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says : "I bear no bias towards Lord Mahavira and no disregard to the Kapila and other saints and ihinders, whatsoever is rational and logical ought to be accepted.18 Hemchndra says" "I bow to all those who have overcome attachment and hatred, which are the cause of worldly existence, be they Brahma, Visnu, Siva or Jain19. Thus, Jaina saints have tried all the times to maintain the harmony in different religious-faiths and tried to aviod religious conflicts.
The basic problems of present day society are mental tensions, violence and conflicts of ideologies and faiths. Jainism had tried to solve these problems of mankind through the three basic tenets of non-attachment (Aprigraha), non-violence (Ahimsa) and non absolutism (Anekanta). If mankind observes these three principals, peace and harmony can certainly be established in the world. Problem of the Preservation of Ecological Equilibrium
The world has been facing a number of problems such as mental tensions, war and violence, ideological conflicts, economic inequality, political subjugation and class con. flicts not only today but from its remote past. Though some of these have assumed an alarming proportion today, yet no doubt the most crucial problem of our age is, or for coming generation would be, that of ecological disbalance. Only a half century back we could not even think of it. But today every one is aware that ecological disbalance is directly related to the very survival of human race. It indi. cates lack of equilibrium or disbalance of nature and pollution of air, water etc. It is concerned not only with human beings and their environment, but with animal life and plant-life as well.
Jainism, presents various solution of this ecological problem through its theory of non-violence, Jainas hold that not only human and animal beings but earth, water, air, fire and vegetable kingdom are also sentient and living beings. For Jainas to pollute, to disturb, to hurt and to
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