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PRACTICING JAINISM THROUGH BUSINESS
Rashmikant Kamdar
Twenty six hundred years ago, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara Mahavir gave this mantra: "Live to let others live." He was not only referring to human beings; He was speaking for all life, including animals, earth, water, fire, air, and trees. All are living elements and all serve humanity. We should honor this debt, this obligation.
Directly or indirectly we can follow this mantra of Mahavir in our day to day business also. A thought of saving millions and millions of life, "jivdaya," occurred in my soul while inspecting a fishing trawler located in Barents Sea, Russia, in 1992.
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In the last seven years, I have purchased and scrapped over 100 ship-type "fishing trawlers/fishing factories." These fishing trawlers used to catch millions of fish from the sea, kill them and process the packaging in the fishing factory located at the bottom section of the ship.
I have stopped the merciless killing of billions of fish and will continue this practice of Jainism. My advice to fellow business men and women and young entrepreneurs is to practice Jainism through business.
The root question is why humanity should kill other living things; why should we hate and neglect our fellow beings? It should be our firm conviction that amity between all humanity and all life is the real wealth. Non-violence is the only way to revolutionize humanity. Only through non-violence we can survive
"Towards your fellow creatures, be not hostile. All beings hate pain; therefore, one should not kill them." - Mahavira.
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