Handbook of Jainology

SR No.: 001346
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhuvanbhanusuri
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 288
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy
File Size: 15 MB

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"A Foreword
others have attained great benefit from his discourses; and many of them have also noted down his masterly discourses. There was a great need for a collection of his discourses in book-form. There was also a demand for such a collection from countless people.
This demand was fulfilled 25 years ago. The great Acharyashri prepared the material and the book was first published in Hindi under the title “Jain Dharm Ka Saral Parichay”. Soon after that, the Divyadarshan Sahitya Samiti'. Ahmedabad brought out a Gujarati version of the book, under the title, "Jain Dharm No Saral Parichay Part I". Every year, in “The Summer School of Jain Scriptural Studies", this book is being used to teach the great Jain Doctrines and Principles to the students who attend the Summer School. This book has become a text-book for such Summer Schools because it is simple as well as comprehensive. Because the book has been found to be immensely useful, the Dayyadarshan Sahitya Samiti has brought out four editions of the book, in Gujarati.
The Divyadarshan published a Hindi version of the fourth Gujarati edition. The fourth Gujarati version had been revised and new material had been added to it. The addition and revision were carried out by the great Acharyashri after a thorough research on the subject. Every chapter has been revised and rewritten by the Acharyashri so that it might be easily understood by youngsters studying in schools and colleges. Inspite of continual Vihar, and ill-health; and inspite of being always engaged in various spiritual austerities, the Acharyashri revised and prepared the matter for this book.
One additional attraction of the book is that pictorial illustrations of the science of life; the Ajivtatva, the Navtatva and Karmachakra have been added to it to make those tatvas clearly understandable.
This text-book of Jainism comprises 39 chapters. Questions on comprehension have been given in the form of exercises at relevant places in the book. We are sure that this book will be immensely useful to all youngsters and elders.
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