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( 23 ) lustre in the strong search light of modern science. Jainism is a religion which combines character with wisdom; it is a religion of rea-oned ont faith and 10t of blind belief; a religion of the heart and the mind and not to be forced on a person's conscience; and above all it is preeminently a religion of the widest toleration. Good will to all and ill will to none is the one distinguishing feature of Jainism; for it never retaliates, even when it is most brutally and cruelly persecuted. One should not commit oneself by believing that when it is so meek and suffering it must be stuffless. On the contrary, Jainism which is never a stumbling block is rather a potent factor even in the progress of all that is temporal.
It is a religiin professed and practised by rulers, warriors, statesmen, tradesmen and common folk It is after all a practical religion a religion which can be conveniently and consistently, with due regard to temporal advancement be resorted to by every householder, no matter how he happens to be situated. For, it suits the savant and the sage, the poet and the philosopher, the psychologist and the scientist, the beggar loitering in the streets and the baron residing in a magnificient mansion. Its simple teachings such as to abstain from evil thought, words and deeds and to cherish universal love can be easily grasped by any one who has common sense.
Jainism supplies us with the knowledge of everything in the world. No corner of the universe, no condition of life, no modification in our finest tremor of the mind or the soul, no change of form
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