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( 791 independence and freedom to man. Nothing can interyene between the actions which we do and the fruits thereof. Once done they become our masters and must fructify."
God in Jainism is the ideal man, that is to say, the ideal of man ; there is a way to achieve it and that is the Jain ethical way. Others have striven in that way and achieved it in the past, and their example is a constant inspiration to us. "Such an ideal carries with it all necessary hope and encouragement, for what man has done, man can do."
