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3.
The professions allowed by the Jaina acaryas, on the other hand, are quite safe from the point of view of environmental pollution. The list of such professions is as follows20 :
Svetamber tradition
Digamber tradition
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Vanijya (trade) Vidya (Practice of medicine) Krsi (agriculture) Silpa Pasupalaya Seva Bhiksa.
1. Vanijya 2. Masi (clerical occupation) 3. Krsi 4. Silpa-karman 5. asi (military occupation)
4. This may be a hint to the fact that what the
scientists know to day by observation, the ancient
seers knew it intuitively. 5. Another important fact is that the Jaina acaryas did
not allow professions which involve violence of even innocent insects, where as they have allowed military occupation which involves killings of human beings. Violence, for a valid reason, is not such a big sin as violence of even in minute form for
an invalid reason. Abbreviation & Bibliography 1. AVH Haribhadra
Commentary on Avasyakasutra 1916,
Bombay. 2. EFMT Narayan,
The Essentials of Reddy K.S. Forensic Medicine and
Toxicology, Hyderabad,
1981. 3. Jaina Yoga Williams, R. Jaina Yoga, Delhi, 1983 4. MIT Modi, N.J. Medical jurisprudence
and Toxicology 1977 (Twentieth edition) Bombay
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