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**KAMADHENÜ
BHAGAWAN MAHAVEER'S
VIEWPOINT
IN THE PRESENT CONTEXT
The Jain faith has shown a culture founded upon the four-pronged effort purushartha of Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha to make the humanity happy, peaceful and prosperous and to prepare a ground for religion and liberation.
The goal of human life has to be Moksha. To attain this goal religion alone can become the means. It does appear that Artha and Kama are hindrances on the path to Moksha, but they are inseparable from material life. But, if in Artha and Kama we have the elements of Dharma, restraint, regulation and discretion, then their damaging effect can be possibly removed.
If the dharmas of honesty, humility and contentedness are included in the Artha and if the dharmas of good conduct, detachment and contentedness are included in Kama, then they will turn both Artha and Kama into Purushartha.
There is no doubt that if in today's context we keep Bhagawan Mahaveer's message in mind and adapt our life style to it, we will be establishing peace and truthfulness in our life. It is interesting to investigate the roots of the material and spiritual progress of the Indian people.
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Accepting Ahimsa at macro and micro levels in life that is to avoid hurting or subverting anybody; and accepting the total right of all living beings to life came naturally to this culture. This included protecting
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