Bhagvana Mahavira

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Foundation of Religious Order
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aspects of truth-the objective as well as the pragmatic. Therefore the spiritual basis of his Order remained intact as also his Order remained well-established and superbly organized. This fact has been brought to light by the author of the Niryukti thus :
“If one wants to practise the religion of the Jina, he should keep in mind both kinds of truth, the objective and the pragmatic. If you discard the former, you will be estranged from the truth and, if you discard the latter, you will be deprived of a well-organized religious Order."
It is on the basis of this principle that the Jaina religious Order embodies even today both--the truth and a superb organization.