My Views ~ 2 at SMP

My Views on DISCUSSION 2: Discussion was that is it right to hold buffet system swami vatsalya cause of space crunch & large number of people to cater?? -Samir Doshi

I am completely against buffet system. If you call your son-in-law for lunch then you offer him food seating or standing? ofcourse seating. Whether you want your guests to have food themselves or you yourself shall go to them & asking them to have more? If you do these all for your relatives & guests... Serving a sadharmik is much more greater compared to all but you then think on numbers & space. Now restricting my comments to 1. Large Number of People Problem 2. Space Crunch & 3. Overall View:

1. Large Number of People: Who has said for doing swami vatsalya of large number? sadharmik bhakti of even 1 person but with complete BAHUMAN-AADAR-PREM is enough. Instead in buffet system is an insult to Sadharmik. Whenever we are doing Swami Vatsalya we should make them sit, do bahuman & then serve.

I have never heard that there is short number of Volunteers in Jainism, Just say you want & you shall see large people helping you in serving whatever number of people are there. But serving through Caterers is again an Insult. Even when there is marriage in you house & caterers look after dont we go & force some important people to have more. So we should keep our Jain Brothers for volunteering so that they take proper care of servings while in Swami Vatsalya.

TODAY IF PEOPLE MOVE & EAT or EAT STANDING, LEAVE RELIGION APART, DOCTORS EVEN DONT ADVISE THAT AS ITS NOT HEALTHY WAY OF EATING.

2. SPACE CRUNCH: I learnt from my mom that if we have a big heart than we can surely accomodate everything. Dont tell me that a person spending for Swami Vatsalya of say appx 2000 people cant spend somewhat more for a bigger space? OR cant we organise time slots so that all sit & eat?  Surely we can spend but then why find unnecessary faults instead we should be doing nothing against Prabhu Aagya. One of the Acharyashri used to say that we should be spending whatever required just to follow Jineshwar Aagya but never be doing anything against Jineshwar Aagya.

Spaces can be arranged or time slots can surely be done but we just want tweaks to make it fast but just think when you are spending so much why not to make it more proper by seating arrangements where people sit & have proper food. All studies shall say that people have proper & more food sitting than compared to standing.

3. Overall View: We jains are followers of sayings of Parmatma & so we can never have buffet swami vatsalya's. What's swami vatsalya when people have to go by themself to take the food?? YOU ARE DOING SWAMI VATSALYA NOT FEEDING BEGGARS. YOU REQUIRE SADHARMIK's... SADHARMIK's DONT NEED YOU as they could have well prepared their food as other days.

Knowledgeable people say that you might be following less religion, but whatever you follow do it correctly & in a correct manner. If you organising a Swami Vatsalya, follow its correct set of rules, make people sit, do their Bahuman by Prabhavna & then start Swami Vatsalya & volunteers go their to ask them for if they need anything more in food. 

WHATEVER WE DO SHOULD BE AS PER SAYINGS OF GOD & NOT AS PER OUR FACILITIES OR COMFORTS & BUFFET SWAMI VATSALYA IS CLEARLY A NO. FEED LESS BUT FEED PROPER WAY THATS WHAT ITS PREACHED.

If anyone hurt or something written against Jin aagya then Michchhami Dukkadam.

Samir Doshi