________________ JAIN MONKS AND NUNS There are thousands of Sadhus in the world but the Jain monks and nuns are well known for their austerity and severe vows They have to practise the five great vows in their perfect and bighest possible forms. Non-injury, Truthfulness, Non-stealing, Celibacy and Non-attachment to worldly objects Therr life is one of complete self-help They are not to be a burden on sogety in any way They always travel on feet, wear the fewest possible clothes (some even discard clothing altogether), have no house or property of their own and are expected to know many languages for the purpose of propagating the message of peace among the people of different nations They take only simple, purely vegetarian diet, Just sufficient to keep body and soul together, beg ther food from different houses and have neither attachment for, nor enmity towards any hving being Prof P R Jain MA
