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at the original source of water so that micro-organisms 'may live smoothly in their own habitat and
maintain ecological balance. (4) Nobody should waste even a drop of water. (5) Nobody should pluck the leaf and flower of plants and trees. (6) Nobody should waste any unit of heat and light energy.
Jainism lays down social and religious prohibition for misuse, excess use and destruction of basic constituents of environment; earth, water, air, fire, vegetation and ordains for their most minimum use, because every such element has life which must be respected. Every eco-Jain after close of the day, daily repents even for the most minimum use of earth, air, water fire, (energy) and vegetation. This is the most pious reverence to the nature. Thus Jainism promotes intellectual, spiritual and moral support for the environmental protection.
Jain Monks are living statues of environment and ecology. They embody and personify principles of eco-Jainism. They maintain balance of natural elements for the welfare of whole universe, what to say of only humanity. They keep only 'kamandal' vater-pot made of wood and 'Pichchhi made of peacock featheres with them.
The 'Kamandal' and Pichchhi' are most befitting symbols of environmental conservation and development. They are made of such material which is fully bio-degradable. The saints use water of 'Kamandal' most economically for their daily needs. The 'Pichchhi' is an instrument to save the insects carefully which otherwise may be killed during their routine movements. They themselves prepare the ‘Pichchhi' and teach us to do our work with our own hands.
The most revered Jain saints untangle the knoted muscles of our mind, unravel the ridden tensions of our body, unlock our true potential through their powerful healing talks and actions. They established wonderful conceptual framework of attitude and change. They laid down interventions at individual group and society levels to build, promote and refine the attitudes and skills for alround achievement and success. They laid down most modern techniques for effective and dynamic leadership in every walk of life. Even you can see clean and clear picture of your personality in their towering transparent personalities.
They are global cooling plants. They are apostles of peace, statues of nature and embodiments of clean environment. They always preach to live in clean environment, to drink filtered, pure and healthy water, to breathe unpolluted and clean air and to eat natural, fresh basic and vital food. They advocate use of local cheap fruits and vegetables. They advise not to use such fruits and vegetables which are harvested before they ripen and which are chemically ripened and preserved after transportation from long distances. Snacks, processed foods and ready to eat or convenient foods like biscuits, or tinned and preserved foods, pavbhaji and pizza should be avoided. Everybody must prefer natural and fresh food containing high nutrition and avoid such food which has only taste or presentation value.
They advise to take a balanced, nutritious, fresh and clean vegetarian food and to inclucate and imbibe healthy food habits. If we follow such advice strictly, we can reduce drug and doctor dependence to bare minimum. Modern research fortifying his preachings, established that ministrations of doctors account for less than ten per cent of an individual's well being. More than 90 percent is determined by
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