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ECONOMICS OF MAHAVIRA
We do not accept Mahavira only because of an established faith. We do not have dislike against anybody also because of malice. We have tested and we found credibility in the personality of Mahavira. And that is why we are attracted towards Mahavira. He made it clear that one should not get attracted towards.a person named Mahavira; forget that there is some person with the name of Mahavira. Mahavira was not a supporter of heroworship.
Let us now see Gandhi, Marx and Keynes from this perspective.
Gandhi possessed outstanding qualities as a great man. Sometimes, a thought comes to mind: Can a common man living in a society maintain such a personality? Gandhi did what he said, and said what he did. He did not give any importance to happiness or unhappiness. He was a very outstanding personality. We express our agreement with his principles with great reverence.
Contribution of Marx
Marx has also accomplished a lot. If Marx had not done what he did, some blind beliefs of the world would not have been dismantled. The belief that the poor suffers from poverty because of his own deeds is assumed. What can anybody do about this? To break such a blind faith in destiny was not a small feat. Mahavira had not said anything like this that everything is destined, but his followers, the Jain people, started believing that all that is happening is a game of destiny; nobody can do anything to change it. Marx dismantled this belief. He said: do not become a coward by accepting destiny blindly. We are doing the deeds; deeds cannot direct us. If we are the doers of the deeds, then we also have the power to break them. It should be accepted that by contributing to this concept, Marx has made a commendable contribution to the welfare of mankind. It has led to the upliftment of the poor and exploited people.
Our approach is that we overlook the shortcomings and accept only the merits. It needs to be recognised that one shortcoming characterised the thinking of Marx which made his words
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