View: Jain worldview rests on hunger and food
Jains from Tamil Nadu performing Mahamastakabhisheka to Lord Bahubali at Ratnagiri in Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala.
Synopsis
The Jain universe is imagined as a person standing with arms akimbo. This is Loka-purusha. His head is siddha-loka, where reside the Jina, who have no hunger, who have no need to take birth or experience death, whose mind is unfettered by desire, so limitless and so capable of seeing the truth of all beings (kaivalya).
Jains are one of the most successful business communities in India. They understand demand and supply better than anyone else. Not surprisingly, their mythology is based on hunger, hunger being a metaphor for all that we desire - materially, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually. ....