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Sramaņa, Vol 55, No. 1-6/January-June 2004
i) Miegal Children
Human beings are mainly found in two forms-man and woman or male and female. A man is a male first and after that he is either a monk or a householder, or a teacher or a father or a brother or a friend etc. In the same way an woman is a female first and after that she is either a nun or a family wife, or a mother or a sister etc. The sexual desire is the strongest one among all desires of human beings. All persons either male or female have sexual desire. Though the sexual desire is too strong it is not to be satisfied easily and openly like other desires. Socially and morally, marriage provides legal way to satisfy the sexual demands. Society allows husband and wife to satisfy their sexual desires co-operatively. This is the legal way for having sexual satisfaction. But due to intensity of sexual presser people do not care for any legality or illegality and they get themselves indulged with men or women other than their life-partners. As a result of that women get themselves pregnanted and after maturity of pregnancy they beget children who are known as illegal children. The unfortunate illegal children are ordinarily killed or thrown here and there in some lonely places, due to the social illegality. The children cannot be blamed for the illegality committed by their parents. But, somehow or other they remain alive, they become homeless and poper. So it is the duty of a society to provide them proper shelter and nurishment. All people have right to live in this world and it does not matter whether some one is born legally or illegally. In this concern an organization named S.O.S. (Save Our Souls) established by Mr. Norman is working in different countries very successfully In Varanasi also it has its branch in which illegal children are collected from different places and they are nourished and educated up to the marriageable age. They are left free to live their lives according to their own will when they become able to earn their livelihood. ii) Beggars
In India begging is very popular. In the Vedic tradition Bramacarya Aśrama and Sanyāsāśrama have been authorized to depend on begging. Taking charity and giving charity have been prescribed as the duties of Brāhmaṇa varņa. In the Jaina and Buddhist traditions also monks and nuns depend on begging. So, theoretically these social organization have been inspiring begging from ancient time up to the
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