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THE JAINA GAZETTE and humanity follow, penetrating town and village, palace and cottage.
Jainism has a rich and interesting literature, in which, besides the time-honoured Agamas and their direct derivatives, works concerning Logic and Dialectics act a prominent part. Owing to the active co-operation of far-sighted and learned Jain Sadhus, amongst whom Venerable Late Sastruvisarada Jainacharya Vijayadharma Suri and his worthy successor Itihasalattva Mahodadhi Jainacharya Vijayendra Suri deserve to be particularly mentioned, the West has begun to take more and more interest in the investigation of Jain Literature. I hope and trust that these efforts will shortly lead to as vivid a progress of Jain studies as that achieved on the field of Buddhist research since many decades.
LETTERS.
MADRAS, 6th Feb. 1929. MISS ALYS M. M. MISSING, Gootchie, Beresford Terrace,
Coorparoo, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia. Dear Miss Alys M. M. Missing,
I am in receipt of your letter dated 12th January 1929. Even though you are not a subscriber to the Jaina Gazette 1 shall be glad to continue to send copies of the Gazette to you if you are interested in the study of Jainism. It is not easy to describe within the brief space of a letter the manifold beauties and the sublime teachings of Jainism. Any how let me try to give you some idea of the ancient and the great religion.
1. Jainism is the religion taught by the Jinas from time to time. A Jina is one who has conquered the enemies of the Soul and who has realised God in himself. There have been
innumerable Jinas in this world. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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