JAINISM------JINWANI CLEARING SOME CONFUSIONS------------!!!.

Few days in hand remained for completion of current Chaturmas. A group of young Jain students staying abroad came to meet Gurudeo. They listened the lecture with patience and joined  group discussion at the end of session. Here is the brief coverage of entire session.
One young student asked Gurudeo "Sir, shall I ask you a question ? With permission of Gurudeo he first introduced himself. He was a student of a prestigious university of United States. Beside study he has also studied Jainism. In polite tone, he put forward his questions.
1) I find most teachings of Jainism in opposite directions of common beliefs and practices. Please excuse me for that but please allow me
to share  my opinion with  examples as my experience with Jainism.

A: We have been taught in business school to maximize profit and to build assets with maximum use of capacity and resources. Why some restrictions under name of 15 Karmadan are being advocated often.?

while Jainism tells to limit possessions. Also it believes - Happiness lies in giving than accumulation. Then why to work and earn--?
B: We have been taught to love our relatives and friends and make best use of money to have best things and enjoyment in life while Jainism teaches to give up love and hate and lead a simple life. It teaches to be alone and introspect my soul with proper meditation.
Without love how one can survive-?  Company makes life easy.
C: If we are fortunate enough to have better living standard then, why shall we change it and give up luxury of lavish leaving.

We have brain power .why we shall not use it to maximize wealth.

 I am surprised to see the life of a Jain Monk who gave up all of his possessions of domestic life.do not have home and depends upon food prepared by others. He has no permanent residential address.
D: How keeping fast can ensure better future. No one has seen a liberated soul, then why salvation should be the main motive of our

life Gurudeo as usual smiled and told him that his questions justify his age and generation. Gurudeo told him as long as he fails to differentiate materialistic and spiritual life it is difficult to have the answer. He can provide guidelines to change thinking ways.
"Dear friend your views are short term and will definitely change with passage of time with lessons of life. With my experience such changes are frequent and usually happens as we gain more maturity.
Further Gurudeo added that as per his observations most of present youth spends his valuable age of 30 to fifty to earn name, fame and wealth. Then he spend fifty onward life till last breath with visiting courts, advocates, doctors and hospitals for outcome of life's issues.

Gurudeo asked him to ask a billionaire whether he can sleep without  taking a compose pills and whether a peace of mind matters to him. After a point in life, money loses it's importance. One can study the huge donations people make, they are not unwise to throw away hard earned money. Such donations must be giving them back more than valuable thing than money which is inner peace which is priceless. 

  'Fasting' is a tool to test whether one can control his organs and related desires. You call your self as fortunate, how you became fortunate while many others find it difficult to match earning and basic needs. On inner inspection definitely, you can find answer.
 For  anyone  his soul is main  friend and relative. It will constantly accompany him forever, while others are with him for temporary period. Here one cannot ignore the effect of our accumulated good deeds. Similarly a liberated soul does not have body since he has cut  seeds of life and death then how one can see him other than Kewali.
One has to believe Kevaldyani Bhagwan to affirm faith in salvation. The happiness a Jain monk enjoys is beyond words."

Gurudeo concluded to have a faith in various teachings of Jainism and sooner he will realize that they contain the ultimate truth of life when he will start to examine life after death at later stage  life term.
I looked at his face, it seemed to be lost in thinking. One has to wait for some time to vouch for ultimate results for positive changes.

JAI JINENDRA---------!!!-------------- JAI MAHAVEER------!!!.