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113 from. Editorial Preface to the work. They seek to set each form of Indian religion by: the side of Christianity in such a way that the relation: ship may stand out clear: Jesus Christ has become to them the light of all their seeing, and they believe Him destined to be the light of the world. They are persuaded that sooner. ar later the age-long quest of the Indian spirit for religious truth and power will find in Him at once its goal and a new starting-point, and they will be content if the preparation of this series contributes in the smallest degree to hasten this consummation. If there be readers to whom this motive is unwelcome, they may be reminded that no man approached the study of a religion without religious convictions, either positive or negative : for both reader and writer, therefore, it is better that these should be explicitly stated at the outset”. Most of the objectionable passages in Bharatvarslaka Itihasa regarding Jainism seem to have their origin in Mrs. Siuclair's work and specially her chapter ou "The Empty Heart of Jainism" which is missionary writing par excellence. Please see the following:"But tinie brings its revenges, and this Jain religiou, cradlech in the aristocracy of a military caste, was destined to become the chief exponent of a grotesque exaggeration of the principle of Ahimsa, or 1.011-injury to any living being." P. XIII Intru-luction to Mrs. Sinclairs.
The Heart of Jainism.
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