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duct (Kriyavada) inductive and deductive logic (Tarkavada and Nayavada) etc. is so subtle, deep and penetrative that a real thinker who studies it is easily convinced that the propunders of this philosophy could not be mere super intellectuals or men of merely very profound and mature intelligence but they must have been omniscients (Sarvajna) and all-perceiving (Sarvadarshee) otherwise such delineation would have been impossible. May be that ordinary folk may not be able to understand Jain philosophy and grasp its geatness. However, the intellectual class has been considerably attracted towards it and have become very eager to know its outlines. In our institution, we have been receiving many demands for Jain literature from many countries of the world. But we were not able to meet these demands as we did not have any booklet containing a short essay short essay dealing with various subjects of the Jain philosophy in a nutshell. Fortunately this year Poojya Acharya Maharaj Shree Shree 1008 Shreemad Vijaya Lakshmansooreeshwarjee Maharaj happened to spend this chaturmas (four months of monsoon) in our city and we had the good luck to listen to his very erudite
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