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How academic study can diminish personal faith

I have been studying Jain philosophy for my dissertation but the more I analyze the texts academically the less sacred they feel and I am losing my devotional connection to ideas I once loved.

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Intellectual dissection of sacred teachings can inadvertently destroy the mystery that once made them spiritually alive.

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