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this way & man is saved by annihilation of sin whioh is really effective.'Wo ahall see afterwards while examining the Jain doctri. nes that they held the same view about the cause, annihilation and prevention of Kapman.
The second important doctrine held in common by the Niganthas and the Jains is the doctrine of Kriyavada as opposed to the doctrine of Akriyavada ; of these two doctrines we shall speak a little more fully when we consider the Jains as believers in Kriya. vada as opposed to the Akriyavada Buddhists.
The third paint of similarity between the Niganthas and the Jaing is that they both consider three kinds of Dandas' (sing), the Danda of body, speech and mind; also they Concer in considering the sins of the body more important than those of the mind,
The statement that both the Nigasthaus waid the Freitas cansasiaconsidering the one of body more important than those of the mind is mado bore on tho authority or de teatbed Pridobie theagh some of tbe Jain Pandit hang Wared me that peither the Niganthas for the Jains mado or make any gach litordice.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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