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1914). JAINA GAZETTE.
339 Master, or The Giver of Wisdom, or The Being that is piously sought for by thousands of Sages and Devotees, or The Destroyer of deadly Karmas, or The Friend of all the Living things. What shall we call Him. He is all these.
32. The Religion propagated by Tirthankaras is the only fittest and perfect Scientific Religion on the face of the World to be called a 'National Religion. It is for all souls. A soul whether born in a Jain family or non-Jain family will be taken up to Devaloka, if it finds the Saviour in Lord Arbat aud worships flim.
33. O People! those of you who follow systems other than Jainisın, are like the cows, which being attracted by the greenness of a thick jungle enter it, but alas ! They find no edible leaf there, but a hungry tiger which lives in the forest, pounces upon them, and devours them all. [Here, the trackless wood stands for the Mythia faiths (religions other than Jainism) which contain no path for Salvation, the cows that enter the forest represent people that adopt wrong faiths; and the hungry Man-eater is identified with the peril in which the allythia drishtees are thrown). Therefore, O people bear me patiently. It you desire to obtain Moksha, start at once to do and live as is stated in the Team', the Highest Scripture of the Eternal Master, Lord Arhat.
34. Wise men do not entertain any idea of doing wrong to even those who have done anything amiss to them through ignorance as our Lords also forgaye those who inflicted pain upon Them. For instance the 23rd Tirthankara Shri Parsanathji was subjected to excruciating torments by malicious souls when He was absorbed in ineditation. The Great Yogi did not show any syınptom of anger towards His foes. Or again we see that Our Last Daster, Lord Mabavira, when reproached and beaten by a cowherd for not keeping his (cowherd's) cows from going astray, did not return him blows nor even show an angry frowning face.
35. O Saviour ! Though standing on the lotus flower in perfect nudity Thy Charm and Beauty are excelled by those
of none. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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