Essence of Jainism Part 01

Author(s): Kushalchandravijay
Publisher: 108 jain Tirth Darshan Trust

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leopard and other wild animals killed by him during his hunting expeditions, over the entire road from Agra to Fatehpur sikri. Even such one as he was persuaded to practise non-violence for six months of the year by Rev. Shri Hirvijaysuriji. While being Jains and practionesrs of non-violence, we should not use even medicine prepared from meat, eggs, fish etc. Not only the Jain Agamas but even the non-Jain scriputures like the puranas, Manusmruti, Mahabharat, The Bible, Kuran and the Gita prohibit the use of meat.
(4) Butter : As soon as butter is taken out from curdmilk, innumerable micro germs are born in it, and therefore, butter is a non-eatable food for us. It is eatable so long as it is kept in butter-milk, but it becomes non-eatable the moment it is taken out from butter-milk. Again, butter stimulates our passions and it is harmful to preservation of chastity and righteous living. Hence, its use is forbidden by great omnisceint sages. Instead of butter, we can use ghee, curd and milk, which give us strength, intelligence and strengthens semen. As the use of butter involves death o many germs, it is a prohibited food.
(5-6) Ice, Hail-stones etc. : Eating all of these is a sin. A drop of water contains millions of bacteria. Captain Scoresbeo has decovered 36.450 movina micro-beings in a drop of water with the help of the microscope. A photo of this has been published. When we freeze water in a machine, it turns into ice. There are myriads of germs in every particle of ice, Hail stones etc. are condensed forms of water. Indigestion is cuased if we eat ice, icecream. Kuifi and other cold drinks. They may cause many diseases and innumerable germs are killed by their use. People use products like acetate benzine, emil acetate, glucose, aldehide C.17, ethyl acetate, eggs, etc. for preparing ice-cream. Eggs are nothing but embrayoes of living beings possessing five senses. Again, acetate products contain latent poison causing many physical diseases. Hence, ice-cream should be avoided.
(7) Poison : Potassium Cynide, Vachhanag, Talpur, Hadtal, opium, Nuxvomica, Dhatura seeds, Akado and some other chemicals are poisonous. They are deadly if taken in a greater dose. D. D. T. is also poisonous and should not be used. Tobacco is also injurious. Hence, Indian bidis, cigarettes, chirut, chalem etc. harm the health and spiritual well-being and therefore should be given up.
(8) Clay : It may cause cancer. All kinds of earth, soil, unbaked salt, Khadi, Kharo, Bhutado etc. are not eatable, as they contain
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