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uz ) 9. The statement that the Jains worship twelve Jinas only exhibits the utter ignorance, carelessness and indifference of the authors about the elementary prineiples and tenets of Jain philosophy, theology and metaphysics.
10. The attempt to mis-represent and ridicule an admittedly ancient religion of India and the attempt to create feelings of enmity and hatred against Jain community is highly refrehensible and the department of public instruction should adopt immediate and adequate measures to prostrate such attempts.
The above points may be summarised as follows:
1. The statement that Mahavir founded Jainism is inaccurate and misleading.
2 Tho statement that Mahavir joined an order of monks founded by Parshvanath and failing to obtain peace of mind there left it after several years and founded Jainism is also wrong and unnecessary.
3 The statements that Sains are atheist, that Jains believe in lifeless objects possessing soul, that the two sects of Jainism are on very bad terms with each other, that they commenced to worship images and that they worshiped 12 Jinas are also wrong, likely to
