Introduction to Jainsim

Author(s): Dewan Bahadur A B Lathe
Publisher: Jain Mitra Mandal

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Several things are to be told with various objects of these objects the principal and secondary ones differ according to the circumstances; for instance, the Jain religion prescribes drinking of water after filtering and boiling it and this command is zealously obeyed by the Jains. In this, non-killing (afgar) is said to be the primary object; yet sanitation too is one of its motives. It is also meant for preventing poisonous germs from entering the stomach. So also, non-killing is the principal object in disallowing eating at night. Still the object of sanitation goes along with it. Poisonous bascili multiply numerously at night. Hence the modern science of medicine advises to stay at night out of the town in the days of plague and to take care about their entrance into the catables. Also if there is no objection to eat at night, there remains no rule as to how far meals should be taken at night. Consequently eating at night goes on up to 11 or 12. Owing to this eating irregularly at night, sound sleep cannot be obtained and we cannot get up early in the morning. So the violation of the laws of sanitation gives rise to diseases due to indigestion.