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(67) Gentlemen, Jainism is a peculiar religion. It is a religion of the Yogis. It is a religion of those who pay no importance to the world and its concerns, who keep as litte relation with the world as possible, and who rising from Pratima to Pratima at last renounce the world and become Nirgrantha. Jainism is of no use to those who are born for the world, who care for eating and drinking. It is only meant for those who believe in a next world and in Moksha, and who pushing away everything that would obstruct their way to Nirvana, become Nagna, Digambar, suffer all kinds of Parisahas or troubles, and regard this world, this life and birth, as a mine of sorrows."
Gentlemen, I would again ask you if there is anything among the duties laid down for a Shravaka which says, “Don't bathe! Don't use the tooth-pick! Remain unclean l" Rather it is an enjoined duty of every Shravaka to bathe and to keep the body pure and clean by washing it. This is one of the commandments of the Dasha Lakshani Dharma. Orthodox Jains always bathe. They not only bathe but bathe each time that they ease nature. Certainly they mis-judge the Jains, who call them unclean. They do them great injustice. It is true that among the Jains there is a class called the Dhoondias who carry the principle of Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah too far. They put pattis on lips so that no insects should be killed when they speak or breathe. They also put on dirty clothes and perhaps abstain from bathing. But they form a microscopic minority. They are a branch of the Swetambara
