Jain Study Center NC Raleigh 1997 11 YJA Regional Convention

Author(s): Jain Study Center NC Raleigh
Publisher: USA Jain Study Center NC Raleigh

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God is neither the creator nor the destroyer of the universe. He is merely a silent observer and omniscient.
One who, even after knowing the whole universe, can remain unaffected and unattached is God. Fight with yourself, why fight with external foes? He, who conquers himself through himself, will obtain happiness.
All beings hate pain, therefore one should not hurt kill them. Ahimsa (non-violence) is the highest religion.
A man is seated on top of a tree in the midst of a burning forest. He sees all living beings perish. But he doesn't realize that the same fate is soon to overtake him also. That man is fool.
Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.
Compassionate Quotes
Cruelty is the obvious cancer of modern civilization.
Kindness multiplies fast and brings tremendous dividends.
I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
--Jawaharlal Nehru
Anything that can feel pain should not be put to pain.
No nation is truly free until the animal; man's younger brother is free and happy.
If we wish for mercy ourselves, we must show mercy to all dumb animals.
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--Jesus Christ
--Rev. A. D. Beldon
--Hope Sawyer Buyukmihei
--Joyce Lambert
Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals.
--Winwood Reade
--R. M. Dolgin
--T. L. Vaswani