Jain Gazette 1906 04

SR No.: 542480
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagmanderlal Jaini, Sumerchand Jaini
Publisher: Jaina Gazette Office
Publication Year: 1906
Total Pages: 22
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Gazette, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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1906.
THE JAINA GAZETTE.
It is with extreme regret that we read some remarks on the J. Y M. A. in the 8th issue of the Jaina Mitra. In his The Jaina Mitra and article the writer has made a fine display of his the J. Y. M. A. ignorance of the Association. He has imputed all blames of the ill-working of the Digambara Mahasabha to the members of the Association, and in doing so has betrayed the inveterate hatred he bears to the English educated Jainas. If the members of the Association could be guilty of anything it is only this, that they do not join the common multitude in saying ay, ay, nay, nay,' to all what the Pandits may be pleased to say without thought or reason. He preaches to his readers that religious education does not find room in our resolutions or receive any encouragement at our hands and thus wants to impress them with an idea that we are not favourably disposed towards religion and the social reform is all that we care most for. We would he could know better. Had he but cared a little to look into the proceedings of the Association we feel confident he could not have made this sweeping remark. He does not care to recollect that the Association has a tract committee of its own for publishing religious information to those who are not initiated into the sacred Sanskrit lore. He seems to forget that the Association not only awards medals to the students of Sanskrit but also to those who make written agreements to read the scriptures every day. He knows that there has not been a single issue of the Gazette without some religious article, still he seems to ignore it and chants his usual song of ridicule, so characteristic of his favourite fortnightly. Again he is utterly mistaken in his views about the establishment of the Jaina College. He accuses our members of playing an underhand policy but gives no proof where he has detected it. Had he cared to read the Gazette or the proceedings of the Association he must have found that the Association never conceived any plan of establishing a College but on the otherhand has ever been fervent with the advice to regulate the educational institutions on a sounder footing so that they may serve our cause most profitably and economically. We hope that the writer will be profited by our remarks.
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