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as it happens to be the most widely discussed topic connected with the name of MahaviraIt has been relegated to the appendix in order to attract the greatest possible attention of the readers and to refute many wrong and misguided views about it with due authority and proof which was not possible in the text
Thus no effort has been spared to make the text perfect. In our considered view, this objective has been fulfilled. It is our sincere desire that this book reaches everybody and they broaden the path of their own welfare through its reading
In the present age, the late revered Gurudeva Sri Kanji Swami has rendered a great service by giving a logical and intelligible interpretation of the doctrines of Bhagavan Mahavira This has had a great impact Although Gurudeva 50 Sri is no longer with us, the doctrines propounded by him will continue for ages to come, and he will remain immortal as a spiritual consciousness He has done the greatest good to us and by accepting the Right faith, Right knowledge and Right conduct as propounded
n, we can repay the debt of our gratitude of this monumental work, 50,000 copies have been printed in Hindi, 5,000 in Kannad, 2,500 in Marathi and 2,500 in Gujarati.
On the occasion of the 2500 th Nirvana Anniversary of Bhagavan Mahavira, the author of this great work was honoured by a lavish gift of Rs 25,000 by the Mumuksu Mandal of Uttar Pradesh, which the beneficiary, due to his interent magnanimity, donated for the use of further publication.
Thanks are due to innumerable persons who are somehow or other connected with this publication May all of them correctly understand the road to liberation propounded by Bhagavan Mahavira and turn themselves in Bhagavans.
Thanks are also due to the English translator Who had translated it in a very short span of time for the occasion
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