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ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES This High School was no doubt started only a few years ago, but, being imbued with Jaina ideals, it is associated with the entire body of the Jaina tradition that has come down to us from times so remote as to be almost beyond modern computation. The term Jaina has always been a synonym in the past for all that is the most excellent and superb, the Jainas being noted for their aspiration for perfection and for their intolerance of any deficiency in themselves in that regard. That these traditions are maintained in the future lies with you who are the future generation. You must see to it that whatever is to be done by you in the future is done in such a way as is fully in keeping with the best of the glorious traditions of the creed of the Jinas (conquerors).
I need hardly add that if you live up to the ideas that you have" learnt in this institution and always keep before you the ideals that are placed before you by our glorious Dharma (religion), there is no doubt but that you will speedily obtain all the most coveted boons in this life, and, ultimately, also nirvana, which is a synonym for all that is implied in our truest and best conception of Divinity and God hood. And may the glorious Beacon Light of Truth, emanating from the Holy Feet of the Worshipful Tirthamkaras, be ever your guide, in joy and in sorrow, in storm, and in calm, leading you from one eminence of excellence and perfection to another, till Godhood be attained.
Śri jaina Dharma ki Jai.
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