Book Title: Studies in Jainism
Author(s): M P Marathe, Meena A Kelkar, P P Gokhle
Publisher: Indian Philosophical Quarterly Publication Puna

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________________ 236 STUDIES IN JAINISM Lastly, I differ from Sangamlal Pandey according to whom Jaina ethics has no social foundation, for I hold Ahimsā to be a formative principle of society. But it is hard to understand its link with Moksa. G. N. Josbi : Is there a complete cleavage between Srāvaka dharma and Munidharma -- social and individual ethics — or a continuity ? If the latter and if Srāvakadharma is subsumable under Munidharma then there is certainly a place of Moksa in Jaina ethics. Moreover, is Jaina ethics a religious ethics or has it any scope for secular ethics ? T. G. Kalghatgi : There is no gap between social and individual ethics, although former is the foundation of the latter. They are linked by a gradual developmental process aimed at culminating into individual perfection. Moksa is an ideal that would lead an individual on the path of onward development. S. S. Barlingay : But if Moksa is essentially individualistic ideal how is it going to be helpful in social ethics ? T. G. Kalghatgi : Self-realization as individual ideal and social ethics are not contrary to each other. S. S. Barlingay : This is what I want you to assert. But, nevertheless the problem of their relation remains an intriguing one.

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