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149 is that at least all true believers in Lord Mahavira-- Svetambara and Digambara-shoul) at once (1) stop paying even a pie or the proverbial troken shell, to these unbrotherly breakers of brotherly peace in these sacred places; and (2) manage and proclaim that no public funds already collected are to be spent to protect these law-breakers. Of course the care and relief of the wounded and injured is a common duty and pious Jainas may subscribe for this truly religious and humane purpose.
With all the emphasis at my command, I earnestly appeal to the sober-minded, peace-loving leaders of both sects to form a sort of Board to settle these minor disputes, so that both the small sects may show an united front and make an endeavour to bring true and universal Jainism to the doors of the great Furopean and American leaders of Humanity, who with their influence and from their political heights can perhaps revive this Great Greed for the relief and uplift of all mankind, born and unborn ? 10th May, 1927.
J. L. Jaini.
The Time-Wheel (Kala-Chakra). Was Lord Vira only the highest human manifestation, the greatest representation of the suppression of flesh by spirit ?
Was He Omniscient? Did He foresee the World History of 3,000 years after Him? If so, where is this detailed account of His prophecy ? Or, did the Letterless Speech give only the General course of Time?
Did Jainism fail because its teaching is in a way selfcontradictory? It teaches the decline of Dharma-gradually till the joint tails of the Up and Down halves of the cycle of Time are passed. This means that Dharma must go down. Then how can the human beings embrace or practise Jainism which really turns a man into more than an angel and turns this 5th Age into the Bhoga Bhumi of the 1st Age? Man remains man; and 5th Age, 5th Age. Therelore. Jainism must gradually and
progressively decline. Only there may be temporary reversions Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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