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The Message of Jainism
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by
DR. KALIDAS NAG
INUMERICALLY, Jainism is a minor religion of India, yet it antedates Buddhism and offers à solution to many major national and international problems. The special message of Jainism to modern man is that of Ahimsa or Non-violence to be understood and practised in our relation to all beings (sarva-sattva)—(a) terrestrial, (b) aquatic and (c) aerial.
We are conscious today of our responsibilities to our near relations and countrymen; but we are still prone to think of our neighbours as enemies inducing strife, war and slaughter. Our private laws are codified and humanised, but our public and international laws lack religious sanction and are more often honoured in the breach than in the observance. In the first half of the 20th
century, humanity was ravaged by two wars, and Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
