Introduction to Jainism

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

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everywhere in Europe and they justify vegetarianism on hygienic, economical, ethical and religious grounds.
So it will be seen that on vegetarian and temperence grounds, many other religions agree with Jain doctrines. It was an error of Shankaracharya to stigmatise Jainism as being atheistic. In writing his commentary on the Sutra नकस्मिन्नसंभवात् Shankar has tried to refute the Syadvad of Join Logic. This attempt displays the ignorance of Shankar about the doctrine criticised and his prejudice against Jainism. Anekant means the existence of many qualities in one and the same object. The same man is spoken of as father, uncle, father-in-law, son-in-law and so on, in his different relations. To his son, he is father; to his nephew, he is uncle. So again, a man is both wise and ignorant- the first with reference to an ignorant man, the second with reference to a wise man. Every thing is existent in some respects from the point of view of the Swachatustaya and