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JAIN VIEW OF COEXISTENCE OF ALL LIFE
Dt. 27-03-1980
Every living being aspires for prolonged life, worldly enjoyments and uninterrupted happiness. There is much in common between the human and sub-human creations in various spheres of existence. It is the Cosmic Law, according to Jain scriptures, that every living being should be given the freedom to live its allotted span of life. No one is entitled to cut it short to meet one's own requirements. Destruction of life purposefully is crime and perpetrators cannot escape the retributory penalty under the Law of Karma.
Acharya Shri Vikramsurishvarji in a discourse pointed out that among several good habits which go to mould a person's character, one is to get up early in the morning. Every dawn represents the promise of a bright future, if a person is in search of making his life more meaningful. It is the most appropriate time for chanting hymns and learning scriptural texts by heart. If he takes a decision to do only good, it will become a fair accompli. Hence a man, who wants to realise the values of life and desires to adopt systematic approach for success, he should never lose the opportunity of cultivating the habit of rising in the early hours of the day. This period also provides him the opportunity to meditate and to meet and understand his own self, as during the rest of the hours, he will get himself lost in the melee.
Man being placed on the apex of all creation and being endowed with power of discrimination, it is his duty to protect the weak and the poor. Again, coexistence of all, despite natural and unnatural differences, is also a part of the Cosmic Order. Jainism tells us that the soul transmigrates in accordance with its Karmas. From the primitive stage, it has to reach the highest state of emancipation (moksha) from rebirths. It is necessary to live the life of minimum possible violence and seek forgiveness from those on whom pain is inflicted.
Where there is Awakening, there are no Difficulties.
Purify the Self. Forgive the Mankind.
