Siddhachalam NJ 1990 04 Mahavir Jayanti

Author(s): Siddhachalam NJ
Publisher: USA International Mahavir Jain Mission Siddhachalam

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fearless person who gives to poor and de- prived peoples of the world will see his wealth returned a hundred fold, according to the divine law. "As you sow so shall you reap" say the words of Jesus the Christ. It is the law of karma christianized, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and 'old testament teaching" was probably meant to express Karmic law as well but was distorted by those wishing to avenge wrongdoing themselves. There is some confusion as well about the teaching that all are born into a high or low place in a society accord- ing to the actions fo their other previous lives. Just because you are born into a particular place in a society does not mean you must remain there and dies of hunger or live in total luxury oblivious to the needs of other who are less fortunate than you. We are all here to learn lessons as well, and it may be that we need to learn how to work
our way out of deprivation or how to value the live and respect of others for helping the needy over and above our value for mate rial belongings such as money or other attachments. The rich can truly become richer while the poor become richer as well under this system. Thus we have a practical answer to how to cultivate the state of fearlessness. When there is no fear of death through starvation or other means, when there is no fear that others will try to take what you have—when all peoples needs are equally considered by the worlds nations, there will be Heaven on Earth or as it is colloquially named, Seventh Heaven when all will live in the seventh chakra in the Sahasrara abode of Samadhi-bliss, godliness. Om. Amen. Sum. These are the teaching of Lord Mahavira as handed down by his disciples from generation to generation to propagate the great religion of non
violence. According to this faith, the Jain religion, all living things come under the category of have the quality of Soul. For this reason the Jain has a very real and deep seated respect for all forms of life. The Jain is not distracted by such things as skin color or nationality. The Jain reveres all animals as he reveres his own human life. As far as possible, even the insects of the earth are revered by the Jain. In the mind of Jain, the only this which separates them from any other being is violence and will dedicate his whole life to the work of uplifting the consciousness of mankind to the elimination of all negativity in thought, word and deed, and this according to the teachings of its revered Lord Mahavira. And so it is the work of the Muni to do this great and difficult task of bringing to the world the non-violent teachings of his master,
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