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PUBLISHER'S NOTE
Yogashastra of Hemchandra is famous for its contents and style. This great Indian and Jain scholar brought out the traditional views as also his own experiences in the field of meditation in this Sanskrit work with his own commentary. The book is unique, as it has been written with the purpose of making the layman interested in yoga and meditation.
We wanted to publish this work to make large English-speaking population aware of its existence and essence. By shear coincidence Dr. Charles Morchand (Sambhava Swamy), an American scientist who became a serious student and practitioner of yoga, requested Dr. A. S. Gopani to translate it in English. Once the translation was available, he requested us to publish it after proper editing.
As it was originally written as an inspirational work for the layman, we did not attempt to make it a detailed guide to higher yoga practices. We have also not included Hemchandra's own commentary on the work, which exists and can be researched by the interested reader. This has been with the view to keep this work brief and focussed on essentials of meditation.
We are happy to present this work to our readers as 63rd book of Prakrit Bharti with the hope that it
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