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white or black magic. It is said that once he bad a vision of a Devi or Goddess who came to be his as a result of bis incantations'.
The most ordinary miraclesknowu now are: The oowherde all round pray for cows etc. to become milking and for butter and gbee to be produced. The firet milk and gbee to be offered to the Lord. Maonds and maunde of ghee and milk are thus offered at the Meld on Cbaitra Shukla 15 and the cbariot is taken out op Baisakh Badi 1. The Mainas and Gujare come in great number and Nizam bimself moves the chariot of Lord Mabavira.
It is provod even now in many Jain and non Jain cases tbat any wish devoutly and faitbfully wished bere finds its fulfilment with-in one years.
Lord Mahavira and Socialism. Dro. Dr. H. S. Bhattacharya, M. A., L. B., Ph. D.
The problem of problems to-day is how to stop the struggle between the rich and the needy. The people of
1. Voice of Ahinsa, Aligang, Vol I. Part II P. 27-30. 2. Atiebaya Kshetras or Miracle places are not more myth
and idle imaginations. These are not only in India but Jalso in Greece, Rome, France, Germany, Mexico, America and indeed in all the countries of the world. Countless vows and votive offerings made to Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, annual pilgrimage to Lourdes in France, many votive offerings to the Golden image of tho Holi Virgin in her famous church at Marseilles and many Wishing Wella in
England are a few instances.-Vos. Vol. I Part II. P. 30. 3. My various wishes are being fulfilled and if any one doubts,
be may try himself having full faith and confidence in Lord Mahavira. He will wonder for immediate offeot;Author.
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Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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