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CHICAGO PRASHNOTTARA.
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Questions and answers on Jainism for the Chicago Parliament of Religions.
1. Salutation be to Him who is devoid of all blemishes and full of all virtues whether He be Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva or a Jina.
2. O Bhagavân, let you be what you are by name and condition in this or that period; if you are the same entirely devoid of sin and contamination, let my reverence be to you.
3. He whom the Shaivaities adore as Shiva, the Vedantins as Brahma, the Buddhists as Buddha, the rationalistic Naiyayikas as creator, the learned Jainâs as Arhat and the Mimansikas as Eternal Action: may such a one-the Crestjewel (Supreme one) of the three worlds realise our hearts' desire.
Q-(1) Has Ishvara or God any beginning?
A.-Godhead has no beginning because that which has a beginning has of necessity two causes-material and instrumental Neither of these two causes
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