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THE JAINA GAZETTE away from Truth; at this juncture men of Faith must come forth and with courage re-convert them to Faith. Fall from Right Faith either in one's or other's case should not be allowed. Men of Faith are the pillars of Religion both from social and spiritual points of view and in this light the limb of Sthitikarana should be considered.
The seventh limb is known as Vatsalya. It consists in "entertaining love and proper respect for one's co-religionists with mental purity and not from crooked motives." One should feel respect for the religion which is the cause of emancipation and for the highest principle of Harmless-ness and for his other co-religionists. Love your co-religionist as a cow does its calf. The cow will die in the Jaws of the carnivorous beast in order to save its calf. 'Let me be lost but my brother be saved,' such should be the mental attitude. A Jain house holder will feel respect for his Guru and speak sweet words to a brother-Jain. I am sure the readers will not fail to understand the social significance of these limbs as applied to the contemporary social conditions, though nowhere such a thing is directly attempted in this essay.
The eighth limb is known as Prabhavana which consists in "establishing the glory of Jain Siddhanla, by removing in all suitable ways, the dense clouds of ignorance." Propagation of Jainism must take place—and for inspiration the great Acharyas like Samantabhadra and Aklanka Deva should be daily remembered. Propagation work can be accomplished by different people in different spheres by various methods. A Sravaka can do this by carefully accomplishing his daily duties; an ascetic by his daily Kriyas and penances. In these days men of Faith must come forth to preach and publish the Jain principles of Metaphysics, ethics and many other branches of knowledge which go to elevate the individuality in every being, spiritually, morally, mentally and physically. People may take advantage of these and enlighten themselves by discarding their gross ignorance. It is a great sin, I say, not to allow people to take light from Jainism. The glory of Jainism must be
brought before public by various methods—by publishing literaShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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