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( 22 ) for all beings. (iii' Hatred for none and (iv) Pity for the misguided- the four pillars which support the noble mansion of Jainism with the waving flag of BÉTI* TRAGA:.'
Jainism was never founded and shall never be annihilated, for, the main spring of the teachings of every Jina is one and the same, viz., that every substance is characterized by origination, permanence and destruction,
The word of the omniscient-the Jinas is truth. It is Jainism. It is not a command; it is an account and a statement. In Jainism there is neither promise nor persuasion,neither flattery nor frightening. Conversion by coercion, by temptations, by deceit or by terrorising is not a point of faith in Jainism. The thunder of Zeus, the prospect of Houris, the tortures of hell form no forces to draw a soul to Jainism. Its truth is universal. It shines like the sun illuminating the hearts of all, the virtuous and the wicked. It is the most ancient and the most thorough system of Rationalism in the world. This claim is not a pious enunciation of a tradition or an ideal exaggeration of enthusiastic fancy. It is a sober truth, propounded after deep and deliberate consideration.
The doctrines of Jainism shine with a genuine
* It ( Ahimsa ) is a golden word before which all the crude and fierce emotions, the elmental and barbarous passions of man- anger, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness flee ashamed.
-Lord Ronaldshay,
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