Jaina Gazette 1927

SR No.: 034889
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J L Jaini, Ajitprasad
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1927
Total Pages: 568
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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THE JAINA GAZETTE The World like a shadow flies
When Matter-World pursues ; Pursuing that that flies and
Flying what pursues. The White Image to the right of the
Lord smiled wonderfully : The Guardian God on the right of the
Lord almost shone in his eyes on me. Then I thought of the Jainas and their crimes. The crimes of Jainas are very few. If any, they are not crimes of violenee: They are rather crimes of fraud, deceit, cheating, lying. The Western peoples and countries are perhaps greater experts in these crimes but in a more refined, subtle, insidious, extended, organised and artistic form.
As to the 10 commandments of the Bible, the Jainas are easily the first in the whole world in the observance of the 1st commandment : Dont Kill. So far as this commandment implies the others also compulsorily the Jainas observe the others also.
Then came up before me the question which has never left my mind since I sat in this very Presence in 1912 : namely, the problem of the Image having mir aculous power, i.e., this place, being the place of miracles or Atisaya (miracle) Kshetra (place).
This is a very complex and fascinating problem and deserves analysis and pra bable explanation.
The Miracles. The Image in the Temple was discovered on the spot outside the Dharmashala. The Jainas being informed of it tried to shift the Image. But the carts broke under it. It is said that 900 carts thus gave way, after succeeding in moving it only to its present spot.
About 500 years ago the Image was discovered by a cowherd as follows. One of his cows, on return home, gave no milk. Suspecting that some one milked her in grazing, he watched her. and found that she repaired to a spot, stood quietly there and milk flowed from her as if unseen hands were milking her. This phenomenon occurred from day to day. The cowherd felt that this was due to some God on the spot. He got together some Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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