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## Introduction.
## Introduction to the Text.
The text whose introduction is presented before the readers today is a well-known text of the Jain community, called 'Ratnakarandaka', a study of devotional practices, which is also commonly known as 'Ratnakarandashravakaachar'. There is perhaps no repository of Jain scriptures that does not contain at least one copy of this text; and from this, one can get a good sense of the text's fame, utility, and respect. - Although this text has been published many times in its original form, as well as in translations in Hindi, Marathi, and English, this is the first time it is being published with its own Sanskrit commentary and a special introduction to the text and its author. And from this perspective, this edition of the text will surely prove to be particularly useful, there is no doubt. - The original text was composed by Swami Samantabhadracharya, whose special introduction or history has been written separately and is being published along with this introduction. This text, targeting the Shravakas, preaches the appropriate Dharma that destroys karma and, by removing worldly beings from the sorrows of the world, establishes them in the highest happiness. That Dharma is in the form of Samyagdarshan, Samyagjnana, and Samyakcharitra, and is to be worshipped in this order. The state of Darshan etc. that is contrary to this - that is, not in the Samyak form but in the Mithya form - is Adharma and is the cause of worldly wandering, as the Acharya has stated.