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

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________________ 158 but canalise those fundamental principles of our glorious culture and see that they bring us a great future Two thing, viz ..selfishness and lust for power generated fully in fear, distrust, prejudices and false superstitions in the world are today cutting the very vitals of human brotherhood and happiness Unless and unhl these are Rot thrown away to the winds, all talks of man's noble Ideals and happiness are like casting pearls before the swine or crying so the wildemess. It is why, to our belief, humanity is still grooding in the mire of dissension and DISRUPTIO and left to suffer in the lacerated surroun. ding of divided objects. It has to be uplifted to the level of Truth of real life of oneness saturated and sweet-scented with the flow of self-love and divided objects to be mended by the application of life-giving elexir of soul, the elexir of universal self-realisation, and to get avail of that elexir one has to forget the materialistic idea and remember the doctrine of self Once it is done the inner power of a man will be realized.

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