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that will serve the need ?" This much care and caution would save him from a lot of wanton destruction. Violence in words and violence in thought are also constituents of Himsa and one must abstain from these too. Jainism wants to make people gentlemen who have no tendency to do violence to any body. 'Parigraha parimana vrata' or the vow of setting a limit to the maximum wealth that one would possess. The aim of Jainism is to avoid as far as possible, undesirable clashes in life and consequent disharmony in society. This is a very quiet and peaceful attempt at economic equalisation of wealth. Karma Theory-every individual works out his own destiny by his own mental and physical exertions which, by themselves generate energies that bring to them agreeable or disagreeable experie
nces.
The Jainas worship Tirthankaras or those who made it easy for others to cross over the ocean of life. In Jainism, there is no place for the distinction of caste and creed. Jains believe in salvation of mankind and brotherhood among all
men.
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B. Seshagiri RAO-New Studies in Jainism-Emotional Interpretation of the Jain Religious Ideal.
(Jain Ant. vol. III; No. II; Arrah; 1937; Pp. 43-46).
The emotional interpretation of Jaina ideal of moksha. These observations are based on stotras of various literary types like-Nama-japams. Prataḥsmaraniyas (early morning prayers). The ancient Jains adumbrate the heroic yogamarga for the realisation of "the freedom of the sould" from all limitations which is the only sukha or satsukha as moksha.
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Kamta Prasad JAIN-Jainism. (Ind. Cul. Vol. IV, 1937-38; Calcutta)-Miscellanea :
Pp. 37-73. Its universality; Ahimsā, Syadvada, Nirvana.
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I. B. HORNER-The Book of the Discipline. London, 1938.
P. viii. Jain orders of monks and nuns-contemporary of Buddhism.
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