Book Title: Chicago Prashnottar
Author(s): Vijayanandsuri
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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________________ ( 162 ) A.-Nobody calls the religion believed in by him to be faulty. People are always ready to point out faults in other religions. The Jaina religion is entirely faultless. But in the present age the Indian Jainas do not possess such mental and physical energies as may enable them to completely tread the path of moksha as dictated by the Jaina shâstras. The Jainas pass the lives of a recluse and householder according to the present age. But they cannot completely follow the Utsargik (natural, that which is liable to be abolished in exceptional cases, though generally valid) path. The second defect among the Jainas is that they pay little heed towards education. There is no union among them. Even the Sådhus are not on good terms among themselves. These defects are in the individual Jainas of the present age, while the Jaina religion is faultless. 89 Q.- What have Judaism, Christianity and other religions done for mankind ? A.--- These religions have done limited good to

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