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Family Values
DAD WHERE DOES THE
WORD HOLIDAY COME FROM?
MU
Airkel
"Wives and sons, friends and relatives live with a person as long as he is alive. No one accompanies him after his death."
Jain scriptures
"A self-restrained aspirant should eat, drink and talk less."
Jain scriptures
"Jainism was once a great religion. Now I am great." Jain Leader?
"Young people question everything so we should doubt them."
Jain elders
QUOTES & QUIPS
| "According to a recent UK Comic Relief survey, the majority of donors to charity are poor or working class people."
"There is a traffic jam the Information Super Highway. Communication is at a standstill we are overdoing it!"
"Knock Knock"
"Who's there?"
"ABCD"
"ABCD who?"
"American Born Confused Desi" "Come in and join the club!"
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"Pure men of eloquence should study an audience before speaking deliberate words."
Saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural
Jain Education International 2010_03
IT'S OBVIOUS, SURAJ
HOTEL
... FROM HOLY DAY WE'VE MADE A PILGRIMAGE TO WORSHIP THE SUN!
TODA
"Charity begins at home but I am not in at the moment!"
"Why on earth do people spend so much time taking photos or video films on holiday? To show everyone how much fun they had snapping away!"
"Through helping others you help yourself."
"Ancient cultures are storage houses of wisdom. Is Jainism open to the public?"
"Conquer anger by forgiveness, pride by humility, deceit by straight-forwardness and greed by contentment." Jain scriptures
"There is nothing like wealth for lending consequence to an inconsequential man."
QUOTES & QUIPS
"Role models let their personality do the talking."
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"The pleasures of health abide in the person who eats moderately. The pains of disease dwell with those who eat excessively."
"Every saint has his past and every sinner his future."
The Eleven Signs of Inner Peace Loss of interest in conflict.
1.
2.
Frequent attacks of smiling
3. Frequent overwhelming attacks of appreciation
4. Loss of desire to judge in judging others
5. Unmistakeable ability to enjoy each moment
6. Tendency to think and act
spontaneously rather than from fear based on past experience 7. Loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others
8. Loss of ability to worry
(a serious symptom)
9. Contented feelings of connectedness to others and nature 10. Increasing susceptibility to love
extended by others as well as an uncontrollable urge to extend it 11. Increasing tendancy to let things happen rather than make things happen
June August 2001 Jain Spirit
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