Jain Digest 1992 07 Vol 19 No 03

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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Jain Digest subtle and important art form-a living art" and how "Jains have relentlessly undertaken to tame the wild dog (control of passions, ego, greed, etc.) in each of us."
Tobias calls Jains as "all consummate biologists" and what is dubbed as "green party environmentalism in late twentieth century, was prescribed three thousand years ago by the follows of Jina (Jains)"
There are frequent insightful comparison with Buddhism on meaning of Nirvana and some comparison of Hinduism in concept of soul, Karma, nature and treatment of animals.
upon many sources, Indian and Persian, to ascertain the year of Mahavira's Nirvana. Chapters V-VIII describe the religious sects, political conditions and institutions, social organizations and economic planning in Mahavira's times. Chapter IX brings out the special features of art and architecture and gives in detail the description of currency produced during the period. Chapter X describes the progress achieved in the literary, technical and scientific fields.
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families and monks and has produced a documentary made for TV on Ahimsa.
After reading this book, I am overwhelmed by the Jainism's universal applicability. I have never read and given much thought about Jainis striving towards total and complete nonviolence juxtaposed with the horror and brutality that had taken place in the past and continues till today. Tobias describes the rituals in which humans and animals were sacrificed, brutal wars which consumed most of human energy and life, and how billions of helpless animals die in hands of humans to satisfy their appetites and fancy. We can mitigate this type of wanton and reckless violence, Tobias argues, by understanding the Philosophy of Jainism. Jainism is the oldest Indian religion and has molded great thinkers like Buddha and Mahavira to practice non-violence in speech, mind, and action. He points out the Jain community as a living example where the practice of non-violence or Ahimsa is so well ingrained that "harming any living being intentionally is equivalent to committing a human murder."
He further describes his meetings with common Jains, business people, monks, and scholars, and describes his practice of Jainism as it consumes their profession and personal habits. Tobias writes" (Jains) absolute exercise in restraint and in being harmony (page 55) on Earth, I belive Jainism to be perhaps the most
Lord Mahavira and His Times by Kailash Chand Jain
Published by Moti Lal Banarsi Das, Delhi (1991)
The present book discusses the antiquity of Jainism by ascertaining the traditions of Jaina scriptures with recent archaeological discussions. It describes the lifeand teachings of Lord Mahavira based not on legends but on historical facts.
The book is divided into ten chapters. Chapters I and II deal with the origin of Jainism, its antiquity and long continuous history, depicting the circumstances that gave birth to Lord Mahavira. Chapters III, IV are devoted to the life of the great Lord and his teachings. Here the author has drawn
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