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future and hence he commits a mistake which makes even the present fatiguing and oppressive, Jain Stories live in present and picture the future
In many of the stories of Jain literature, travels by the principal characters therein have been displayed prominently. Travel was at that age considered essential for diplomacy and advancement of business and propagation of of religious ideas.
If we want to see ourselves in perspective to understand our predicaments and possibilities, we must be able to make comparisons with some other societies, altogether perfectly of a quite different time and place. Only then we shall be armed with sufficient detachment to grapple with our own problems and with the demand on our own would make upon us. In this respect Adhyatmayogi Munishri Mahendra Kumarji 'Pratham' has done a splendid and memorable work by reproducing old Jain Stories in Hindi which represents a quite different period from our own
Kashi Vidyapith, Varanası, 12 8 76
Raja Ram Shastri M. P
Vice-Chancellor
