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JAINA CONVENTION 2017
views can be mutually reinforcing (swapаropakariNa) rather than knocking out each other (swaparapranashiNa). The best way is to accommodate diverse views in a harmonious way so that synergy energizes the system and life on earth.
Samyaktva (Global vision): Each individual must believe and practice as if he or she is a citizen of the universe and this enables and empowers one to understand the spatio-temporal dimensions. This enlightened vision would lead to sustainable systems and development.
Live and let live: Each soul desires to lead a healthy and happy living amidst challenges of sprouting past karmai and their influences in shaping the future. Lord Mahavir, the 24th and the last Tirthankar of our times gave this simple but potent taraka mantra for the world. It is called 'Live and let live'. Adapting this principle, we have an obligation to accommodate all other fellow beings with compassion. Compassion is not a charity but an obligation based on universal principle of life. Any violation in the organic world is neither healthy nor ethical and will invoke the karma machinations. If this is understood, we can then ensure lasting peace both in microcosm and macrocosm.
Sarvodaya (Inclusive peaceful growth) Swami Samantabhadra (2nd century CE) carried out extensive survey of the religious and socio-political landscape of India and rediscovered the relevance of the Jaina way of life for the modern world. He coined the unitary term Sarvodaya to capture the essence of TJWOL (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvodaya). Mahatma Gandhi was highly impressed with this utopian concept. This can be developed as a single index subsuming all development indexes such as Happiness index, Human Development Index,
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The Jains are known for their pious life coupled with copious charity. One would not see a Jain begging for a petty living. They are most law-abiding wherever they live in the world. They raise their own resources to meet their societal requirements. Due to space constraints, one cannot list the numerous charity investments but I am tempted to mention just one, the Bird Hospital, only of its kind maintained in the premises of the Jain Lal mandir at Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi. Temple.
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ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FROM JAINISM'S POINT OF VIEW The global ecological crisis cannot be solved until spiritual relationship is established between humanity as the whole and its natural environment. Jainism has been a staunch advocate of
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