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that the word Tirtakhara which means a prophet with the Jains, means a founder of heretical sect with the Buddhists. If we can force any conclusion from this fact, it is as Jacobi points out that the Buddhists at the time when they formed their terminology were opponents of the Jains but not vice versa.'
The second point of similarity is that both sects worship their prophets, like gods, and erect statues of them in their temples. This worship had nothing to do with original Buddhism and Jainism, but was introduced gradually by laymen, and was the result "of the perpetual and irresistible influence of the religious development of the people in India.”
The third point of resemblence is that they both measure the history of the world by such fabulously enormous periods of time, as to be always beyond even our imagination In this matter the Jains seem to have out done both the Buddhists and the Brahmans.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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