Dr. Sulekh Chand Jain
I will end this chapter with some Jain prayers and thoughts for contemplation:
Khame mee savve jeeva, savve jeeva khaman tume, mittee me savve bhooye soo, veram majjham na kenayee.
Translation:
I ask for forgiveness, for any harm I have done, from all living creatures, and I treat them all equally. I have friendship toward all and hatred towards none. I wish no one any harm.
Jam jam manen vaddham,’ jam jam vaayen bhaasiyam paavam, jam jam kaayen kadam, Tas micchhami dukkhadam.
Translation:
Whenever I have thought ill of others, whenever I have uttered bad and violent words, whenever I have physically caused harm, pain and suffering to others, I sincerely repent and ask for their forgiveness.
Shivamastu Sarvajagtah, Parahitanirata bhavantu bhutaganah Dosah prayantu nasham, sarvatra sukhibhavatu lokkah.
Translation:
May the entire universe be blessed; may all beings engage in each other’s well-being; may all weakness, sickness and faults vanish, may every one and everywhere be healthy, peaceful and blissful.
Sarve bhavantu sukhina, sarve santu niramaya. Sarve bhadrani pashiyantu, ma kashchit dukha bhag bhavet.
Translation:
May there be always happiness. May all see and feel good thoughts. May no one suffer pain and misery.
“There are many causes I am willing to die for but no cause I am willing to kill for.” MahatmaGandhi
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” Mahatma Gandhi
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being. We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living is to be the torture of sentient beings.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Let us pray that our food should not be colored with animal blood and human suffering.” Gurudev Chitrabhanuji; a Jain monk.
