Ahimsa Times 2008 08 SrNo 98

Author(s): Ahimsa Times
Publisher: Ahimsa Times

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4. He retorted Winston Churchill "I would love to be a naked fakir but I am not one yet" (quoted from the Life of M.K. Gandhi' by I. Fisher, page 473).
5. "The main principle of Jains is compassion towards the living creatures of the world, in their entirety. I consider all of them Jains, who follow this principle of Ahimsa towards their fellow beings" Gandhiji in Dainik Navakal dated 27 Nov 1932. (Page 12)
6. The Jain population in the past (page 27). 40 crores in 1000 B.C.,25 crores in 500-600 B.C. ,20 crores in 815 A.D (King Amoghavarsha period), 12 crores in 1173 A.D (King Kumarpal's period) ,4 crores in 1556 AD (Badshah Akbar's reign). (Quoted from "Jain aaNi Hindu" by Taatyasaheb. K. Chopre, page 47-48)
7. Trishul is the symbol of three jewels of Jainism. (Tirayana tisuladhariya - Acharya Virasena in the ancient and sacred book Dhavala 1-1-25). Courtesy: Mr. Dev Kumar. E-Mail : cdevakumar@yahoo.com
TERAPANTH SAMANIS VISIT SWITZERLAND Samani Prasanna Pragyaji and Samani Rohit Pragyaji visited Switzerland from 9th July to 14th July 2008. Smt Pushpaben Halai, a yoga instructor at JVB Centre London, accompanied them on the visit. They stayed at Shree Basantraji Bhandari's house in Geneva. During their stay in Geneva, in addition to informal sessions of religious discourses and discussions, five workshops of more than one and half
hours duration were held in which on an average more than 15 people participated consisting of Jains and non-Jains. These workshops covered Meditation, Yoga, Relaxation, and recitation of hymns as well as presentation on various subjects including anger and stress management, improving intuition power and developing positive thinking. As a result more than 100 people in Geneva benefited by gaining deeper insights and attaining valuable tools for leading happy and healthy life.
MUNI TARUN SAGAR JI HONOURED AS STATE GUEST BY MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT - Shri Dharampal Jain, National General Secretary of Tarun Kranti Manch announced at Sangli that the Government of Maharashtra has given necessary instructions to the Superintendents of Police and other concerned officers to provide appropriate security to Digambar Jain Muni, Shri Tarun sagar Ji maharaj. Accordingly, four gun men will be attending on him whenever he moves out of his place of stay as long as he is in Maharashtra.
AHIMSA MODERNISATION OF DEONAR SLAUGHTER HOUSE AT MUMBAI Maharashtra Government ( Bombay Municipal Corp.) has planned to Modernise Deonar slaughter house, near Mumbai by spending approximately Rs. 125-250 crore, which will result in the killing of more than 36 lakh animals every year for the production of beef not just for consumption within the country but for export to other countries. In 1971, the old slaughter house was shifted from Bandra to Devnar. Its objective was to provide hygienic meat for people of Mumbai only. Only physically unfit animals were to be used for killing with Valid certification from Doctors. It was decided by BMC at that time that meat will not exported from Devnar but it was not followed. In 1983, again BMC decided to stop export of meat from devnar. But the said decision was again
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