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Way, back to the pages of two thousand years old history, we find that a man of peace was born who'gate to the Westerners His inspiring message of love and peace for the suffering humanity Christianity has been a living force in the lives of millions of men and women and has inspired them to many nobler acts of piety, dedication and service. But when we take stock of the progress' of' man across the pagent of history, the rise and fall of empires, the clash of arms, the devastation and destruction, following in the wake of wars, gross pursuit of materialism, the ruthless struggle for existence of the vast millions, innocent victime of hunger, disease and poverty, racial hatereds, we become painfully aware of the failure of the Christ's sermon on the mount in which was exemplified the gospel of love, truth and peace; the failure of the christian nations to live upto the ideals for which Christ was crucified. With "all the achievements in the world of science resulting in the conquest of the forces of nature and harnessing of the Atomic secrets, man has become robat, spiritually incapable af directing the past forces placed at his disposal for the good of suffering humanity.
In our own country two thousand five 'hundred years ago there moved a great soul (Sarvagna Lord Mahavira) who had acquired the highest and the perfect knowledge and who gavę, us the gospel of love, truth, non-violence and peace. Lord Mahavira took over the torch of knowledge
