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Dr. Michael Tobias, Los Angeles Prof. Glenn Paige, Honolulu, Hawaii Prof. Gary Francione, Rutgers University, NJ Fakirchand Dalal, Washington, DC Saurabh Dalal, Washington, DC Narinder Sheth, San Diego, CA Pravin K. Shah, Raleigh, NC Dr. Nitin Shah, Los Angeles, CA Dr. Davendra Raj Mehta, Jaipur Foot, Jaipur Ingrid Newkirk, PETA, USA Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, M.P and Cabinet Minister in Central Govt in India. Sanjay and Priti Jain of Northboro, MA Plus hundreds of them more.
ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTY EXAMPLES OF AHIMSA
In spite of my criticism, there are plenty of places of oasisplaces of compassion, karuna and ahimsa within the Jain community today. My fellow Jain brothers and sisters, all is not lost. Ahimsa means compassion, karuna, daya, feeling the pain and sufferings of others, and then trying our level best to alleviate and lesson/reduce those sufferings. Ahimsa also means giving a daan (donation) of abhay (fearlessness) to other living beings. The full list of acts and programs of compassion and Seva (service) by the Jain community are numerous and I have been personally exposed to only a few, which I mention below. However a complete list would be quite large. A sampling includes: o Cow and animal shelters throughout India. The most
notable is the one in New Pavapuri in Rajasthan. o Leprosy Centers. I have personally seen one in Mysore run
by the Jain community there.
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