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(34) says, " Haribhadra did to Dignaya the same service as Mallavadin to Dharmottara by his Tippani to the latter's Nyayabindu-tika; this shows that in former days the Jainas were large-minded enough to take the good where they found it- a good book was considered to be worth reading and studying even if written by a heterodox writer. Thus they served their coreligionists of those times and science of to-day: in Jaina library was found the Nyayabindu of Dharmakirti thought to be lost in its original language; the Jainas have also saved from perishing a work of the founder of the Buddhist logic, the Nyayapraves'a of Dignaga."
In conclusion, let me assert that Jainism is conducive to saintliness and pure and unadulterated happiness. It is not a teaching that has to be forced down one's throat. It is one whose truth and excellence must perforce appeal to the heart and mind of men of thought. It points out a way of Salvation which rids one who walks therein of decay and death, of sorrow and lamentation. Unalloyed happiness awaits the walker on the Path.
ब्रह्मलोकस्य शांतिर्भवतु
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