Introduction to Jainism

Author(s): A B Latthe
Publisher: Natha Rangaji

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Jainism.
praise of gods, reverence for the teachers, studiousness, modesty, philanthropy, self-maintenance in a right-ful way, pilgrimage etc are: prescribed to be merits [ virtues ]. There is: no virtue in baths [ of sacred rivers, as Brahmins hold ]. The layıran should bathe for cleanness and health but there is no bearing of river-baths or seabaths on the virtues of a man. There is no religious significance of the eclipses or the equinoxes. There is no Shradh ( the anniversary of dead forefathers ] no Paksha, Illusory no giving of the Pinda to departed methods of souls, no worship of the cow, no Punya worship of the Tulsi shrub or the Vad tree, We shall take up the fifth part of the lecture viz- the nature of the binding of Karm.
This topic has been mostly dealt with in the second part of the lecture. The soul is roving in worldiy existence owing to its connection with Karman from times without beginning. The connection breaks off only by the
extirpation of the latter. Insight and know.