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One tree less means nothing.
One tree less means that much less shade.
One tree less means that much soil eroded.
One tree less means that much less oxygen.
One tree less means that much pollution.
One tree less means that many birds without nests.
One tree less means that many animals without shelter.
One tree less means that much less water, less food.
One tree less means that much heat, more cold.
One tree less, another tree less
And another tree less means nothing in the end.
Nothing
T REES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 24 TIRTHANKARS
On World Environment Day earlier this year in India, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
laid foundation for a garden of a different kind. The garden has saplings of trees associated
with each of the Tirthankars when they achieved kevala - jnana while meditating under a tree.
The garden is situated in the Shahibaug area near Rajasthan Hospital. Below is a list of the
trees associated with each of the Tirthankars. These trees are scared for Jains.
Source: www.jain samaj.org
Tirthankar Tree Tirthankar Tree
1 Rishabhadev Banyan Tree 13 Vimalnath Blackberry
2 Ajitnath Devil's Tree 14 Anantanath Saraca indica
3 Sambhavanath Sal tree 15 Dharmanath Bulca monosperma
4 Abhinandana Charoli Tree 16 Shantinath Celdrus deodara
5 Sumatinath Callicarpa macrophylla 17 Kunthunath Symplocos raccmosa
6 Padma Prabhu Banyan Tree 18 Aranath Mangifera indica
7 Suparshvanath Albizzia lebbeck 19 Mallinath Saraca indica
8 Chandraprabhu Alexundriun laurel 20 Munisuvrata Michelia Champea
9 Suvidhinath Wood apple 21 Naminath Minusops elengii
10 Shitalnath Ficus lacor 22 Neminath Goat willow
11 Shreyansanath Saraca indica 23 Parshvanath Fire Flame Bush
12 Vasupujya Symplocos racemosa Roxb 24 Mahavira Sal Tree
Quote from Shri Arun Gandhi:
"I was walking home from school with my notebook and pencil. It was only
a little butt of a pencil and I thought I deserved a better one. I threw it
away on the ground thinking of course grandfather (Mahatma Gandhiji) will
give me a new one. When I asked him he started asking me loads of
questions. How did it get so small Why did I throw it away He made me
look for it in the dark with a flashlight. I spent three or four hours searching! Then he said to me
he wanted me to learn two lessons.
The first lesson was that in making such a simple pencil many important resources had been used;
throwing it away was violence against nature.
The second lesson was that we over consume and waste natural resources depriving others of
those resources; this was violence against humanity."
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