Keynote Address of Dr Sagarmal Jain at Calcutta

Author(s): Mahadeolal Saraogi
Publisher: Mahadeolal Saraogi

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Religion is nothing but a way of achieving
or mental peace. this inner peace.
According to Jainism the duty of a religious.
order is to explain the means by which man can achieve this peace inner as well. as external. In Jainism this method of achieving mental environmental peace is called as Samayika, which is the first and foremost duty among six essential duties of the monk as also the householder. Now the question is how this peace can be attained. According to Jain viewpoint it is through the practice of non-attachment or non-hoarding (aparigraha or asamgraha), non-violence (ashimsa) and nonabsolutism (anekania or anagraha, we establish peace and harmony in the world.
Attachment the Cause of Mental Tensions
problem of our The nations, who more advanced are
As I have already mentioned, most burning age is the problem of mental tensions. claims more civilized and economically much more in the grip of mental tensions. The main object of Jainism is to emancipate man from his sufferings and mental tensions. First of all, we must know the cause of these mental tensions. For Jainism the basic human sufferings are not physical, but mental. These mental sufferings or tensions are due to our attachment towards worldly objects. It is the attachment, which is fully responsible for them. The famous Jaina text Uttaradhyayana-sutra mentions: "The root of all sufferings physical as well as mental, of every body including gods, is attachment towards the objects of worldly enjoyment. It is the attachment, which is the root cause of mental tensions. Only a detached attitude towards the objects of worldly enjoyment
can free mankind from a
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