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[ 61 ] just what they have done.
Religion,after all, is a matter of Faith, whether it is Jainism, Hinduism, Christianity or Mahomedanism. Here indeed we
By faith and faith alone embrace
Believing where we cannot prove.
No one has any right to dictate or distort the religion of another in any way on any ground of research or on any pretext, real or fancied, whatsoever.
The very best thing for a man is not to write about any one else's religion. The next best thing is to get one's own writing revised by a follower of the religion, as was done, wisely and in a true spirit of brotherly religion, by the Rev. J. N. Farquhar D. D. who came from Oxford to London in 1913 purposely to show me his account of Jainism for a series of lectures in America. The third best thing for an author is to acknowledge his mistake and to withdraw his publication or to make other suitable amends.
I fear the authors have failed in all these three
also.
As to their reply, it is untenable on almost all points. How it is so, I give below.
