JAINA DHARMA: A LITTLE KNOWN FAITH FOR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND ENRICHING LIFE

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Abstract

Jaina way of life offers an opening for such an understanding and osmosis. By opening ourselves to such an osmosis 'we are opening ourselves to God' (John Paul II in his address to the Pontifical Secretariat for Non-Christians, 28 April 1987, n. 38) and to 'God's ongoing dialogue with humanity' (GC 34, Our Mission and Interreligious Dialogue, n. 133). India has never been the same as it is claimed now. It was Buddhist ana Jain at one time before it is called Hindu India. The following pages might evoke ideas similar to and/or different from one's
own approaches and understanding of reality and life. But they are for our mutual enrichment.