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Sallekhanā
March, 2021 by Dr. Bipin DoshiSallekhanā is embracing death voluntarily when both householders and ascetics foresee that the end of life is very near either due to old age, incurable disease, severe famine, attack from enemy or wild animal, etc.
Sallekhanā – The Zenith of Human Life
March, 2021 by Vijay K. JainÂcârya Pujyapâda in Sarvârthasiddhi makes clear that sallekhanā is making the physical body and the internal passions emaciated by abandoning their sources gradually at the approach of death.
Santhara v/s Suicide
March, 2021 by Dr. Trapti JainThe eternal truth about life and death is that one who is born also dies. There are many types of death, out of these Santhara is an old custom from Jain tradition. Santhara is not suicide. Santhara is voluntary embracing peaceful death whereas suicide is voluntary painful death under desperate circumstances.
Research on Santhara Amid Legal Disputation
March, 2021 by Mikaela ChaseOver the past decade, Jain studies in India and globally has taken an avid growing interest in the practice of sallekhana or santhara, also sometimes variously referred to as samadhimaran or panditmaran, the fast until death
Acceptance of Death with Understanding
March, 2021 by Dr. Abhay DoshiEvery Indian philosophy considers that the human body is ever-changing. But, when the time for this change comes at that point because of the long human associations and the infinite ‘I’ – ego and stubbornness, we do not like this
Compassion in Action – The making of an animal sanctuary in America
February, 2021 by Shaleen Shilpi ShahIn happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self. ~ Lord Mahavira.
Compassion a Pathway to Peace – Ideas for a New and More Resilient Reality
February, 2021 by Hema Pokharna, PhDThe central theme of Jainism is non-violence (Ahimsa). Non-violence has two aspects: not to cause harm, injury, or violence and that of friendliness or amity (maîtri),
Relevance of Compassion of Jain Philosophy in Modern Corporate World
February, 2021 by Avisha Ashish LadhaniThe history of the last two or three centuries in particular, does represent an era in which commercial activity has exploded, while universal compassion seems to have reduced in favour of a ‘me first’ approach. Superficially, this might seem to indicate that the two go inevitably
Compassion – A Vaccine Against ‘Passions (Kashāy)’
February, 2021 by Vishal M MehtaBy the time this article is published, humanity will begin to witness mass inoculation against the deadliest pandemic of the century through roll out of Covid19 vaccine. This hurriedly developed vaccine is expected to protect our “body” from the deadly corona virus.
Compassion – First Step Towards Liberation
February, 2021 by Dr. Mona BadaniThe oxford dictionary meaning of karuna (compassion) is “a strong feeling of sympathy for people who are suffering and a desire to help them”. The last clause takes this emotion a notch superior to sympathy in that not only t
Lets-Understand Jain Terminology
February, 2021 by Jainlexicon.comOne day, during an assembly of demigods, Indra, the king of heavenly gods, praised the bravery and mercifulness of King Megharath on Earth. He mentioned that King Megharath would not hesitate to give up his own life to protect those who came to him for shelter. Two
Jaina Perceptive to Bio – Medical Ethical Issues with Special Reference to Organ Donation and Transplantation
January, 2021 by Parul SanghaviWe live in the era of science and technology. The growth of scientific knowledge and technology has given new dimensions to our lives and influenced each of its areas. Science has rendered great services to humanity by providing pleasant life services and has saved the human race from many miseries and uncertainties of the primitive past.