Awakening

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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GOVERNOR OF KARNATAKA
RAJ BHAVAN BANGALORE 560 001
Preface
I feel lionoured being asked by Acharya Shri Padmasagarsuriji Maharaj to write this preface to the English version of his book "Prathibodh."
I had the privilege of listening to Acharya Shri Padmasagarsuri several times during his various congregations in Bangalore and other parts of Karnataka. His forceful expositions in his profoundly interesting and attractive style on different relevant topics of human life alwitys made a deep impact on the minds of the audience. His simplicity, humanity, personal examples of renunciation and devotion, deep knowledge of the basic philosopiiies of human existence, automatically drew me close to him. I have now studied in depth his Hindi book "Prathibodh” the English version of which has been prepared ably by Shri Ramappa, Head of the Department of English in St. Joseph's College, Bangalore. The cditor of the Hindi book, Shri Paramarthachaya, says that he has edited the various discourses of Acharya Shri Padmasagarasuriji Maharaj on different important sub