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principles, contrary to the opinion of early European Scholars, are so very contrary to the Jaina principles.
In Vedas, the work of less cultured and sensual people, in which the views are, very often contradictory to each other, owing to the auth ours' attempts to remodel and artificialise the original facts and principles of Jainism, this latter thing has not been ignored but has largely been drawn upon to suit the whims and mode of life of the less enduring class of men. This has always been the case with the so-called Sanatana Dharma of Hindus, in which the spirit of Jainism ever prevails with rigour lost, endurance minimised and hence beauty marred, these varying according to the surroundings of the people at different ages and in different parts of India. Jaina Dharma, Jain Traditions, Jain customs, Jain manners, Jain mode of life, in short every thing Jain, lie in relics all over India in Indian non-Jain religionists but the original structure in its original beauty as it was thousands and thousands of years ago, exists unimpaired to the present day, in the Jains, who I am proud to say, are the most enduring people in the whole world. The reason why its adherents are small in number is, because
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