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higher, and ultimately reaches the highest condition. The condition of the soul, as I have said, is the highest in which there is perfect consciousness, there is infinite knowledge and infinite bliss; we express these three ideas in Sanskrit as existence infinite, bliss infinite and knowledge infinite. That condition of the soul cannot be described by us because by us description is something which proceeds from a finite mind and when the soul becomes infinite no finite mind can fully express the condition of that infinite state. The attributes we give therefore to that condition of the soul are always not full or comprehensive. We shall always leave out many things; we have the power to express all our thonghts. How can we express, then, this state of a soul which so far as its power and knowledge are concerned is infinite. The Jains have studied the nature of the soul and of the universe from these standpoints, and have derived a beautiful principle. and so far as this is concerned there is this difference between this country and other countries and other religions, they can understand all these from these standpoints. The Bible says. Thou shalt not kill, and the Jains practise universal love so that this also means that we should beings. If we say that the Bible does not mean that we take away a part of the Bible. why should interpret the laws of any religion from the narrowest standpoint ? We should take into consideration the nature, attributes and working of all things.
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