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JITO - L. K. ADVANI CALLS JAINISM  MOST ANCIENT GREEN MOVEMENT - Ahmedabad, Jan. 10  : While speaking at the global summit of the Jain International Trade Organization Senior BJP leader L. K. Advani, said ethics and values are inseparable elements of every business.  He also called Jainism, the most ancient Green Movement in world history. He pointed out that most people do not often appreciate why Jainism attached such paramount importance to ahimsa. However, two of the greatest challenges before the world today–Terrorism and Climate Change–are both manifestations of violence. He added that terrorism is of course the most extreme and inhuman form of violence. But there is another form of violence which the world has been much slower to recognize, and much more hesitant to take firm action against. Referring to the violence being inflicted on the Earth by our materialistic civilization, Advani said that only when we reflect on the challenge of Climate Change that we begin to appreciate the enormous contemporary relevance of the Jain philosophy of ahimsa and jiva daya. We realize that Bhagwan Mahavir and the other Jain Tirthankars were great environmental conservationists. They taught us that we human beings are merely trustees of this planet. We need to re-learn their teachings in our times. He further added that eco-friendliness is not a mere fashionable phrase; it has to be interwoven into our development paradigm. .................click here to read full text of the speech.