill and elation just doubled the us for this respectable cause, suggested us to call out amount. It was an extravagance for them when they loudly "Free meal.... Free meal!!" Children out of realized that they themselves can also be a reason of excitement started yelling loudly the said, "Free smile for needy people around and can contribute with meal...Free meal". It was kind of a game task for them their own efforts, to satisfy a hungry man's need of a with baggage full of inquisitiveness and serenity of meal. An image of a smile on the innocent face of a satisfaction. Immediately some people came up in front five-year-old child while preparing a meal bag is a and asked if they could have a bag of meal. And when depiction to the paragon for perpetuity!
they received an answer of buoyancy "Yes Of course!" Finally, children prepared 125 meal bags with great they had a smile on their face and procured the bag success. Now it was time to deliver this happiness with all the pleasure. Some of them returned the gesture and share it with some prerequisite people around. with a big hug filled with the great warmth to these Children with JVBNJ Volunteers headed to Newark children who were offering them a treat. It was almost Penn station They could not wait to give the final start 20 F i.e. -6 C but these little angels of Gvanshala did to this noteworthy mission. Though several not step back, with their freezing hands and feet they interrogations, and a whirl of zeal voyaged around their were sincere to achieve what they were determined cognizance. "How different would these people look
for. Some elderly indigent personal were under the from us? Where would they be sitting? Would they come shelter of the train station building protective themselves up boldly and accept what we offer or they would be from the outrageous weather. Gyanshala students reluctant? Should we fear them or they are just kind decided to reach out to them as well and extended their humans like us but just deprived of their needs?" These offerings, which was accepted with pleasure and were some of the doubts made known by the innocent appreciation. To our astonishment, within the span of students of JVBNJ Gyanshala. These doubts could 20 minutes, the whole lot of 125 meal bags were be simply cleared by the teachers and volunteers but distributed. An overwhelming learning experience of could that attend the persistence of showing them the Jain values attained marvelous gratification. JVBNJ reflecting mirror of our society? If answered, they mightGyanshala students and Youth understood Jain way have got their qualms clear, but how justified would of living, that sharing and caring are not only appealable that be unless they got their answers by themselves but an actual Jain means of life. When this future through a factual experience? I told them. "Just wait. generation learns these values with its idealistic virtues. and you would get all your replies in just a while, you it might not take many decades to face a day, when can know the real taste of a cake only when you taste this land will not behold any deprivation of a meal and it or maybe smell it?"
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