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Attitude and practice of Aparigraha is the only effective remedy to the evils of hypnotic consumerism, which has already driven advanced economies into a mad pursuit of limitless materialism.
To promote and increasingly adopt this trinity of humane principles - the three Ns of Non-violence, Non-absolutism and Non-possession, the responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of global human community. Role of human community
Over 6 billion human beings inhabiting this planet owe it to take spiritually and ethically inspired steps towards a more humane and a globally more sustainable future.
Human community can ill-afford to persist in its self-centric and egoistic, exploitative and violence oriented approach not only towards other human beings but also towards the global ecosystem and other living organisms.
Jain philosophy puts the stewardship of the earth in human hands as superior beings with highly developed physical mental and intellectual faculties. It exhorts humans to develop an enlightened view of the universe around them since in that approach lies the path of salvation' both of individuals as well as societies and nations. Echoing the Jain perception, William Faulkner wrote:
"I believe that man will not merely endure but will prevail. He alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice and a soul and a spirit capable of compassion, sacrifice and endurance."
Thus, Jain principles are synonymous with sound ecology, synonymous with humanitarianism and synonymous with peace. Jain ethos like the Hindu ethos regards our planet as Mother Earth. The approach of respect for it is beautifully brought out in the following quotation from Vedas:
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