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such as my nation, my province, my region, my caste, my race, my religion etc. Nationalism, regionalism, castism, racialism and the sectarianism are the born-childs of the joint-principle of attachment and aversion. From attachment follows "mine" and from aversion follows "alien" and this single concept of "mine and alien" is solely responsible for national communal, racial and religious rivalries. Jainism denies this established notion that the integration and harmony can be achieved on the emotional basis i.e. on the basis of attachment, love and affection (here the term love is used as a passionate love, which is an outer expression of attachment).'
Jainism holds that the slightest, even pious, attachment towards the prophet, is also a hindrance to a seeker of truth and aspirant of perfection. It generates uncritical and biased outlook. Thus attachment and aversion (hatred) are the two great enemies of impartial thinking and behaviour. Intense attachment unfailingly generates blind faith in religious leaders, dogmas, doctrines and rituals and consequently religious intolerance and fanaticism come into existence. Attachment is also responsible for our narrow and selfish outlook. It results in nationalism, castism, racialism and sectarianism and divides human race into the smaller groups, while aversion turns itself into the hatred and rivalries among these smaller groups and thus both of them disturb integrity and solidarity of mankind. The Jainas therefore, laid stress on the elimination of attachment and aversion"; the root causes of selfishness and intolerance respectively. They firmly believe that the stable integration and solidarity of mankind can only be established on the rational grounds of equality and benevolent and co-operative nature of all sentient beings. The grounds for Human solidarity (a) Equality of Human beings
Jainas strongly hold the equality of all human beings and profound the rational maxim "that which thou desire for thyself
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