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secured by the householder's conduct), antha (wealth), kāma (pleasure) and mokșa (salvation); in the latter acquisition and fashion are the only ideals in, view! In modern times men and women are taught to make money and to enjoy themselves. What will happen to the soul? '--this is' rejected; there is no soul; be happy with a peaceful end in the grave! This is the end of the acquisition-and-fashion civilization! Under Jaina culture, men would be straightforward; under modern civilization, they are characterized with hypocrisy where real interests are concerned, though they may be quite frank and candid in small matters of ordinary daily life. Jainism will abolish wars; Jaina culture will establish harmony by removing disorder; it will make a discontented spirit contented and peaceful; it will bring peace and harmony to the home which is only too manifestly threatened by lack of domesticity and too much of the spirit of self-expression and selfdeterminism. Jainism will lead men and women to seek happiness within their natural spheres, thus banishing unemployment from men and unwomanliness from women. Jaina culture is necessary to curb down men's passions; modern civilization encourages their expression by laying stress on human emotions, and by depicting and painting them in alluring artistic settings. Modern science tolerates—I should rather say encouragesshooting, hunting, fishing, which imply great cruelty to our fellor living beings. Jaina culture would put a stop to this wanton cruelty. But what about the loss of human life from animals that will directly flow from the Jaina culture? And how about the swamping of the land by rabbits and bens if they are not eaten; will
