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342163/2, 39-2010 differences disappear and true spiritual signi-ficance gets revealed in eternal splendour. Most of the allegories which hide their true meaning from the common man have been decoded by the author in this book providing the real key of knowledge in your hands. I give some of the intersting examples- Krishna denotes Divine Ideal: Gopi (the soul): Ganesh riding a rat (symbol of cutting and analysis-Discriminaiton) and Ekadanta of Ganesh (Monistic view of God): Surya (Omniscience), Indra (Ego), Agni (Tapas): Rama (Divine Knowledge), Lasshmana (Discrimination), Shatrughna (Meditation), Bharata (Renunciation), Sita (Divine Tranquility or bliss), Bow (Ego), Narada (Detached Action), Garden of Eden (attributes of Soul), Adam (Individual ego), Eve (sensual pleasure). Thus there is a narrative description of a subject under the guese of another having similarities. These are some of the examples given the book.
In the present work the author argues that the apparently confliction religions can be reconciled by Jaina principle of ANEKANTAVADA (many sidedness or non-absolutism).Anon-Jaina thought would insist on the truth of his own faith EKANTAVADA (Absolutism or one sidedness) and would absolutely deny the validity of an oppsite view. The Jaina view would actually go out in search of the point of view from which the opposite view might be maintained. Jaina Siddanta presents a very happy agreement among all religions by appliying the principle of mutral tolerance.
Some of the matter dealt in this bood has already appeared in 'key of knowledge' and in Gems of Islam' (in 2 parts) by the same author. First edition of the present book was published in 1922. The book has been out-of-print since long. Even today reading this book is a literary delight. The book is really an ocean of wisdom. Reading this book in itself is a life time experience.
-Prof. M. L. Jain (Advisor-Academics) prof.m. 1.jain@gmail.com
