Doctrines of Jainism

Author(s): Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi
Publisher: Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi Godiji Jain Derasar Mumbai

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The Doctrines of the Jainas
difficult Law according to the faith." (Uttaradhyayana Sutra).
And how clearcut and strong is the Purusartha Siddhyupaya:
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"Right belief is conviction in one's own self. Knowledge is a knowledge of one's own self. Conduct is absorption in one's own self. How can there be bondage by these?
Sometimes people think that only when a Jaina man or woman gives up the world and becomes a monk or a nun can the Inner Life be lived. That is not the teaching. The householder, who earns his livelihood, and the housewife, who is the queen of the home, can and should attain to heavenly heights. Anyway, that ought to be a. new dispensation, a new way of living the higher life.
This volume is published to honour the memory of a saintly teacher and reformer. The work of Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya owes a great debt to the Acharyaji. As a devout follower of the great Masters of Jainism, he set an example which all of us should follow-by practising Ahimsa. Non-violence, with the Tirthankaric Virya, the dauntless energy that fights its way to the supernal Truth.