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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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M. A. AYYENGAR-Presidential Address on the occasion of Devkumar Jain Oriental Research Institute Diamond Jubilee Celebration, Arrah. (Jain Ant., Vol. XXIII, No. I), Arrah, 1964, Pp. 23 to 31.
The earliest reformist movement in India was started by Jains. Jain means a person who has conquered his senses and controlled his mind. Jainism has made a revolution in our culture and in our religion. The whole of the Jain community have given up meat-eating and have adopted vegetarianism. The first attempt of Jainism is to make man a better man. The effort of Jainism is to make a man shed his animal instincts and become divine. The practice of non-violence by every human being is necessary for the very survival of humanity. The destruction of armaments and the banning of nuclear weapons are temporary expedients to avoid war, but the only sure method of preventing wars is to convert man into an absolutely peaceful being. Jainism believes in the existence of individual souls and in the law of Karma. According to Jainism, a man is the architect of his own life. Jainism extended upto Cape Komorin. Tamil literature has borrowed greatly from the Jaina religion and philosophy.
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B. R. SASTRY --Religion and Philosophy as depicted by Dandin in the Dašakumāracarita, (Summary of Papers, A.I.O.C, XXII Session, Gauhati, 1965).
P. 179. Buddhism and Jainism received set-back. They were severely opposed by the followers of 'Vedic Religion'.
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Ramachandra Jain--The Asura Problem. XXII Session, Gauhati, 1965).
(Summaries of Papers, A.I.O.C.,
P. 224. Association of the Aryan Asuras with the Sramaņic culture. A section of the Irānāryans had adopted the Sramaņic culture of non-violence, peace and penance.
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Dalsukh MALVANIA-Some of the common features in the life stories of the Budhha and Mahāvīra. (Summary of papers, I.A.O.C., XXII Session, Gauhati, 1965).
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