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gious feelings and sentiments that convenience. But it must be ack.characterises a large and influential co- nowledged that in the East, and inmunity. There is a ring of sincerity especially in India religious sentiments in his utterances which has created a must over-ride all Narrow considerfavourable impression among the Jai-ations of so called physicial benefits n's, who takes this opportunity to ex- accruing to a small minority of people. press their fervent hope that it all the
The spirit must dominate over the flesh facts connected with their rights in and assert its supremacy over its petty. the Parasnath Hills are laid before the
selfish demands. If the religious fee. Lieutenant-Governer who, we may lings maintained by a large class of here, and trust, still keeps an open people come into collision with the mind and has not definitely committed craze of a small section of the privihimself to any view of the matter one leged class which has not yet been put to or the other. His Honor may yet be the test, then we are justitied in saying pleased to earn the gratitude of the that it is the former that deserve reJains by a just decision warrented by cognition at the hands of the authori. the gravity of the vital issue involved. ties. The beautiful Hill of Paresnath The courtesy and candour with which may be beautiful only to the chrapthe Lieutenant-Governer took the re- tured gaze of a few who have gone presentative Jeins into his confidence mad over it. Its climate may be who came from various parts of the "equable like that of Madeira and in. country across thousands of miles to vigoroting like that of Bracmar." It help him in arriving at a proper deci. may lend itself to being converted sion that may be acceptable to the into a happy pleasure ground. But Jains, lead them to hope that their all these advantages that affect the cherished susceptibilities will not be senses cannot be said to out weigh violated for the lack of a statesman the supreme fact that is spiritual in like insight into their real depth and essence that every inch of the Hill is signficance. It remains to be seen held sacred by the Jains who are by no what compromise the Lieutenant-Go- means a neigligeable quantity in the vernor decides as eminently suited to estimation of the Government who the requirements of the situation that kiss the ground all over as sanctified, has arisen. But we may be permitted with feelings of deep veneration. It to bring home to His Honor that no Is idle to join issue with these feelpatched-up concordat is at all calcula- ings and scruples the gravity of which ted to satisfy the Jains unless their need not be mistaken, by imparting rights in the entire Hill for purposes into their consideration the cannons of of worship are duly recognised. It Western Logic and the hair splitting arhas been made to appear that in the guments of the Socialist for it must be present discussion religious sentiment remembered that religious sentiment comes into open conflict with public has its roots deep down in buman
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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