I am The Soul Part 01

SR No.: 006790
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tarulatabai Mahasati
Publisher: Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association
Total Pages: 468
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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I am the Soul - a prologue
This is a compilation of a series of discourses rendered by the venerable Dr. Tarulata Mahasatiji, a nun in the order of Jains, at Madras, now Chennai, during the specific period of chaturmas, i.e. four months, (of monsoon), a few years ago.
A natural, gifted orator, Mahasatiji's discourses, originally in Gujarati, caught the fancy of the layman in search of the Self. The series of discourses spread over the four months became so popular that they were immediately brought into print, first in Gujarati and later in a Hindi version.
The series is based on the 'Atmasiddhi Shastra' penned over a hundred years ago, by Srimad Rajachandra, a great enlightened soul, at the young age of nineteen years.
The subject here is the Soul. The Soul is defined and a simple course delineated for it, to attain liberation, an escape from the life and death cycle, based on the principles of Jainism.
Mahasatiji has made an in-depth study of the 'Atmasiddhi Shastra”. Her thesis, which earned her a doctorate, is based on this work of Srimad Rajachandra, as well as his other priceless literary contributions. Mahasatiji's close association with this valuable work of knowledge qualifies her among the most appropriate exponents of Srimad Rajachandra's thoughts.
In a simple, fluent and engrossing way, Mahasatiji takes us on a guided tour in the realm of the Soul. Through this series of discourses that had spanned four months, Mahasatiji has, in fact, made an effort to introduce a novice to the Jain principles in a most interesting manner. She has faithfully elucidated the cryptic gathas of Srimad, and at the same time through illustrations and virtual excursions, which are a hallmark of her own inimitable style, managed to explain the fundamentals of Jainism to a