Pristine Jainism

Author(s): S M Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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(88) : Pristine Jainism of all kinds to the extent the prescribed code of conduct is followed. Where most psychiatrists will fail, the prescription of conduct rules will cure most mental ailments. Rational prescribed conduct for food intake will keep persons from all ailments due to excess feeding, malnutrition or harmful food items. Celibacy will solve the problem of population explosion and keep away the sexual diseases including fatal AIDS. Practice of reducing wants and possessions will mitigate ills of consumerism. Prescription of non-violence, truth and anekānta will solve most of the problems with which the individual society, and the world is ridden.