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and the community. "1" and "mine" need to be changed to owe" and "ours." With this change in emphasis, the family culture is metamorphosed. All decisions and choices are made keeping every member of the family in mind. With this change, sharing among the family is a reflex. While this tradition sacrifices some of the individual freedoms and choices, these sacrifices do not have to be extreme, to the point where individual growth is hindered.
In sum, applying the principles of Jainism can lead to preservation and maintenance of the institution of family. We believe that all life in the universe is equal and therefore we must respect, love, help and protect each other. It is justly written by Acharya limasrati in Tattvarthasutra Parasparopaghraho jivanam -souls render service to one another.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it's ours. He who wills adventure will experience it according to his courage. He who wills to sacrifice, will be sacrificer according to the measure of his purity of heart.
Great men are often lonely, but perhaps that loneliness is part of their ability to crest; for it has been said that character like the photographic film, develops in darkness!
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
Anon
ઈચ્છું બની પંખી ગગન ને પામવાને બનું મત્સ્યગંધા, સાગરતટ માણવાને ચડું અશ્વપલાણે, જગતપટ વાંચવાને ન વિચાર્યું કિંતુ મનુજદય પામવાને
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