Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP

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others remain in want, suffering and backwardness, then the prosperity of that one nation is false-real bliss is not there. Real bliss can come on this earth, of ours, only by upliftment of all nations or humanity as a whole.
Mutual hatred, bickerings and looking down upon one by the other, etc. have been most harmful. Correct faith should be developed and the wrong ones rectifed. Knowledge of various schools of reasonings, learnings, philosophies, religions, faiths etc; is most essential for derivation of the actual Truth from the prevalent ideas, notions and beliefsmost of which are false, cooked, half-truths and propounded for selfish ends; and made current and established due to various reasons, practices, necessities, infiuences and time etc. During the early (very early) times, in India, too, all kinds of religious theories, faiths, dogmas and philosophies existed; but they generally helped in getting closer to Truth, and whatever opposition existed it was in words or discussions only and no religious groups felt any animosity with the other. Even having different faiths they lived in peace-there was no religious wars.