REGISTER | Print Page | Contact Us | Your Cart | Sign In
Share Your Opinions, Question, Talent (Writings, News, Photos, Artwork, Music, Ideas,, Experiences, Travels, ...)
Blog Home All Blogs
Share your opinion, questions, talent on Jains, Jainism, and Jain Way of Life. Share with us: Articles, Opinions, News Clippings, Photos, Artwork, Music, Ideas, and more. If you post question on Jainism or Jain Way of Life - We will get a Scholar/Expert to respond to your questions. Jai Jinendra

 

Search all posts for:   

 

Top tags: deceit  Conduct  Virtues  Charitra  self reform  selfless motive  sensuous  care  challenge  Character  common good  corrupt  News Clippings  pandemic  passions  responsibility  truth  body  corruption  Davos  evasion of taxes  faith  Freedom  Honest  humanity  humility  India  introspection  issue  Karma 

What do we know about fasting?
Posted By Steven Buchanan, Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2019

In the process of reading about this topic, I saw a fairly recent report about a Jain girl who died shortly after ending a long fast. Coincidentally, I wonder if "refeeding syndrome" is commonly understood to be a risk. If not, I'd like to raise awareness about it, because this syndrome may be avoidable, as an unintended consequence of faith based fasting (or a complication of eating afterward, that is).

Although her story indicates an especially long period of fasting, there is medical literature that describes the risk of refeeding syndrome to involve much shorter periods as well. NICE guidelines (which are referred to in a medical journal also) list 'criteria for determining people at high risk of developing refeeding problems'. These may include little or no nutritional intake for more than 5 days, and subsequent fasting beyond 10 days is a high risk criterium in itself.
 
Briefly, their recommendations say that "people who have eaten little or nothing for more than 5 days should have nutrition support introduced at no more than 50% of requirements for the first 2 days"... and "using only 5 kcal/kg/day in extreme cases (for example, BMI less than 14 kg/m2 or negligible intake for more than 15 days) and monitoring cardiac rhythm continually in these people"... by the way, she is said to have passed away due to cardiac arrest, two days after refeeding (which I presume was related to this syndrome).
 
Likewise, the Jain practices of Atthai (fasting for 8 days), and Masakshman (fasting for 30 days) would involve higher risks for refeeding problems, respectively.

 

There are other risks (or benefits) to be aware of, to say the least. Many are discussed in a related forum topic: intermittent fasting (Philosophical Vegan... especially pages 2 through 4 there). Maybe less is more, but feel free to discuss fasting from another perspective here also, thanks.

PS,

 
I've since looked up an additional story about that "tragic and accidental death", in which it is concluded that "health information on the dangers of prolonged fasting" could "effectively protect minors". I'd just like to add that this kind of accident can happen to people of all ages, and under less extreme circumstances (as the health information suggests).
 

Take care.

Tags:  body  care  common good  News Clippings 

Permalink | Comments (0)
 

मोक्ष का द्वार/ મોક્ષ નો દ્વાર/ Gate to Moksha
Posted By Himanshu K. Gandhi, Tuesday, March 5, 2019

मोक्ष का द्वार/ મોક્ષ નો દ્વાર/ Gate to Moksha

 

(Translation follows)



प्रणाम.



मैं (और लोका-लोक का प्रत्येक जीव) भगवान हूँ...

... अनादि काल से भगवान रहा हूँ...

... और अनादि अनंत तक भगवान रहूंगा...

... यह तय है।



एक भी विचार मेरा नहीं हैं...

... कभी नहीं था...

... और मेरे में से कभी भी उपज नहीं सकता...

... तो कोई भी कार्य मेरा किस तरह बनें?



अनादि काल से कोई भी शरीर मेरा कभी बना नहीं...

... और कभी भी बन नहीं सकता...

... तो सगे, संबंधी, या गुरु...

... मेरे किस तरह से कोई बनें?



संसार की सारी घटनाओं और हर पर्याय का मैं केवल ज्ञाता-द्रष्टा ही रहा...

... हूँ...

... और रहूंगा...

... तो कोई भी पाप या पुण्य कर्म...

... मेरे किस तरह से बने?



यह परम सत्य की संपूर्णतः स्वीकृति...

... वही मोक्ष का द्वार।



🙏



પ્રણામ.



હું (અને લોકા-લોકના પ્રત્યેક જીવ) ભગવાન છું...

... અનાદિ કાળ થી ભગવાન રહ્યો છું...

... અને અનાદિ અનંત સુધી ભગવાન રહીશ...

... એ નક્કી છે.



એકેય વિચાર મારો નથી...

... મારો કદી નહોતો...

... અને મારાં માંથી કદીએ ઊપજી ના શકે...

... તો કોઇપણ કાર્ય મારુ કેવી રીતે બને?



અનાદિ કાળ થી કોઇ શરીર મારું કદી બન્યુ નથી...

... અને કદીએ બની ના શકે...

... તો સગાં, સંબંધી, કે ગુરૂ...

... મારાં કેવી રીતે કોઇ બને?



સંસાર ની સર્વ ઘટનાઓ અને હર પર્યાય નો હું કેવળ જ્ઞાતા-દ્રષ્ટા જ હતો...

... છું...

... અને રહીશ...

... તો કોઇપણ પાપ કે પુણ્ય કર્મ...

... મારાં કેવી રીતે બને?



આ પરમ સત્ય ની સંપૂર્ણતઃ સ્વીકૃતિ...

... એ જ મોક્ષ નો દ્વાર.



🙏



Pranam.



I (and every living being of the entire universe) am God...

... have been God since times eternal...

... and will remain God for eternity...

... that is established.



Not a single thought is mine...

... was never mine...

... and can never arise out of me...

... then how can any act ever be mine?



From times eternal no body form was ever mine...

... and cannot ever become mine...

... then how can anyone ever become...

... my kin, relative or Guru?



For all of the events in the universe and every infinitesimal change I have only been a knower-seer...

... I am such...

... and will remain so...

... then how can any bad or good Karma...

... ever be mine?



Absolute acceptance of this eternal truth...

... is the gate to Moksha.



🙏

 

 

About the author: Himanshu is based in Boston, MA and is an avid follower of Jainism. He can be reached at h.gandhi@samved.com.

Tags:  body  gate  God  infinitesimal change  knower-seer  Moksha  thought  कार्य  ज्ञाता-द्रष्टा  द्वार  परम सत्य  पर्याय  भगवान  मोक्ष  विचार  शरीर  संपूर्णतः स्वीकृति  જ્ઞાતા-દ્રષ્ટા  દ્વાર  પરમ સત્ય  પર્યાય  ભગવાન  મોક્ષ  વિચાર  શરીર  સંપૂર્ણતઃ સ્વીકૃતિ 

Permalink | Comments (0)
 

JAINA is an umbrella organization of 70 Jain Centers, in North America, with a mission to preserve, practice, and promote Jain Dharma and Jain Way of Life.
Please reach us at info@jaina.org.

Quick link
Donate now
Follow Us

© JAINA.org ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.