Book Title: This is Jainism
Author(s): C N Zutshi
Publisher: C N Zutshi

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________________ ( 36 ) people are guverned by the ideas of thinkers. scholars and sain's of their respective religions and classes, it is the duty of these few talented and privileged persons of every community, first of all, to come to a proper understanding. Don't ideas move the world? With an open mind and with freedom from prejudice and misconceptions, we should try to make a sincere effort to understand each religion and realize the essential unity of all the religions of the world. As the first step in the direction, we must realize the essential unity of man and basic unitv of all religions, and the fact that man in his social life cannot achieve Drace and concord unless he has made "live and let live" his motto of life. It is time that men should now try to possess mental equipoise and put a stop to destructive discussions which lead us nowhere. A tendency to think rightly and deeply, and an understanding making for uniry. out of seeming disunity should be cultivated. The benevolent tendency of the religious thinkers and their appeal to the masses to act and behave with proper discrimination, consideration and essential spirit of compromise and

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