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Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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appreciating the Sun beyond this and hence it can be said that even this answer indicates the importance of Sun.
Mere intellectualism will fall short to understand the vow, the definition and the impact of samayik. Still weighed on the scale of intellectualism also, samayik is a weighty element. Let's move forward. According to the findings of experts, an average human being adds to two tons (2000 kg.) of carbon to the atmosphere every year as a result of his lifestyle. Viewed from this angle, supposing at some place 500 sadhakas undertake a collective updhan tap (which lasts for 45 days), it results in stopping carbon emission equivalent to 125 tons!
Extend this example to thousands of Jain sadhus and sadhvis on this planet. Can an intellectual evaluate their effortless and very natural contribution towards world's wellbeing due to their lifestyle?
A handful of Jain sadhus and sadhvis traversing this vast country contribute in stopping carbon emission of 40000 tons in a year.
No doubt, the object of samayik or the overall life as a sadhu or a sadhvi is not with the object of stopping carbon emission. Nonetheless like grass grows alongside the foodgrains in an agricultural farm, along with the crop of spiritual emancipation of a sadhu or a sadhvi the weed-like growth of world wellbeing simply due to their lifestyle would make even the intellectuals' hearts filled with awe, appreciation and an urge to follow.
Even if a western scholar will minutely study the lifestyle associated with samayik, he will forget tall-talking about eco-friendly lifestyle.
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