Book Title: Jainism and Modern Thought
Author(s): M M Shroff
Publisher: M M Shroff

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________________ 155 only in the human beings The men acts according to the principles of it and this is justified by the fact that he is, by natore, a gregarious animal. la this monistic philosophy of life the gulf between the individual and the absolute remajas the same. By the time it enlarges to such an extent that it becomes impossible to throw bridge over that gulf which threatens the very soul so ardently desiring for a pilgrimage to its Highest life The eastern thought in order to leave a bridge, mended this monistic philosophy in right earnest while discovering the solution for that in spintuality. In this philosophy is the divine uplift of the soul however fallen it might be. It gives the soul an opportunity to be one with the Infinite. 'It reminds every soul that man is the prophet of his own destiny Young friends, our aim should be to promote peace, progress and prosperity, but at the same time we shall have not to forget what Upanishad says, “ Evolution proceeds from ignorance to kaowledge, from knowledge to intellectual man which has to be developed into what is called spintual man." The future of man does not depend on his physique, but on his mental characteristics It is only when such a developement is brought about, people could expect a free social order which I am sure will not only do good to an individual but to a pation as a whole Today man aspires for that order but he will not be able to succeed unless he himself undergoes an soward growth. We have to fight for the new order within our own souls before we begin to

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