Childs Quest to Find His Purpose of Life

SR No.: 007660
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Akhil Jain
Publisher: Akhil Jain
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 50
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

Page 4

Author's thoughts.....
Late last year, I was asked by the "Senior Most" Pathshala Teacher from our Jain Temple, to write a play on Jainism, for kids of her Sunday class. You must be thinking, why did she ask him?.... Is he some kind of a "Big Shot" in Jainism? If so... then why haven't we heard of him?
There's nothing like that. On the contrary, I am pretty new to learning teachings of Jainism and have been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to learn and grow in this area, over the past 4 years. Last year I had written a play for our Jain Temple that was widely appreciated by everyone. Title of the play was "Manushya Janm Ki Sarthakta" a.k.a. "What Makes our Life Worthwhile". I had written it keeping the participants in mind. I wasn't sure how much the audiences would be able to digest in 30 minutes, but I knew participants of the play would read the dialogues multiple times during preparation, and have higher chances of becoming curious about Jainism and may want to learn more. The play was in Hindi and is available on YouTube. More details on that play are available on the last page of this book. Feel free to check it out. I'm the one in Blue Kurta... in case you are curious.
Now that you know the reason, why I was asked to write this play, let's get back to this book. Last year during Christmas and New Year Holidays, I took off from work and wrote this play. After completing it, when I showed it to my wife (Charu), she said this looks more like a book.... You should consider getting this published. I took opinions of a few other people and they all encouraged me in this direction. That's how this ended up as a book.
Now let me write a little bit on what message I wanted to convey with the help of this book. Most of the kids in that Pathshala teacher's class were of Class 6th-8th. Some of them were going to graduate from her Pathshala class. I didn't know what all they've learned at Pathshala or how much of that they've really understood or retained. So my goal was to give them something that will guide them make better decisions, irrespective of what situation they face. Even if some of them, learned