7/27/2019 Jains Are Not Minority, But Crown of the Hindu
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Jains are not minority, but crown of the Hindu societyRikhab
Chand Jain
A certain class of political leaders has been repeatedly raising
the unnecessarydemand of declaring the Jains as minority obviously
for the political reasons.
On August 12 the Jain society organised a demonstration at
Jantar Mantar in NewDelhi which was uncalled for and unnecessary
too. Barring political considerations, conceding the demand of
minority status to the Jain community would not be in the interest
of anyone. It would neither protect the Jain religion, nor its
security. There are no shortcomings either.
Many a time the Supreme Court or even the State High Courts have
stated that this is against the Constitution but the campaign is
continuing. Especially duringthe pious month of worship, the demand
for reservation is raised as soon as anypolitical leader or a Chief
Minister happens to meet them.
I appeal to all such confused class of people to undertake a
comparative study of the Jain scriptures and Bhagvad Gitathe main
scripture of the Hindus. The Bhagvad Gita describes Rishab Dev the
First Teerthankar of the Jains as incarnation of Lord Shiva and
held in veneration for developing a civilisation. The country is
known as Bharatvarsha after the name of his son Chakravarty Emperor
Bharat. The Karmayoga, selfless bhakti (devotion), anasakt yoga,
etc. are one hundred per
cent commensurate with the Jain philosophy. There is not a
single principle of Jain philosophy that is misconstrued by the
Hindus. Variety or plurality is acceptable to both Jains and
Hindus.
Vinoba Bhave, who realised the highest goal by following Jain
process of Sanllekhana; and composed Jin Sutam on the occasion of
25th Nirvan Utsav of Lord Mahavira firmly stated that there is no
difference in Gita and Jain philosophy, both are same.
Maharshi Ved Vyas first announced the principle of non-violence
in the penultimate verse of Mahabharata epic. According to Jain
scriptures all the Jain teerthankars were Kshatriyas in Hindu
society. The First Ganadhar Gautama was learned scholar of Vedas
and a Brahmin. Number of Jain acharyas, rishis, sadhus and
sadhvis
come from the Hindu society.
Uptill now there has been no conflict between the Jains and
Hindus, nor will bethere in the future. At the social level both
have a common worshipping practice. The Jain too worship Lakshmi,
Ganesh, and celebrate Deepavali, etc. as any oftheir Hindu
counterpart.
During the Mughal or British period, any Jain would assert his
being Hindu whenasked. Now why this difference today? Even if the
status of minority is accordedto the community, it would not make
any difference for the better. Today, the Jains are enjoying many
facilities and opportunities. The practice of going for political
benefits and scolding the Hindus should be stopped forthwith.
According to the Jain philosophy, the deeds of an individual
make him a Jaini. Anybody, following any religion, can become a
Jaini provided he follows the Jainprinciples of life. The religious
leaders and Jain society should look into their own self and do
some serious introspection and declare them as part of the majority
Hindu society. Within the Jain society too there are 4-5 systems of
worship. So, why the supporters of multitude want to get separated
from the Hindus? Even there are imaginary benefits by changing the
status in educational institutions.
Non-violence and respect for all religions are the highest and
universal princip
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