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from place to place and taught the whole of humanity to practice His teachings of truth and non-violence and to dedicate one's life to the couse of the upliftment of each and every human soul Let us therefore as inhentors of the great spirilual legacy, work for the great transvaluation of values and rededicate ourselses in our own humble way towards the ideal of International conviviality Let us also reiterate the ideals for which we stand Let us adro cate the establishment of a free world state based on the prociples of liberty, equality and justice We do believe that in such a state of the world, man should owe allegience not only to a particular nation but to all humanity, a duty 'not merely to a particular individual but to the whole of mankrod.
Friends, I am not a teacher, only a fellow traveller purveying to you all what I have found on self-introspection to be an 'anodyne lo enfranchise us all We have to make our chaice ---shall we give up what is ours) If there 18 any society in the world, it is the Indian society which, through the ages, centuries, has been able to adapt itself to changing conditions, without giving up its fundamental position --- we should be foolish to throw away that heritage. Youngmen should remove from themselves the talent of turning men mto ridicule and exposing to laughter those, one converses with, which is the gratification of litle minds and ungenerous tempers as with this they cut themselves off from all manner of improvement
| SR No. | 011063 |
| Book Title | Jainism and Modern Thought |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | M M Shroff |
| Publisher | M M Shroff |
| Publication Year | 1956 |
| Total Pages | 103 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 3 MB |