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of the rich or of the high-born. Therefore to fight out the battle of life successfully and to become a great man we should think not only of our own good but try to promote the welfare of the country to which we belong, nay of the whole of mankind. Only narrow-minded people think that this is ours and that is theirs but with high-minded men the whole Universe is their family as is well said in Sanskrit: -
अयं जिनः परो बे त्ति गणना लघुचेतसाम्
उदार चरि तानान्तु बमु धैव कुटुम्बकम् || I have already shown that happiness is within ourselves. It is closed up in a room and locked up. Unfortunately the key to the loek is not given to us. Unless we can open the lock, the hidden treasures of the room are of no avail for us. Let us try to get the key. What is it, Sii's ?- Knowledge is that golden key which will open to us the doors of true happiness and lay open before us the hidden treasures of philosophy and the pleasures of human life and give us delight and direct our insight into Divine Light and teach us the battle of life to fight with all our might and reserve our right to possess heavenly light. Even with this golden key if we do not open the doors to make way for the divine light ours is certainly a very bad plight.
ARE WE ADVANCING ?
Velchand Umed Mehta, High Court Pleader, Dholka.
In these days of modern civilisation this is a problem of vital importance presenting itself more or less, in one form or another to every nation, occidental or oriental and to every community where the nation has ramified into classes and sub-classes. In India at least-almost every community, in its own sphere of activity, seems to be awakening from its long continued lethargy to the calls of civilisation and advance ment. The Jains too, are, of late, on their way in their attempts to ameliorate their position, social and religious and liberate theinselves
