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THE JAINA GAZETTE
allowed to creep in, as, for instance, the statement on page 717 (fifth line from the bottom): "In all religions the main point is a belief in the exis. tence of a God who creates and manages the world." This is surely not what was said. The Jainas themselves do not believe in a creator or a god who maintains or manages the world, and the 500,000,00) of
Buddhists and an equal or even a greater number of Rationalists do not believe in a creator either. Never. theless, the summary contains, in a condensed form, a mass of helpful practical directions where by the end can be achieved. If we want peace, we must banish from the human heart greed, lust, fanaticism and over. weening ambition. If you want to eliminate fear, you must create love in your neighbour's heart. If you want to establish the brotherhood of humanity, you must remove the differences of men which are economic and religious. The only way to attain these ends is to inculcate religion on scientific lines, which will itself lead to the simplification of life and justice among men. All rational beings love Truth, but you must not substitute dogma and superstition for Truth. It is only Religion, properly understood, which can change the hearts of men. I have shown in several of my books that Religion is an apodictic Science, which was known to the founders of almost all the religions of the world, and certainly to those of Jainism, Hinduism, mohommed Judaism, Christianity, Muhammadanism arid Zaroastrian. ism. However, the teaching of most of the religions in the past was couched in allegorical garb, and it is our failure to interpret their literature that is the cause of our present day quarrels and misunderstandings. I have also shown how the religious allegories can be interpre Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
