JAINISM----CHANGES NEEDED FROM PANDEMIC------!!!

Friends, few of my relatives found positive from Corona. I could not meet them due to their isolation and personal safety reasons. But I used  talk to them, once they felt some relief. Such talk increased my faith in Jainism and it's living style. Herewith, I try to pen down the talk summary. Hopefully it will make readers to think future living. One must appreciate even negative circumstances can offer good lessons if taken in right perceptive and spirit. Let us search positives of this trauma that is haunting human race all over entire world. Pain the families faced is beyond words. In most cases full family got infected as the virus entered community transmission phase. Their sufferings and dependence on society can only be imagined by us.

 The basic "Bhavna" of Jainism that soul comes alone and goes alone is very much true. In the room where patient is made to quarantine, no body dares to enter. Even the disposal and rituals of dead body become a big issue. Jainism correctly say soul is the only and only friend of herself. Worshipping places like Thirth ,Temple. Sthanak, Upashray. Gurudeo cannot be available all the times. We generally defer our religious study, learning and activities to our later stage of 

old age. There is no guarantee for any life and it is too uncertain whether one will ever reach that stage. Reading and Swadhya of all Aagams can be with us till the last birth. It needs only availability of books. It is comparatively easy. Hopefully we start working on it. Now let us inspect our behavior. Infection in lower income group

may be justified as they have to move to keep the kitchen fire going on. But in case of most cases of upper class infection, they are on account of parties, social gatherings and opening of working places for not to miss revenue targets. The greed of wealth played a major

role in spreading the infection. No doubt, there are few genuine cases where attendance becomes a must out of duty like doctors, nurses and pharmacist. Even some social workers serving meals and other necessities got affected. That can be sheer bad luck and destiny. In most other cases it was negligence to observe social distancing. The

root cause of this pandemic seems to be eating living birds to fulfill the taste of mouth and stomach. Unless, we decide to ban  all food other than vegetarian food, the havoc will be unavoidable. One may learn or may not learn from mistakes. But it for sure entire world has to pay cost of mistakes. One also can observe that for living very few things are needed. All extravagance is a show business. Old people were much happy than us even when they lived simple life. Easy

money made all of us victim of status symbol. Exhibiting wealth and money power force us to live a wild life dominated by social evils. Let our next generation be taught to have simple living and more God fearing. It can put break on bad habits and having healthy life style. Such change if effected can be a blessing in long, I feel.The

faith in Mahaveer Bhagwan can definitely source of positive energy. 

 JAI JINENDRA----------!!!-------JAI MAHAVEERA----------!!!.