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CONSERVATION OF VEGETATION & JAIN PHILOSOPHY
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first is— gilet - The activity related with coal making out of vegetation, in which it has been mentioned that innumerable trees are being cut for coal. It is not good because these trees absorb the poisonous gas and keep the life alive. Further it mentions that your kitchen garden or pot plants are not going to compensate the loss. The second vegetation occupation is for you and thirteenth is caftigraforen afstand which speaks of forest occupation and burning of forest respectively.
To kill indriya is a great sin-- PACTATUM PETI Acharangasutram speaks that the wise man will never perish the vegetation
मेहावी णेव सयं वणस्सइसत्थं समारंभेज्या, णेवण्णेहिं वणस्सइत्यं समारंभावेज्जा, वेण्णेवणस्सइस समारंभते समणु जाणेज्जा । जस्सेते वणस्सइसत्थ समारंभा परिण्णाया भवंति
से हु मुणी परिण्णाय कम्भे ति बेभि ।' In spite of being the vegetation Ekendriya not having ears it is living being. This concept has been advocated by both Acharanga as well as in analysis of ‘Thannangasutra'10. In Jain religion to trouble in a simplest manner is the Ahimsa. There are five rules of Ahimsa known as Atichar. Of these one atichar of
starod speaks that to cut by weapon or even to make a hold is sin." Pandit Kailash Chand Shastri prohibits the use of even certain trees
पिप्पलोदुम्बरप्लक्षवट फल्गुफलान्यदन् । हन्तयाणि त्रसति शुष्काव्यपि स्वं रागयोगत : 12
The majority of human beings are unaware of these religious instructions of welfare and most of the people are after the devastation of vegetation. Even National Poet Shri Methilisharan has rightly written
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