Concentration

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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One way in which the Jain philosophy differs from others is that it considers and deals with the creative forces and the universe in general in conjunction with and not apart from morals; it says that true progress consists in adapting ourselves to the circumstances of the universe in such a way that it will be easy for us to work out the injurious forces and manifest the highest faculties that are dormant in ourselves. Therefore the Jains recommend a system of concentration on holy persons, moralities, and virtues, and not merely on the creative forces of nature.