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names in different countries but the fundamental aim was the game--the resurrection of Life--the Son or the Son of Gud from the dead.
The estrangement between those who follower the word of Tirlhankara in its unadorned, undisyuised forin, and the esuterioa themselves, fostered as it was by the latter who had to keep up appearances before the rabble, became more and more pronounced. Finally the branch set itself up in opposition to the Tree, and up to the present time, 15 still engayed in vuciferously denying its relationship with the Source, calling it now atheistio, now devoid of sense, now the destroyer of Religion.
The last-comers in the Religions-the mushroom growths of modern times are those which have sprung up either as refor Iners of existing creeds or who have tried to strike out into paths thad run parallel but little to the ancient tracks. They have had no Revelation-Their knowledge is derived mostly from the misunder-stood word of some ancient scripture on to which they have fastened themselves. It is possible to come across gleams of real insight here and there in some of their works; but this is only because a reformer stopped to ponder at some particular spot in the course of his rush through the curridur of myth and mythology.
It is not possible at this late date to determine the exact times of the appearance of the various Religions. But to a great extent, the order of their appearance can be deduced. As we have already established, Religion started with the Jains in India as a Science of Salvation, Outside India, no one else has ever claimed to have obtained Salvation and certainly Religion has never worn elsewhere the scientific aspect that it does in Jainism. Then, came the first allegorists-Jains of course-and their method came to be copied far and wide. The descendents of these Aryan allegorists of India, are known to-day as Hindus and the Rigvada is probably the oldest allegorical Scripture in the world. Next arose the sect which popularised sanguinary sacrifice. They
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| SR No. | 008001 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 650 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 15 MB |