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EPILOGUE - II
The Jaina Weltanschauung is melioristic. It expresses tho spirit of anekanta. It is catholic in its outlook towards life and its approach towards other faiths. It gives respect and takes it from other faiths. The catholic outlook pervades the Jaina way of life. This can be seen in some of the devotional verses and the prayer of benediction given below:
A. Yo viś vaṁ veda vedyam jananajalanidherbhanginaḥ
pāradsstvā I Pourvāparyaviruddham vacanamanupamam nişkalanka
yadiyam II Taṁ vande sādhuvandyaṁ sakalaguộanidhim dhvastado
sadvişantam I Buddham vā Vardhamānam śatadalanilayam keśavan
vã đivan và II
- Akalanka Obeisance to him who is all-knowing, whose speech is free from contradictions and is pure, who is free from all blemishes and who is pure and perfect; be he the Buddha, Vardhamana Mahavira or Brahma, Vişņu or Siva.
This is the noble spirit, the spirit of Sarvodaya. B. The prayer of benediction expresses the same spirit of anekanta.
Kșemam sarvaprajānāṁ prabhavatu balavan I Dhărmiko bhūmipalaḥ Kale kāle ca vsșții vitaratu maghavā Vyādhayo yāntu nāśam Durbhikṣaṁ couryamāri kşaṇamapi jagatā í I Masmabhujjivaloke
II Jainendram Dharmacakraṁ prasaratu satataṁ I Sarva soukhya pradāyi
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“May the people in the world be happy and prosperous ; May the rulers become righteous and good ; May there be plentiful of rain and crops ;
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