Dravyasamgraha

Author(s): Nemichandra Acharya, Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp

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the non-soul, and his eyes are bright with the light of knowledge. Just in order to maintain steadiness of his body he accepts food that is pure, simple and free from faults. After all, a steady body is essential to carrying out austerities, self-restraint and meditation. He does not seek good food nor does he relish delicacies that are considered to be agreeable to the palate. Although his body has weakened from following severe austerities, his determination to conform to the rigors of meditation has not dimmed a bit. Though physically weak, his body exhibits rare glow and piousness, just as gold gets to brightness and preciousness on being severely heated.
Having assimilated an ocean of profound knowledge that is found in the Holy Scriptures, he is today a living institution of learning. His discourses for the laymen and laywomen attract large number of Jaina as well as non-Jaina devotees, just as a magnet attracts pieces of iron irrespective of their shapes and sizes.
The Munirāja completes, on 25 July, 2013, fifty glorious years of his initiation (dīksā) as a Digambara Muni. We are truly fortunate that in our midst lives such a great Acārya. His darśana only is capable of cutting the shackles of karmic bondages that have constrained us since long. I bow to him with extreme devotion.
Parama Pūjya Ācārya 108 Vidyanand ji Munirāja; your adoration has purified my speech, your contemplation has purified my mind, and making obeisance to you has purified my body. You have made me realize that, in the ultimate analysis, I need to attend only to my soul, and to no one else, in order to obtain bliss that appertains to me. I feel truly blessed.
I present to the worthy readers the English translation, with authentic explanatory notes, of the most sacred and profound treatise, Dravyasamgraha, by Acārya Nemichandra Siddhānta Cakravarti.
April, 2013 Dehradun, India
Vijay K. Jain
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