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________________ 76 ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES (6) " For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested ; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear" (Mark iv. 21-23). 3. Happiness is the Nature of the Soul : a) " And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away" (Isaiah xxxv. 10). () “But the fruit of the spirit is . . . joy ... peace” (Galatians v. 22. (c) “Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross ” (Heb. xii. 2). (d) “And exultation is said to be gladness . . . which is according to truth through a kind of exhilaration and relaxation of the soul" (A.N.C. Lib. xii. 361). 4. The Divinity of the Soul : (a) " I said, Ye are gods” (John x. 34). (6) “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus : Who being in the form of God, thought it no robbery to be equal with God” (Philippians ii. 5-6). (c) “For once the crown of righteousness encircles thy brow, thou hast become God ... Thou hast been deified and begotten unto immortality ... This constitutes' know thyself,' or, in other words, learn to discover God within thyself " (A.N.C. Lib. vi. 402). 5. All Souls of a like nature : (a) “Because as he is, so are we in this world ” (1 John iv. 17). (6) “... For souls themselves by themselves are equal” (A.N.C. Lib. xii 362). (c) “... If the heavenly virtues, then, partake of intellectual light, i.e., of divine nature, because they participate Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.006714
Book TitleWhat is Jainism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorChampat Rai Jain
PublisherChampat Rai Jain
Publication Year
Total Pages210
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size11 MB
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