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emissions sea levels will rise by between 10 and 30 cm by the year 2030, and by 30 to 100 cm by the end of the next century. It is my clear notion that Lord Mahavira possesed far-sight in the restriction of Bhataka and shataka karma 2600 years ago itself and restricted the householders to refrain from such profession which not only causes environmental pollution but causes high violence.
5. Phodi karma: - (Livelihood from digging) for Haribhadra, this is the cultivation of the soil with a plough or digging stick.'' Hemachandra understands it to include the excavating of artificial pools, tanks, and wells, the ploughing of fields, the quarring of rocks, and shaping of stone. 14 Lord Mahavira preached that earth should not be excavated. It causes not only injury to the earth bodied beings but to the vegetable boded beings and the mobile beings residing on it. Today's scientific research states that due to over exploitation of natural non-renewable resources ã The protective ozone layerä or shield of the earth is depleting in the Arctic and Antaractic regions of the earth which is an impending danger to the civilization. At global level it could lead to 10,000 people going blind every year and 50 thousand extra cases of non-melanoma skin cancers. 15
6. Danta Vānijya:- (Trade in animal by products) Hemachandra16 explains that danta (ivory) is a upalaksana to indicate any animal by products such as tail-hairs of yaks, claws of owls, bones, horns, shells of conches etc. Devendra adds to this list the scent glands of musk deer.'7 As per 'Thāņaṁ Sūtra', Lord Mahavira said, the one who violates five sensed beings for the trade of ivory, skins, bones horns etc. is bound to take birth in the hell. and will experience the same pain in the way he misbehaved with the innocent animals. According to one estimate every day nearly three species of life permanently disappear from earth.18 Many animals are being killed in the process of cosematic tests merely for the beautification of human beings. Maneka Gandhi in her book 'Head and Tails'clearly writes that when a lady gets ready to attend any party after make up wearing a silk sari and a jacket with fur lining carrying a fashionable crocodile leather beg can be called as walking grave-yard where each victim has been dragged and tortured before being killed. She further gives several data that over 1 Lakh rabbit eyes go into just the shampoo trade every year." More over 20,000 silk moths are boiled alive to make just one kilo of silk. Every silk sari you wear has caused the death of at least 50,000 fellow creatures.20 Likewise ivory bangles which are made by killing an elephant. Although ivory selling has been
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