Modern Jains can find the teachings of this ancient, ascetic religion difficult to adapt.
Many younger Jains are finding that living in the modern world requires more flexibility than the anti-materialistic rules of their religion allow. "My grandparents said they don’t eat food at night. But going out with friends at night, having a social circle and having to maintain those social circles, we can’t be as strict as our grandparents," says twenty-year-old Geetika Jain.
AIR DATE 8/29/13
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