Essence of Jainism

Author(s): Sukhlal Sanghavi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Essence of Jainism
made use of in such a manner that no appropriate thinking of any philosopher is disregarded or ignored; actually all knowledgeable thinking related to knowledge ana its means is appropriately included in it.
The narration so far pertains to non-violence and non-extremisma that are the very life of the Jaina tradition. Just as Prāņa cannot be retained without body, similarly dharmaprāna cannot exist in the absense of a d'armaśarira. The religious body of Jainism exists in its varied forms as Sangba-formation, literature, religious places like tirthas, temples etc.; its architecture, sculpture, its modes of worship, its libraries with rich collections of manu. scripts and so on.
{ Darśan aur Cintao, pt. 2, pp. 116-131]