________________
THE PRIORITY OF JAINISM OVER BUDDHISM
With a Comparison of their History and Philosophy.
CHAPTER I.
Introductory.
In ancient India men's mind naturally .turned to philosophical studies and metaphysical abstractions. Max Muller explains this marked characteristic of 'mystic' India by saying "The necessaries of life were abundantly provided by nature, and people with few tastes could live there like the birds in a forest, and soar like birds towards the fresh air of heaven, and the eternal sources of light and truth." India has produced some of the greatest sages that ever lived; it has put forth and developed the highest ideals of philosophy and religion. Almost every philosophy known at present to the Western world, through Greece or Egypt
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
