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the destruction of these Jivas of one indriya that the Jaina Sadhus and Sravakas fast too often and specially on such tithis as Dvitya, Panchami, Ashtami, Ekadashi, Chaturdashi, Amavasya and Purnima.
Man to a certain stage of his existence is compelled to make food as nature provides himn its stuff. It is the duty of a man to try to overcome nature and he is peculiarly fitted for this. The main difference between a man and an animal is this,-a man fits nature for his use, but the nature fits herself for the use of an animal. A man has to look for both his physical and spiritual self. Whereas an animal has to look only for its physical self. Now, if we are to aim at perfection, it should be the complete perfection and the complete perfection lies in the perfection of the spiritual self. To attain this, the surroundings etc must also be favourable. If a man is born in a country, which is not favourable for his purposes, he should not live in that country; for instance, if his nativity be in a country where nothing but animal food can be had, he should change it for one where vegetable food is available. (It is stated by some Oriental Scholars that, the primitive home of the early Aryas was in the Arctic Regions. If it be true (I as 2. Jain
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