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of vows (vralas), and maintaining pure conduct. He lays great emphasis on one's Karma. One becomes a Brahman, or Kshatriya, Vaisya or Sudra by his action. One can shape his own destiny and need not depend upon others.
3. Woman is capable of obtaining spiritual knowledge and attaining spiritual perfection. Mahavira gave due respect to her and admitted her into his order.
4. Mahavira does not believe in God as the spring of life, as the creator of the Universe, or the director of the phenomenal world. Thus he freed the intellect of min fron the shackles of dependenco, and taught hin that he was the architect of his own fate, and that he could rise io the height of his spritnl stature by his own exer. tions. This teaching indvedin min a refreshing s?n? Of his own dignity, taught him to be hrive, strong and sell-reliance, and stimulated in him the incentive to good actions.
5. Man is not to look up to a personal God as the fount of mercy. He reaçs the fruit of his owa action, ba har to adjust his relations to min, as he lik3 to live hiinsell, he should let oher's live Therefore an elaborate doutria: o? kunne has been drava up with practical Arechi 730) 21uO'P., piraaliud and based on toleration, londotloos al munihy lover worl; th: foundation of Abim-á sv.18 weil and truly laid.
6. Our other renaiki'ie carti ! Jani m is the doctrine srå trade and an kintanita. 19:090ndmagyut view of a thiag. andeniuses the relativity of truin. The na'ure of things is extremely con lex; v: cm not alíicin or deny anything absolutely. Every object is full of contradictions and oppositions. To understand a thing fully we shouli orelicate the contradictif essence and na-existence, one ani muovi pan17:1::ands) 09 According to it no judgment is true in itself or by itself. Ai there is truth in every idea, as there is reality in every ex*22, 3) every qyst: n of religion has some truth to offer. As lo 13 23:v: chain that we alone are in pɔ33ession of trash and othecar
dark 13 we can never achieve the truth and consequently co:a9.cts are sure to arise. None can claim the ownership of the whole truth........ To acquire a
| SR No. | 010080 |
| Book Title | Babu Devkumar Smruti Ank |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | A N Upadhye, Others |
| Publisher | Jain Siddhant Bhavan Aara |
| Publication Year | 1951 |
| Total Pages | 538 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Smruti_Granth |
| File Size | 47 MB |