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I really don't know how the translation is done and whether there are any corrections needed or not. I even don't know that language. But it is indeed a historical and remarkable fact that a collection of stories written by a Jaina Sadhu is going to be published in Russian version for the first time in the thousands of years' history of the Jaina Religion in the world.
What do we mean by Jaina Stories? These stories tell us about Dharma (religion), Philosophy, History and Traditions. There are extraordinary stories in the rich treasure of stories in Jaina Dharma. These stories have been spread alover the world in various forms. One small example is that of a very popular play of William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice". The roots of this story are laying in the Uttaradhyayan Sutra of Agama of Jaina Dharma. So, the Jaina stories are spread out all-over the world in varied forms.
I have been writing Jaina Stories for many years. My language of writing is Gujarati which is popular in Gujarati society too. These stories are translated in Marathi, Hindi, English and now in Russian. I have got immense pleasure in writing these stories as the writer of stories does not have any self-interest in it. These stories are written with a self-less spirit that whoever would read these stories would have eternal bliss. I have written stories with the same spirit from my childhood. There have been 60 books on various subjects till today. On an occasion of publication of the Russian translation of this book, I have two reasons to be happy about. 1. This is a historical event of Jaina Religion and 2. These inspirational stories are going to be available to new and huge number of people.
As I said before, I am a JainaSadhu- Acharya. This is a divine religion. Whoever follows this religion, gains bliss of soul. Jaina Sadhus always humbly believe that every good deeds performed by you are due to kind grace of guru, god and dharma. It is just the grace of God, if anything good
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