Book Title: Agam 26 Prakirnak 03 Maha Pacchakhana Sutra
Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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________________ teaches him to come out of that test with flying colours through the practice of Samādhimaraṇa. Samadhimarana is neither running away from life nor is it suicide. On the contrary, it is that art of embracing death, which makes the death itself meaningful. One, who hasn't learnt this art of dying peacefully and, thereby, gracefully, loses even the meaning of his life. An Urdu poet has rightly said - PREFACE : XCI "Jo dekhi history, is bāta par kāmil yakīṁ āyā | Use jīnā nahin āyā, jise maranā nahiṁ āyā ||” Meaning that on perusing history we have come to the conclusion that one, who has not learnt to die, has not learnt to live either. Actually, Mahāpratyākhyāna presents such a detached vision of life that makes both our life as well as death meaningful. We can sum up this vision of Mahapratyakhyāna into an apt couplet by another Urdu poet, who says - "Lãi hayāt ā gae, kază le calī cale gae | Na apni khuśī āe, na apni khuśī gae ||” Meaning that when the life brought, we came, when the death called, we went; we neither came nor went of our own accord. Conclusion Thus, we see that Malapratyākhyāna is such a work that gives us an insight to look at life in a new light. The effort of the Agama Ahimsa Samatā Evani Prākrta Samisthāna, to publish Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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