Kamdhenu The Wish Cow

Author(s): Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: Ahimsa Research Foundation

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desensitizing and hazardous substances like alcohol and pan masalas in the greed of revenue, are stamping out the wealth of good health of their own population. They are destroying the mental health and domestic stability of their people.
Due to the company of Srimad Rajachandraji, Gandhiji too had given a great importance to the concept of purity of means. Bhagawan Mahaveer's economics rests on the principle of non-violence and detachment. Modern economics advocates increase in desires and wants. Increasing desires and wants would lead to more inventions and activity. But Bhagawan has analysed this tendency and told us to limit our wants through restraint and in fact told the Sadhakas to vanquish the wants. As a result the diversions in life begin to grow fewer. The modern thought process of income generation evaluates this activity in the context of an individual's income. That which does not generate any profit is of no value in view of economics. The state of an individual, the nature of a person and the prevailing circumstances are totally disregarded.
If the spiritual way is involved with the activity of earning then a person generates income only through virtuous means. The unparalleled Jain shravak Srimad Rajachandraji had entered into a contract for precious gems with a trader. Owing to a sudden rise in the prices in the market, the trader was likely to lose a lakh of Rupees. Srimadji had realised the situation, which the trader had got into. He asked the trader to come in with the contract papers. The trader came in and said, "Kindly do not worry at all. I shall make good every paisa that I owe you. At this moment, I am in a difficult