Tulsi Prajna 1993 07

SR No.: 524576
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 184
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 9 MB

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TULSI-PRAJNA spirituality. Muni Sri Shushil Kumar ji rightly observes; "on the eve of 25th Death Centinary of Lord Mahavira whatever works have been contributed on National and International level. Saman Suttam is definitely the cream of the whole''.
All the above commendations do not mean that this has no lacking. The introduction of a book is a mirror in which we see the whole of the book. But in my humble opinion the introduction of this book does not serve this purpose. The ideas expounded are not only vague but also without direction. There are some grammatical mistakes also. It seems to me that it is an unhappy translation from Hindi. I would like to quote here a few lines from the introduction, which are self-explanatory. 1. "The soul reaches the highest position after attain
ment of supreme purification by destruction of attachment or indulgance and hatred, and acquisition of complete detachment. It is an eternal existence and
self-regulated"--P. XI. 2. "Jainism..... goes very deep beyond comprehension”.
P. XII. 3. The path of attainment of conquest of attachment
cannot be reached without the aid of an attitude of
may points of views". P. XV. 4. "A person can be non-violent even when violence is
committed, or even when committing violence”.
P. XV. 5. "He who conducts himself with utmost caution is
non-violent in his thought, hence he is non-violent; and he who does not observe caution in his active daily life, there is violence in his mental so even if no violence is actually commited by him, he would be ethically violent. All this analysis is not possible
unless one possesses many points of views", P. XVI. 6 The whole of the 2nd para of page XVI. 7. "It is not possible for such persons to comprehened