Book Title: Equanimity Philosophy and Practice
Author(s): Nanesh Acharya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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________________ distribution in a systematic order. In order to make the distribution well organised it becomes essential to exercise societary control on the means of production, so that greed of a man may not disturb the distributional system. In addition to this it will also be convenient in distribution to voluntarily fix limits on the use of, articles need or utility. In the useful commodities of life are included, in addition to the essential articles those other articles also of convenience, of which the result of distribution according to development and suitability should be that no uneven condition may arise nor they sponsor. The want of articles is not so harmful as harmful is this inequity. Due to this unevenness, greed of wealth turning limitless stimulates a man to immorality and oppression. For removing this unevenness and pave the grand path of evenness, the only alternative is that all the articles be distributed according to development and suitability under a well organised system. Faith in The Voluntary Abandonment for Public Good : At the initial siage to establish economic equality or at the time of calamity every individual should be prepared unhesitatingly in the least to relinquish whatever he possesses for the public good. The purpose of faith in such tendency is that he should not exercise meum in his accum ulated wealth, on the contrary he should consider it as a trust on behalf of the society which he can, when occasion arises, surrender back to the society. Meaning of public good should also be understood in a comprehensive sense. Suppose famine has occured in a dstrict or a Province-you have got your accumulated 75 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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