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temple of the soul, but a helper. (The speaker gave ar illustration of two enemies who were fastened in the stocks. One was rich and had food furnished him but could not partake of it unless fed by the other.) The key-note of our philosophy is, that body is to be taken care of only so far as it helps the spirit. Religion is with the Hindus not a sectional part but domiuates all life. (In describing the Hindu theory, he said “in such a philosophy there is no ne cessity of any ethical code.”)
( Much here is missed showing the distinction between the Hinduism and Jainism.) (We say spirit has always been spirit; when it separates itself from matter it would live in the highest state)?
There is no limit to the number of souls. There are an infinite number. Take out of an infinite number an infinite nuinber, andan infinite number will remain. In the space occupied by the point of a needle there are many souls, and no matter how many are taken out an infinite number remains.
God to us would mean to have attained the perfect and liberated state. We pay homage to the perfect for the sake of perfection, and not for any reward. One of the prayers of the Jain is “I worship with power all consciousness which becomes the leader for us on the path of salvation; which has broken to pieces the inouitain of physical forces or Karme; which has acquired omniscience." I worship these because I wish to become that power.
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