Jainism a Glimpse

Author(s): Punyadarshanvijay
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan

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For an illustration, a man is a Son from his father's point of view, a Father from has son's point of view a Brother from his sister's point of view and Husband from his wife's point of view.
Relativity is the art of creative thinking. It is an honest effort to look at truth in its proper perspective. The art of choosing right angles at right time and right place and while doing so a Jaina does not neglect other angles, but accepts them passively in their due importance, making the truth of subsidiary importance. Jainism says that relativity is mental non-violence.
Syādvāda if properly understood reveals the true nature of a thing. The Syādvāda is an unprecedented gift of the Jaina Religion to the world. It can play the supreme role of bringing harmony among conflicting ideologies and thereby universal brotherhood will shine forth to the fullest extent.
Ahimsā : In all religions :
All religions of the world put great emphasis on AhimsāNon killing; love all beings as thyself. For some, Ahimsā is limited to humans, some go further and include animals, birds, some even to marine creatures but Jainism is for all living beings including life in water, art, fire, earth, vegetations, visible or invisible to the lowest forms of life.
One cannot practise Ahimsā unless one knows the nature of living beings. Jainism has gone to the extreme depth in scriptures (some of which have been now accepted by modern science). Three supreme divine qualities: Ahimsā, Samyama, and Tapa : Without proper Tapa (Penance) Samyama (complete renunciation - Jaina priesthood) is not-worthwhile, and without Samyama, Ahimsā to its maximum limit is impossible. Thus all the three are interrelated.
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