Jain Journal 1969 10

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 10

Great souls belong not to a particular country nor to a particular period of time, though they are born in a country and at a particular date. The expanse of their life and teaching is so vast that it is not contained in any space or time. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was such a great soul who is now identified with humanity and eternity.
He belonged to no religious sect, since we had seen collected in his camp leaders of all religions; nor did he pose as a religious leader though by natural instinct he was the leader of men. But then he had his own characteristic way of living and thinking, and it is no accident that this way of living and thinking deeply bore the marks of Jainism. This is no little cause of pride for all those of us who claim by birth and by instinct an enrolment in this great religion which had played a worthy role in the past and which is as much a living force in contemporary life as it is going to be for centuries ahead. We record our sincere homage to him on the occasion of his birth centennial which is being celebrated all over India and in lands far as well as near.
Our Homage to Mahatma Gandhi