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THE JAINA GAZETTE study them for the obtainment of what the external world never can grant to the soul that is athirst for happiness and peace. And let me add that if you want your own good, you must be prepared to do good to the whole of the human race, and to the entire community of living beings as far as that lies in your power. In this way alone you can have peace in your mind, peace in your house-hold, peace in your community and peace in the world. Let the blessed Gospel of Mercy and Love, consisting of three of the sweetest of words_Ahimsa Parmo Dharmah (non-injury is the highest religion)-enlighten and gladden every heart all over the world.
-C. R. Jain.
NOTES AND NEWS. Parricidal Desecration of Sri Kesaria Parsvanath. CARLY in May 1927, the most himsic followers of the most Lahimsic religion in the Universe, exhibited their true degradation by committing fratricide at the holy Feet of Sri Parsvanath Atishaya-Kshetra (Miracle-place) in Udaipur State. Like many other places of common worship, the sacred Image here is worshipped alternately by Digambaras and Svetambaras. A similar arrangement is cutrent at the famous temple at Sri Maksiji in Gwalior State, near Tarana in Holkar State territory, Also at the most famous Sacred Hill of Jainas at Mount Pareshnath in Hazaribagh, Bihar; and various other places. To one who has a higher and purer vision of Lord Mahavira, this arrangement symbolises weakness, narrowness and a blurred vision of the Truth of Jainism and Lord Mahavira. But as Jainism has been half-killed by centuries of priest craft on both the Digambara and Svetambara side, this arrangement is tolerable, as it is calculated to preserve peace. But as separate communal electorates in India are sure to grow into a poison against national politics, similarly this peculiar, brother-excluding arrangement is sure in the end to fan the flame of sectarian fanaticism and reduce to cinders the tender fabric of brotherly
love and true Jaina Vatsalya. This is exactly what has happen Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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