Book Title: Ethnicity and Religious Heritage
Author(s): T U Mehta
Publisher: T U Mehta

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________________ 24 Indian Ethnicity and Religious Heritage "religion" consists of conducting ourselves in harmony with that mechanism. If this is so, we have got to understand what this mechanism is and how it works. This brings to us many questions of mataphysical importance, viz. who created this universe and who sustains it? Are our destinies governed by some outside force or is there any other set of rules which govern our fate? The man, in his search to seek answers to these questions seems to have evolved the concept of God. Some believe that "God" has created this universe and it is. He who sustains the same. It is further believed that the human being is punished for his sins-the origin of which commenced with Adam and Eve tasting the forbiden fruit. They do not believe in the theory of transmigration of soul but contend that a day of judgement will come when everyone will be alive from his grave to receive God's judgment for his good and bad deeds in this life. This is the occidental idea of an everlasting individual personality as conceived by Greeks and passed on Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org


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