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Jain philosophy of thanks giving

From preaching by pankaj bhai  what I understood the topic is be thankful to all creatures on the planet as everybody does a favour on us. " parasparopgrahojivanam " a shlok written by jain saint uma swami that means " sab jeev ek doosre par upkar karte hai " every soul on the earth depends on another soul.But human being is one that thinks he does all the favour on other animals by giving them security ,food ,shelter. Have you ever been thankful to shatkaya jeev ( pritvikayik ,jal kayik,agni kayik,vayu kayik,vanaspati kayik means earth,water,fire,air and plants respectively )also known as sthavar jeev in jain philosophy implies that species with only one sense organ(touch) as their body and they feel the sense of touch only. but what do they do for us is literally unknown to us .For example the earth on which we are sitting,land that feed us with food to eat by agriculture ,gold silver that makes us look beautiful has been taken out from mines are indirectl...