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be permitted to bring home to His issue with these feelings and sruples, Honor that no patched up concordate the gravity of which need not be misis at all calculated to satisfy the Jains taken, by importing into their consi unless their rights in the entire Hill deration the canons of Western logio for purposes of worship are duly re- and the hair-splitting arguments of cognised. It has been inade to the sciologists for it must be remembe appear that in that present discussion ed that religious sentiment as its roote religious sentiment comes into open deep down in human nature that of conflict with public convenience. But uses to be trammelled by the iron it must be acknowledge that in the limitation of logic. We will show East, and especialy in India religious later on that this sentiment is based sentiments most override all narrow on sound reason, and not on extrem considerations of so-called physicsl be- vagant claims that it is made out to nefits accruing to a small minority of be. In the meantime, our contention people. The spirit must dominate is that religious feelings on whichi over the flesh and assert its supremacy depend the peace and happiness of thouover its petty selfish demand. If the
sands of our fellow-brethren cannot be religious feelings, maintained by a
made by Exccutive orders to yield to large class of people, come into colli
the questionable exigencies of comfort sion with the craze. of a small section and contataience. It has a momen. of the privileged class which has not tong value of its own which our rulers yet been put to the test, then we are would do well not to ignore in this justified in saying that it is the for. country, far" less to trample under mer that deserve recognition at the foot for reasons of doubtful validity hands of the authorities. The beautiful It is a curious anomaly at a time hill of l'areshnath may beautiful only when the spirit of discontent is abroad" to the epraptured gaze of a few who a bombshell is suddenly thrown among have gone mad over it. Its climate & community who have hitherto been may be equable like that of Madeira averse to all political movenients: - land invigorating like that of Braemar. The injudicious step is likely to sharp It may end itself to being converted en the edge of their feelings with into a happy pleasure - ground. But all they are inclined to think are outragod these advantages that effect the sense by the proposal. The Jains are maincannot be said to outweigh the supre- ly commercial in their waye' of life, me fact that is spritual in essence taht deeply absorbed in their business, who every inch of the Hill is held sacred by are always content so long as there is: the Jains who are by no means a neg. peace in the land for the development ligible quantity in the estimation of of their trade operations and their pl-. the Government who kiss the ground gious feeling are untouchod, which all over as sanctified with feelings of they hold dearer than all thing else deep seperation. It is idle to join in the world. The Government here
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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