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taken in that way. However, the Jaina tenets are called negative and secondary. Similarly, it is not proper to call Jainism as a religion of monks only on the basis of some earlier texts. Many of its texts contain laity practices for worldly welfare. The male and female laity is the important components of four-fold order of the Jainas and it is on them that the institution of monks and the order has become so much long-lived. The Jainas are also credited for their non-violent professions (like banking, textiles, transport, computers, jewellery etc.) and rigid spiritual practices.
It is, therefore, necessary to prepare a book through the serious Jaina scholars to scholarly refute the above mentioned (and many others involving philosophical principles also) opinions. The institutions involved in promotion of Jainism abroad should come forward in this project. To prepare such a monograph, one will have to compile various points mentioned in western books published in the last fifty years (as suggested earlier) and analyse them to present the correct picture of Jainism. One will have to abandon the status quoits concepts and the elaborate the dynamism, positivity and enormous capacity of happiness promotion of Jainism. It is hoped that some National and International Jaina Institutions will come forward leading to the rightful exposition of Jainism on global arena. Some of the suggestions of S.K. Jain may also be taken care of by them.
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