Book Title: Awakening
Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Science and Religion Science and religion are not contratictory but complementary. It is essential that the two should unite to constitute a single outlook. Science devoid of religion is like that monkey which cut off the head of a king in its attempt to turn away a mosquito that was sitting on his neck. Science without religion is lame; and religion without science is blind. It is one thing to acquire worldly prosperity and to give it away in charity; and it is another thing to invent destructive weapons and to invite total decimation. If the pipe is blocked with rubblish, water stops flowing out of the tap. In the same manner, if selfishness fills the mind of man, he begins inventing destructive nuclear weapons and consequently his progress is checked. Wealth is necessary to satisfy the needs of existence but men entertain the desire of accumulating superfluous wealth. The Lord deemed the desire to accumulate wealth a sin but his followers fall into the snare of avarice. For Private And Personal Use Only

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