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JAINISM AND WORLD PROBLEMS
sense.
Christ as I understand him has been a Tirthamkara in your You attach your concentration and your prayers to your Tirthamkaras and we attach them to Christ and God. I think there is little difference, because no educated Christian will be of the opinion, that he can do as he pleases and then simply beg God to deliver him from his sins. Dear friend, don't be disappointed because I write you so frankly. It is to my belief necessary, that we begin to learn to follow
and to understand what Christ meant to the world. I mean this for the western world. For you Easterners it is best to keep to your beautiful teachings, because after all, what matters the name. We all know, that there is the religion behind all religions.
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I also am looking forward to the history of Mahavira's Life which I hope you will kindly send me, when you have finished it, because it will be read with veneration. Of that you can be sure.
Hoping that you are well and that you will write to me soon again I am with kind regards, also from the Baroness,
Yours very sincerely,
(Sd.) Baron Von Borosini.
Jain Education International
REPLY*
My dear Friend,
I was simply delighted to receive a letter from you after a whole year's silence. I had thought of you several times and wondered why you had not been able to write to me. I
*This has been somewhat enlarged for this edition.
LONDON,
30th June, 1931.
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