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with the problem in minute detail. Readers are referred to the Gomattasara Karma-kanda and the Karmagranthas, etc., for a full account of the problem. Dr. L. Glasenapp considers that "in no other system, perhaps has Karma been taught to be of concrete, realistic, physical nature as here."'12
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From the above brief account the antiquity and independence of Jainism and its salient features can be seen. It has been well written that Jainism is the means to the introduction into this mundane world of a reign of peace, ordered harmony, and reasonable sweetness which are most wanting in these days of rank materialism and uncompromising self-aggrandisement, wherewith this blessed land of Bharata has become surchrged.13
अहिंसा
परमो धर्मः
P. R. JAIN MA.
12 The Doctrine of Karman in Jain Philosophy, p viii. 13 NAHAR AND GHOSH: Epitome of Jainism, p xvii.
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