Parables of Wisdom
No Food After Sunset
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Why does Mummy eat dinner while the sky is still pink?
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
Six year old Neev in Houston cannot understand why his mother always eats her dinner so early, while the rest of the family eats later. One winter Saturday he decides to find out what choviyar is really like.
What it teaches Ahimsa Self-discipline Choviyar
The opening of the children's telling
Neev lived in a big city called Houston. Every evening, he saw something funny. His mother ate her dinner very early, while the sky was still pink. Then she did not eat or drink anything until morning.
"Mummy, why do you eat so early?" Neev asked. "I keep choviyar," said Mummy. "That means when the sun goes to sleep, I stop eating and drinking. I start again in the morning."
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To carry into the day
When the sun says goodnight, we can say goodnight to eating too, and the morning tastes sweeter for it.
To talk about together
What do you think is the hardest part of not eating after sunset, and what could make it easier?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.