Jain Lesson II

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: Diwakar Prakashan

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lesson 18 GOING TO PATHSHALA
Ami
: Shila, most of the other Jain centers have religious
classes once a week, but your center has it twice a week and you never miss it. Do you really like
learning? Or do you just go for the fun and food! : I don't care about the food. I really like the
religious classes.
Shila
Ami
Shila
: What's so great about it? : Everything. It tells me how to be a better person. I
learn how to gain true happiness.
Ami
: What do they teach you there?
Shila
: Quite a lot ! They teach us how to share things with others, how to be kind to others, how to respect our parents and teachers more, how to control our temper, how to stay happy and content, and many more things that help us with our life.
Ami
: You don't have to ruin your whole weekend to
learn all that ! They teach that stuff in school.
Shila
: They teach grammar, math, science, history, and
social studies in school. They don't have time to teach us the morals that we learn in our Jain classes.
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