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tector) it is Shankar (the doer of good) it is Budha (the awakened) and it is also Christ as the teacher of right that are raised to the universal adoration of men and animals. Even the Twenty-four Teerthankers of every age in the unending and unbegun series of ages, do not command our reverence as being Shri Vrishabha or Shri Vardhaman or any so and so. It is every Jin as such that is our God and more than a God. A Jin is not a perticular personality or even a cut and dry principle; it is an eminence of position attained by illimitable excellence in knowledge, conduct, joy &c. Every soul may aspire to reach it by a long series of lives in which it may free itself from the trammels of worldly action. And whoever succeeds in this-the path of success is sure though slow and clear though difficult may command our reverent homage.
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It is in this spirit of adoring whatever is best wherever it may be found, that the Acharya Akalanka offers his salutation to बुद्धंवा वर्द्धमानं
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