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Is it true that Jains had a positive effect on Mahatma Gandhi?

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Is it true that Jains had a positive effect on Mahatma Gandhi?

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Jainsim has often had a positive effect on Indian society. Gandhi also claimed to have been deeply affected by the Jainism way of thinking. For example he learnt a lot from the revered Jain layman Raychandbhai Mehta and his teachings on ahimsa – or non-violence.