Jain Oceans Drop

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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Such and similar several revelations need our conscious thinking and attention when we are sunk in a side tracked moral life on one hand, seatterred in frenzy & crazy fragments of " " on the other and in the inert rites and rituals on the third:
BHAGAWAN MAHAVIRA'S INDICATION.
In fact, our present day state of affair of various above mentioned nature, was already indicated by SARVAINYA BHAGAWAN MAHAVIRA WELL in advance, 2500 years age: Our deterioration and fragmentation was particularly mentioned by the Lord on several occasions during his life and preachings, scripture & historical evidences stand a testimony about our own seattering divisions, fragmentations and infights amongst our own selves, the followers of ANEKANTAVADA philosophy & AHIMSA practice: It was more than once calrified by Bhagawan Mahavira that NO OUTSIDE FORCE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO BREAK THE IRON BARS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ANEKANTAVADA & JAINISM, BUT ITS OWN INNER DIFFERENCES WILL BRING ITS DOOM:
On another occasion he has said "NO ONE ELSE WILL BE CAPABLE TO DEFEAT THE LION OF JINΜΑΤΑ'
BUT IT WILL BE WOUNDED OF ITS OWN INNER CAUSE, and ITS OWN DIFFERENCES:
And how perfectly & shamefully, ironically & tragically with without helpless own eyes our present day in-fightings of SHWETAMBARAS & DIGAMBARAS - just as if we are very "loyally" proving our Lord's utterances: Really, very 'loyal' we are to our Lord: May we have had been this loyalty in several other right, respects, accepting and HOW, WHY & WHERE WE MISSED/LACKED THAT GREAT HERITAGE OF THE ARIHANTAS?
Due to the Age & pride of several following Acharyas, due to the inertness, due to lack of farsightedness, due to infighting, due to absence of real spirit & vision of Meditation and above all due to loss of faith, discrimination in following the Lords, Arihantas' orders
- we have missed our Great Heritage, our Great glory, our Right place in this country and elsewhere:
As a result, we have suffered at many many places on many many fronts and have since many many years: In several ways we have been behaving culturally, socially, politically, educationally.
I went to Nalanda ... the ruins of the Buddhist Vishwavidyalaya over there reminded that "See the irony of you the Jainas: The place where Bhagawan Mahavira had 14 Chaturmas and where Bhagawan Buddha had not even stayed overnight, had the Buddhist Vishwavidyalaya and not that of the Balancing synthesizing Jain philosophy:
And I was reminded of my great Master Pragyachaksha Dr.Pt. Sukhlaji's long-study based observation that "in last 2500 years' History, the Jains had No Vishwa Vidyalaya at all Nalanda or Takshashila:" And I went deep in thinking about the reasons, the causes of the same the Infightings ... the devaluation of knowledge and so on and so forth:
This was on Educational front. Similar are the cases on several other fronts, which are not being referred to here for want of time & space. But yet worth referring are two/some: -