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THE JAINA GAZETTE
1. The Jaina thinkers do not believe in an anthropomorphic God who creates, rules and destroys the world.
2. God according to Jainism is any perfect soul that has realised the Divinity in itself. You and I can become God by our own efforts.
3. Every man is the architect of his own life. He is alone responsible for his happiness or misery.
4. Every man is endowed with infinite energy which he is at liberty to use.
5. Social, economic, political or even spiritual emancipation of a nation or community is in the hands of its members. 6. The world is eternal and matter is indestructible.
7. Jainism does not believe in any of the superstitious beliefs of Hinduism.
8. The Jains do not believe in Piturloka or Shraddas.
9. They have no caste among them. They hold that even the son of a "Pariah" should be respected as god if he has right perception.
10. They do not seek the help of the Brahmins for performing any ceremony.
11. They do not accept the Vedas, Puranas, Smritis or any of the Brahminical Books.
12. They lay much stress on individual exertion. "If you want to be happy, you must work. Neither Rama, Krishna nor Christ can help you".
13. Their first teaching is," Be kind to all beings, respectful to those that are righteous, merciful to those that are perversely inclined."
The teachings of Jainism are in short, based upon Commonsense, Reason and Logic.
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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