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Héinac'andrāc'arya possessed as much musyht as Sankarăcharya, more piercing talent than that of Arisotle and more enthusiastic perseverance in preserving nonviolence than that of Buddha The non violence of Buddha was rather tender but that of Hémac'andrāc'arya was very minute and very strong. The latter had a divine ambition to see the principles of Nonāviolence spread through out the length and breadth of the universe. In fact, he was a great soul, was a perfect · Yogi' ( an ascetic ), was a person, who had a great control over his senses, was with great sympathy to all, was completely disinterested, and was he a true devotee of truth.
When we think of the whole life of the sc'arya, we naturally have our heads bowed down to him. He has given full justice to the king, to the courtiers, to friends, to opponents, to Jains, to non-Jains, to preachings, to the creation of new litera. ture and to the unique achievements discounected with books. From this we can understand how much regular he must have made his life and how much importance he must have given to every moment.
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