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31 Brief Outlines Of Jainism
now refer to some basic features of Jain tradition, which would have some relevance to the discourse between Lord Krishna and Arjuna as found in Gita. Basic Fundamentals of Jainism :
The most fundamental and basic feature of Jainism is that it sees the whole of this universe as a great cosmic mechanism with its “Self - propelling force.” This basic feature automatically dispenses with notion that this universe is created, conducted and controlled by any distinct authority called “God.” We human beings, being part of this “Self - propelling mechanism, we should conduct ourselves in harmony with that mechenism, and that is what we mean by "religion.” All the wellknown concepts of Jainism, Ahimsa, Truth, Asteya and Brahmacharya and Aparigraha flow from the fact that we humans should live in harmony with cosmic mechemism.
"TE H 3RT" (Thou Art That) is as much the call of Jains as that of Upanishads. Jainism
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