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happiness. Religion is the vision of something which stands beyond, behind and within the passing flux of imme diate things, something which is real, and yet waiting to be realized; something which is a remote possibility, and yet the greatest of present facts, something that gives meaning to all that passes, and yet alludes apprehension, something whose possession 18 the final good, and yet is beyond all reach; something which is the ultimate ideal, and that which requires no quest
Lord Mahavira has said while explaining the meaning of true religion :
धम्मो मंगलमुकिई,
महिंसा सजमो तवो देवा वि तं नमसति,
जस्स धम्मै सयामणो "Religion is auspicious", but which ? Jara, Vedic or any other ? No, Lord Mahavira said, "True religion has nothing to do with different sects, rightly speaking religion is a short name of AHIMSA (Non-Violence), SANYAM (Self-Restraint) and TAPA (Austerity)." "The one in whom these three are born, is nodoubt a superman and to whom even Gods will bow their heads”.
The youth believes in trae Jainism which is the heritage of the great faiths it has stood for and the magnificient characters it has produced, are the noblest parts of our tradition. But the youth is not too much impressed by
