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Jainism in a Global Perspective
remain confined to the cycle of birth and death. 32 Jaina philosophers all the time maintain that all the view-points are true in respect of what they have themselves to say, but they are false in so far as they refute totally other's view-points.
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Jaina saints also tried to maintain the harmony in different religiousfaiths and to avoid religious conflicts. That is why Jainism can survive through the ages.
The basic problems of the present society are mental tensions, poverty, violence, fundamentalism and the conflicts of ideologies and faiths. Jainism try to solve these problems of mankind through three basic tenets of non-attachment (Aparigraha), non-violence (Ahimasā) and nonabsolutism (Anekānta). If mankind collectively observes these three principles, peace and harmony can certainly be established in the world.
Reference
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Bothara, Surendra, Ahimsa: The Science of Peace, Foreword, D.R. Mehata, p. XVII.
Ibid, p. 46.
David, C.W., The Voice of Humanity, p. 1.
Acaranga (Ayāro), Jaina Viśva Bharati, Ladnun, 1/7/149.
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See, K.S. Murthy, The Quest for Peace, p. 157.
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Sūtrakṛtānga (Sūyagado), Jaina Visva Bharati, Ladnun, 1/11/36. 10. Acaranga (Ayāro), Jaina Viśva Bharati, Ladnun, 1/8/3.
11. Bhagavatisütra (Bhagavati) Jaina Viśva Bharati, Ladnun, 1/9. 12. Sūtrakṛtānga (Sūyagado) Jaina Visva Bharati, Ladnun, 1/11/11. Uttaradhyayanasūtra, ed. by Sadhvi Chandana, 32/19.
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14. Ibid, 32/7-8.
15. Daśvaikāliksūtra (Dasaveāliyaṁ) Jaina Viśva Bharati, Ladnun,
Ibid, 2/4/96.
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. IX, p. 700. Umäsvāti, Tattvärthasūtra, 5/21.
5/37.
16. Acārānga (Āyāro), Jaina Visva Bharati, Ladnun, 1/4/1.
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