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approves this thought of inter-relation and as well as of interdependence as seen in 'Journey of Man'in National Geographic channel telecast of November, 2006.
In this context Jain's first canonical text draws our attention towards the ecological perspective of the exposition of the equality of all souls. The very concept of interrelatedness and interdependence of living beings as cited in Ācārānga Sūtra paves us towards the truth that one cannot safeguard one's own existence by obliterating the existence of others. The denial of six classes of living beings namely earth-bodied, water-bodied, fire-bodied, airbodied and plant-bodied beings and mobile being is tantamount to the denial of self. This nonviolent approach is the basis of practical Jaina Environmental Ethics. So it is crystal clear that Environmental Ethics and Jaina Ethics are so interrelated with each other that we cannot discuss of one without the reference to the other. It is tantamount to the concept of Rousseau's, back to nature.? Nonviolent Perspective of Human Survival
Today, we see our mother Earth is facing the problem of global warming, climate change, lacking resources due to over consumerism, ozone layer depletion, unethical science leading to experimental violence and decreasing earth planet. All these leading to environmental degradation are the sufficient facts highlighting the very human survival at stake. We increasingly realize that human alone cannot live on this planet. Humans have to live in the company of non-humans in complementary relationship. Nonviolent Jaina life style seems to be a ray of hope, which can prevent in a durable manner the current universal drift towards crisis of human survival. Teachings and practices as preached by Tīrthankara Mahāvīra namely practice of vegetarian life style, limitation of desires, self-imposed limitation over one's consumption, moral injection prescribed for undertaking less violent livelihood, limitation over unnecessary violence etc. can act as a panacea in solving the problem of environmental crisis for human survival. Vegetarian Life-style
The Jaina life style is basically vegetarian life style. But when we look at present time of scenario, the percentage of meat-eaters
