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JAIN VALUES
AHIMSA - PEACE As all actions result from thought, peaceful living requires a stable relaxed mind. SATYA - INTEGRITY To be true to others, it helps to be true to ourselves. APARIGRAHA - SIMPLICITY A life free from clutter or attachments, enables us to focus on our own enlightenment and liberation. ASTEYA - CHARITY When we share what we have with others and avoid taking that which does not belong to us, we realise that nothing belongs to us. SAIYAM - RESTRAINT We should be masters of our senses and not slaves to them. Restraint in our eating, actions and sleeping will cultivate a deeper peace of mind helping us to lead a balanced and disciplined life. ANEKANT - RESPECT Truth has many facets and there are no absolute truths - no one right answer. Tolerance for different viewpoints and beliefs will help us to live peacefully amidst the diversity of life that surrounds us. KSHAMA - FORGIVENESS Blame and hatred result in violence to oneself. When we forgive, we heal ourselves (and possibly others). When we ask for forgiveness, we develop our own humility. We move forward, instead of being held back.
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