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abiding happiness resides. There is no peace without the purification of the soul and the latter can only be achieved by pious conduct. Man has to keep at bay the implacable foes like Lust, Pride, Anger and Avarice. He lays special stress on this pious conduct and by a logical chain of arguments, hammers out the truth that 'A well-behaved infidel far surpasses a man of faith, divested of pious conduct.' Society stands unshaken on the rock of this eternal truth, contained in Sadāchara.
The pinnacle of man's glory lies in the development of the soul, the effulgent being with its all-ambient rays. The soul is an entity distinct from all the material world. The Muni Shri has clearly brought to light the mingled though truly separate, existence of soul. The senses perform their functions, but their manipulation rests entirely with this supreme being in the body.
. With the realization of this soul, man understands, as he says, the theory of Re-birth. He has lucidly expounded this theory. He has also analysed life' into its various aspects and
