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now come to tell him that not only should the family should continue starving, but in addition, the daughter should not be able to get married as well. He posed the question: Is this what you think Ahimsa is and should be? Now more than ever was there reason to have the marriage take place as promised, and Roop Lal Ji declared that it would be so. Des Raj did marry the same girl, as originally promised, years earlier. What a great lesson in ahimsa Lala Roop Lal Ji presented to the Jain community, and not as a sermon but by practical application. We need more of such sharavaks today. Throughout his life, Lala Roop Lal Ji donated a significant portion (more than sixty percent) of his monthly paycheck for the welfare causes of the community, for the sick, and for the downtrodden.
LOCAL JAIN REFUSES TO PRINT HIMSA MATERIAL Mr. Suketu Kapadia is an unassuming, gentle, honest man, and a practicing shravak in Houston, Texas. Along with his family, he runs a good-size printing business in Houston. They all are always mindful about the practice of ahimsa, not only at home but also in their business. He is often faced with big printing orders where he is required to print books, magazines, and advertising materials that promote himsa and himsak products such as leather, non-vegetarian food restaurants, guns, philosophies and stories of himsa, hatred, and warfare. From the very beginning, Suketu Kapadia decided that he would not accept such contracts and business and even today he refuses to knowingly print such materials. I talk to Suketubhai quite often and every day he becomes more convinced of his stand, even in times when business and general economic conditions may not be that good. Thank you, Suketu-bhai for this restraint and care in your business. I wish there were many more Suketus around me. An Ahimsa Crisis: You Decide
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