Jain Journal 2012 07

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XLVII, NO. 1-IV JULY.-JUNE 12-13
pollution of rivers and oceans and needless unplanned excavation of earth should be restrained.
Jainism which lays great stress on observing the vows of truth, non-violence and non-possession can definitely bring peace in the world and solve the problems of inequality, tension, war, mal-nutrition, hunger and terror and bring new light of hope for the future.
At the end, I will like to quote a beautiful quotation from the book “The family and the Nation" by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Ācārya Mahapragya:- "Wherever there in righteousness, there is beauty of character, wherever there is beauty of character, ther is harmony in the family, wherever there in harmony in the family there is order in the society and wherever there is order in the society, there is peace in the world”.