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Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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The lifestyle of a Jain Saint is woven with wellbeing of others.
The preachings of a Jain Saint is woven with wellbeing of others.
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The intentions of a Jain Saint are woven with wellbeing of others.
In the worldly life a person is faced with many responsibilities, compulsions and hindrances. No doubt some exceptionally great persons have contributed in the field of service to humanity and their work deserves to be recorded in golden words. Still the field of one's own welfare and others' welfare attained by a jain saint is far far greater.
This contribution to the world's welfare is just incidental. People inspired by the worthy lifestyle of Jain Monks take their own life to a much higher pedestal and are like reborn beings.
The inspiring preachings of sadhus and sadhvis have changed the life maps of thousands of followers of Jain religion. They do not go from bed to bed in a hospital to preach. Still their preachings for due restraint on food, abstinence from vices and a controlled lifestyle lead to a situation where the reasons for getting into a hospital are avoided.
The preachings of Jain sadhus to promote fraternity and forgiving results in permanent departure of conflicts from lives of thousands of people. Lakhs of cases are pending in Indian courts. In this situation, the obligation of persons (sadhus and sadhvis) for preventing new cases and disputes coming up is far greater than the assistance rendered by the advocates fighting such cases.
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