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JAIN VIEW OF BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE & HUMANS
[Speech at the Parliamentary Earth Summit of the Global Forum of Parliamentary and Spiritual Leaders on June 6, 1992 at Palacio Terendentes- The Brazilian National Assembly Building, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]
It is indeed a great privilege and honour that I have been called upon to speak in the name of Jain religion at this distinguished gathering of world's leading statespersons, parliamentarians, monks, priests and spiritual Ambassadors of different religions. The Global Forum of Parliamentary and Spiritual Leaders is meeting in Rio for its historic 'Parliamentary Earth Summit' coinciding with the U.N. Earth Summit at the level of Presidents/Prime Ministers of over 170 countries. Never before has a conference of this magnitude at a summit level taken place in world history.It is a happy augury that His Holiness Acharya Sushil Kumarji Maharaj - a Jain monk of renown is in our midst. We were all deeply moved with his eloquent recitation of Jain Namokar Mantra and meditation conducted by him prior to the commencement of one of our plenary sessions. Our meeting hall with its magnificent high dome reverberated with the deep. musical and captivating sound of the "Namokar Mantra". "Namokar Mantra" of Jain religion salutes all those saints and teachers who have attained different levels of perfection in their endeavour to utilize the life span as a human being for the emancipation of their souls.
Jain religion is among the ancient religions of India and the world dating back in origin to pre-Vedic times. What is perhaps more
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