$JES 106 My Jain Values Journal

Author(s): Pratiksha Shah, JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Challenge: Truthfulness
Truthfulness is about being honest with ourselves first and foremost. We should always speak truth. There can be situations, small or big, when we might feel that speaking untruth is easy, but it is never the right choice. People stop trusting us and we get bad karmas.
Think about what Trust and Honesty mean to you and how would you feel if someone lied to you.
Did any situation come up when you had to choose whether to say the truth or lie? Did you practice Truthfulness in that situation? How did speaking truth make you feel?
Write your thoughts, examples, ideas, experiences and how it made you feel:
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