Ajatshatru Kunik Diwakar Chitrakatha 026

Author(s): Tarunmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Dear friends,
Are you aware that many things. We use come from animal abuse and torture ? The food we eat, the clothes we wear, the cosmetics we use have one or more ingredients that come from the suffering of innocent lives. These animals that suffer tremendous pain, are kept out of our sight, imprisoned behind steel gates as they are driven insane, burned, radiated, starved, blinded, bashed, poisoned, experimented and electro shocked for our sheer pleasure. These birds and beasts speak to us, but we fail to understand them. Their cries and pitiful eyes complain of their suffering, but we turn deaf ears and blind eyes to their pain. With all this agony around is it possible to experience peace in the world ? Their cries and curses, their sighs and sorrows will not follow us like a shadow ? The violence inflicted towards these dumb creatures will not bring us unhappiness ? Seldom do we think of these consequences and we continue to pursue our greed passionately.
We all know that what we give out comes about. What we sow that we reap. This is the universal law. The law of nature. May be we were not aware of this torture before, but it is time we wake up to the gross reality and do something about it. We have been taught from the childhood not to kill an ant or any tiniest living-being. How can we allow killing of so many harmless lives for the frenzy of our desire ? The answer to these and many other ethical issues lie within us. If, only we can take sometime and get in touch with our self: the self that is loving, that is compassionate that is kind. When this truth dawns upon the mind we will surely stop this barbaric act and change direction towards harmless living. It is rightly said that what we do to the life around us and the environment becomes our fate. Let us change our fate by letting all living-beings live in freedom, in peace and in happiness. To do this we have to start replacing animal products with non-animal alternatives. In this issue we are going to list names of products that are made from animal ingredients along with its non-animal alternatives. For this valuable information we are thankful to Beauty Without Cruelty, India, for allowing us to use there information.
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Used in manufacturing hair, cosmetic, shaving, shoepolish, clothes, carpet, artist's and wall-painting brushes and tooth brushes. breadteilen en te b
Brushes used by painters are made from hog bristles: domestic pigs are chased, brutally caught, and as they squeal in agony, forcibly held underfoot while their hair is yanked out. Killed wildboar and mongoose, both protected wildlife are other sources of animal bristles. In certain countries, sable are specially bred on so-called farms, to be killed and their hair is converted into artist's and cosmetic brushes.
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