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An Account of
शतदलनिलयम् केशवं वा शिवम् वा The faith which a Jain is asked to lay in his God, his Scripture and his Preceptor is also of a very logical nature. The faith of Jainism is the faith in truth ( Samyaktva ) and it is only faith as long as the knowledge of truth has not realized it into Absolute Wisdom. The Jain faith is only provisionally blind -- nay, it is never blind; it is opposed to sight and is a vague appreciation of truth as a result of past ages of ever developing knowledge. It is not the usual Bhaktı or the feeling of worship; but it is an insight ( Darshan ) into the truths of the universe that is itself accountable in every detail and is destined to be justified by increased knowledge or the widened circle of light. A very illustrative instance as to how their Insight works may be found in the faith which the Jain Shashtras dictate. Our acceptance of those scriptures relies on their being proved to be ;" impossible to be transgressed "; if freedom
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