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Since The Early Beginning Of History, India Has Been The Klondyke Of The World

I Have Heard Your Orators Speak On Many Questions. One Among Them The So-called Vital Question Of Money Which Is Above All Things The Most Coveted Commodity But I, As A Jainist, In The Name Of My Countrymen And Of My Country, Would Offer You As The Medium Of The Most Perfect Exchange Between Us, Henceforth And Forever, The Indestructible, The Unchangeable, The Universal Currency Of Good Will And Peace, And This, My Brothers And Sisters, Is A Currency That Is Not Interchangeable With Silver And Gold, It Is A Currency Of The Heart, Of The Good Life, Of The Highest Estate On The Earth.

We Preach And Practice Brotherhood — Not Only Of Man But Of All Living Beings — Not On Sundays Only But On All The Days Of The Week. We Believe In The Law Of Universal Justice — That Our Present Condition Is The Result Of Our Past Actions And That We Are Not Subjected To The Freaks Of An Irresponsible Governor, Who Is Prosecutor And Judge At The Same Time; We Depend For Our Salvation On Our Own Acts And Deeds And Not On The Sacrificial Death Of An Attorney.

The Heart Of Vegetarians Is Healed Sooner Than Those Of Flesh-eaters.

Jainism Has Two Ways Of Looking At Things: One Called Dravyarthekaraya And The Other Paryayartheka Noya. According To The Dravyarthekaraya View The Universe Is Without Beginning And End, But According To The Paryayartheka View We Have Creation And Destruction At Every Moment.