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PREFACE OF FIRST EDITION
This book contains a complete collection of twelve bhavanas from Shrimad Rajchandra's Bhavanabodh. These twelve bhavanas are the mother of all detachments. They show us the real sides of the world, body and worldly pleasures and hence they are extremely important to our soul.
First of all we must practice non-attachment by winning over Anger, Pride, Deciet and Greed to have a real detachment from inner self. And if we don't reduce the feeling of attachment from our inner self, we cannot get self realization. Without self-realization, we cannot be free from all the miseries and sorrows. So a continuous study of these twelve bhavanas is recommended by great saints. Hence, for easy understanding of these 12 bhavanas, a colorful pictorial representation is done along with the stories related to these bhavanas.
Similarly, it also contains stories from "Mokshmala" book along with the colourful pictures for the clear and thorough understanding of all the concepts. May this book be helpful to everybody in attaining the feeling of detachment. With these well wishes, I conclude.
Soul Seeker, Parasbhai Jain, Agas Ashram
INDEX
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From Bhavanabodh :
Page From Mokshmala : Anitya Bhavana (Dejection of a beggar)....01 Bahubala .......... Asharan Bhavana (Anathi Muni) .........04 Kamdev Shravaka .......... Ekatva Bhavana (Namiraj).................08 Truth (King Vasuraja) ......................... Anyatva Bhavana........................14 To reduce possessions.. .................. (Emperor Bharateshwar)
(Emperor Subhum) Ashuchi Bhavana (Sanat kumar).........19 Protection of all living beings Part-1 .......44 Nivrutibodh (Mrugaputra) ...................22 Protection of all living beings Part-1........46 Asrava Bhavana (Kundarik)................29 (Abhaykumar) Samvar Bhavana (Pundarik, ..............30 Truth getting successfully by modesty...48 Vajraswami)
(Shrenik Raja) Nirjara Bhavana (Dradh Prahari) .........33 Sudarshan Seth ............ .................50 Lokswarup Bhavana ........................34 Uncomparble forgiveness (Gajsukumar).52 Bodhdurlabh Bhavana .......................36 Kapilmuni Part-1, II, III .........................54 Dharmadurlabh Bhavana .................36 Happiness for liberation (Good Bhil) ......58
