Atmanandji Jainacharya Janmashatabdi Smarakgranth

Author(s): Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: Atmanand Janma Shatabdi Smarak Trust

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Origin of Chicago-Prashnottar
dedicate this book to thee in all sincerety of feeling as a mark of my gratitude."
The reader of the Chicago Prashnottara will find all necessary information regarding the following questions:
What is God ? What kind of God ought to be adored ? In what way do the Jains and in what way do the followers of other religions believe in God? Whether God can be proved as the creator of the universe or no? What is action and how is it internally and externally classified ? What bondages are caused by what actions and what are their fruits ? What is that which leads from one state of existence to another state of existence? What connection is there between the
and the actions? Does the soul perform the actions itself or is led by some other force to perform them ? Does the soul enjoy the fruits of its actions itself or is allowed by some other to enjoy them? In what matters do all religions agree unauimously ? Has the soul the power of becoming God or no ? Does the soul return to the world after liberation or no ? Whether or not is it possible for the world being depleted of living beings when there is a continuous streams of the souls going into liberation which prevents their return? How is the transmigration of soul established ? How is the existence of soul proved ? What advantages are there in worshiping God and loving God, and how should this adoration be made ? What form of image-worship should be observed and why? What connection between God and man do religions believe in ? What are the duties of an ascetic and what of a house-holder ? What are the prescribed characteristics of the spiritual and the worldly life ? What is the necessity and advantage of the study of various religious books, and what are the rules regulating such a study ? Is there an incarnation of God or no ? If so, whether the liberated soul of God catches any contamination by the process of incarnation? Has or has not God any defects ?
In addition to the above questions, the author has also discoursed on such topics as the re-purification of a contaminated soul, rules calculated to ward off the fear of death, the classes and characteristics of religion etc. etc.
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