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AHIMSA TIMES - JANUARY 2008 ISSUE - www.jainsamaj.org
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these god gifted beautiful birds which will be killed by the flying of 20000 kites in the sky?
Madam, you are a good social activist of our country, at least you can better understand about the matter. I am sending following pictures of birds injured by kites. We should not interfere in there freedom. God has gifted them sky for fly, not earth. Makar Sakranti is a religious festival. As per our holy religious books and religious saints / gurus, we should remember to our god on this holy day and we should donate to poor and needy persons but not kill to any bird even a small ant. Our Indian culture also does not allow the killing to
others.
For this reason, Pakistan govt. had also banned the kite flying and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lac for kite flying. You can see news cutting of our leading news paper 'Hindustan' dated 09.02.2007 for the same. Sunjay Jain, President, Vishwa Jain Sangathan ,Mob: 9312278313, E-Mail: vishwajains@yahoo.com
SAPTRANGI ABHISHEK Dear friends, Sadar Jai Jinendra - Please read the following scanned page of 'VEER' magazine, published by Akhil Bhartiya Digamber Jain Parished, Delhi on the issue of 'Saptrangi Abhishek' in "Mahamastakabhishek at Bawangaja". A lot of Jain scholars and leaders are opposing this new "Saptrangi Abhishek". Our Jain Community is spending a lot of money on Panch Kalyanaks and other religious functions. In this programme the organizers of the function will collect more then 10 crore rupees after selling the 5040 nos. Kalash (the organizers have not declared in its advertisement that how will they utilize this money?) to the rich families of our society instead of selling the different lucky coupons of different amount among the medium earning jain families. Please think as the this matter is concerns to whole Jain Community. Sunjay Jain, President, Vishwa Jain Sangathan E-Mail: vishwajains@yahoo.com
BIRD FLUE IN WEST BENGAL/ MAD COW IN U.K/CANADA ETC. Dear Sir, Since last few years the world is suffering from animal flue i.e. some time mad cow and some time bird flue and this diseased spreads in other animals too if the diseased live animals are not killed. Accordingly lakhs of animals and birds are killed every year by way of burning, shooting and slaughtering even with cruel methods. According to Jainism it is a severe violence in the live history, Any how, if we presume that such problem if occurred in a country of Jain ideology, then how the government of such country can save these diseased lives who are effecting to other lives too. There is no treatment for this disease except killing,
Does Jainism permits such killings? and if no, then please find the way by contacting our learned Jain monks that how to stop such killings. Presently more then a Lakh birds are likely to be killed in West Bengal, but no Jain Saint/ Jain group/ Jain society or Jain community has opposed it. Non-opposition represents that Jainism allow such killings in these circumstances. Hemendra Jain E-Mail : hemendra_in@yahoo.com
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