Jainism The Art Of Living

By Mr. Ram Gopal Jain

Jainism is the science of nature. It has studied laws of nature in its true form. Modern science has studied laws of nature for its material part but Jainism has studied living (soul) part of nature also.

We are all souls having independent identity and in its present form, we are in human body having five senses and mind.

When a child takes birth in human life it carries with the soul Karmic particles accumulated in his/her previous lives since soul never dies but it goes from one body to other after death. The entering of soul in body is called birth and exit of soul from body is called death. This process is natural and there is no Creator of this Universe. Everything happens according to cause and effect theory of Nature.

Nature of soul is to know only but in its present form of human life, it is mixed up with impurities of Karmic Particles, which are cause of creating anger, pride, greed etc. It knows things of nature through five senses and mind, which records various forms of knowledge, like a floppy of a computer. We should call mind as a very sensitive computer.

Now let us talk about Art of Living. We should have the Right Concept of Life, which is called Samyag Darshan in Jainism. We should understand that there is no Creator of this Universe, which we call God. This Eternal Universe is existing and changing instantly according to its Law of cause and effect. No body is governing these laws of nature, they are automatic. We should also consider ourselves as part of Nature and should remain as viewer about the happenings in our lives. We should not have Ego about the success in our lives and we should not have depression about negative incidents in our lives. We should treat them as cause and effect of our past Karmas, which are accumulated, with our souls from our past lives. We should always remember that everything this human being possesses in its materialistic form is to be left behind after exit (death) of soul from this human body.

When we would understand this art of living, there would be no stress, tension, hypertension etc. in our lives. We will have complete peace of mind.

Hence, to know Jainism is to understand the Art of Living.

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Mr. Ram Gopal Jain, E-Mail : jainramgopal@hotmail.com

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