Jaina Gazette 1927

Author(s): J L Jaini, Ajitprasad
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office

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The west has, however, awakened the east, and so also the Jains though they do not still sufficiently realize the necessities of the time. But it is certainly not far off when they will come round and try to upheave themselves. The central principle of the religion Ahimsa is now becoming the watch-word all over the world, and it is now open for the Jains to show that it is they who have treasured up the holy principle from long centuries. It is much to be desired that an exhaustive history of Jainism should be produced, dealing with all the periods in detail. The story of the rise and partial decline of the great religion will be most interesting and instructive. For such a task however, we want a band of specialists who might compose a series of monographs on the different phases and stages of the religion, and these might then be welded into a homogeneous whole. It is now high time that organised attempt should be made to review the history of Jainism from century to century and from province to province, so that we might be able to understand how the genius of the Jains manifested itself in diverse regions of activity, intellectual and spiritual, political and social through the ages gone by and where in lies the secret of their having survived through all the vicissitudes which drove Buddhism out of the field.-(The Jaina Hostel Magazine).
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Prof. Attar Sain Jain, B.A., LL. B., writes from Japan:~
Sir, I was appointed to the Tokio School of Foreign Languages in the month of February 1926, by cable from Japan and I was required to join my appointment by the 11th of April, 1926. Consequently I hurried to set my domestic affairs in order and by the 1st week of March, I was ready. My station amongst the good wishes of my friends and relations I left on the 10th of March. There are two routes to come to Japan, either via Calcutta or via Bombay and yet another via Colombo. I had so Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat