Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1905 Book 01

Author(s): Gulabchand Dhadda
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Conference

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JACTA EST ALEA
The die is cast. We ought to prepare ourselves to be shaped according to the mould, but it would be practically wise to examine the matrix thoroughly before we condescend to be impressed by it.
To begin with, we require to be satisfied whether this pro. claimed die of the Jain Swetainber Conference Journal is an innovation or merely a repetition of what was current in bygone times and which, for some reason or other, had fallen into disuse. This enquir
ill gratify our human nature which is mostly apt to addict to what has surrounded us in the immediate past, irres. pective of its advantageous and dis-advantageous influences upon mankind, and we look reluctantly upon anything, however beneficial, which we think is forced upon us. A retrospect of what our venerable Rishis and Moonees have, throughout their life-long labor, have done for the advancement of the Jain laity, in the shape of writing extraordinary works on Literature, Ethics, Moral and Mental Philosophy, Science, instructive religious and social Novels &c., and preserving them in the world-renowned Jain Libraries of Jaisalmer, Patan, Cambay and other places far beyond the reach of the Musulman destroyer, would at once convince us that our learned ancestors had fully realised the value of the resources of spreading knowledge and wisdom. And as there were no easy means of communication in those days, they spread
ured wisdom and religious knowledge by their personal contact and influence with people of different localities, where bound by the sacred role, they happened to go during the ascetic life. Times are changed now. And along with th change comes a change in the facility of communication also. V have now been blessed with high-speed railway trains and gigar steamships by nitans of which we perform our journeys at any rate of thirty and even forty miles and more an hour and which immediately carry news of one place to another spreading it all