Essentials of Jaina Philosophy

Author(s): Nyayavijay, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: Nyayavijay Nagin J Shah

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Essentials of Jaina Philosophy
Author - Muni Shri Nyayavijayaji Translated by - Nagin J Shah English Summary Compiled by - Sanjeev Nayyar
Email feedback to esamskriti@suryaconsulting.net
February 2003
Table of Cotenants: This summary is divided into seven chapters namely
1. Intro to Book. 2. Jina & Jaina. 3. Soul (Jiva). 4. Ajiva. 5. Karma. 6. Liberation. 7. God.
Background I met my first boss DS after a gap of twelve years. As we caught up with the past I told him about my new found interest in Bharat and the site esamskriti.com. During dinner he said, "I am now working for a Jain group and would like to read something on Jain philosophy". I said surely but boss give me a couple of days for me to recommend an appropriate book.
The next day I called my Jaina advisor Manish and asked for help. He invited me to his bookshop located in C.P. Tank an area that I had never visited before. Thanks to Boss got to see parts of the real good old Mumbai.
Manish recommended a book Jaina Darsana by Munisri Nyayavijayaji translated into English as Jaina Philosophy & Religion by Shri Nagin Shah. Shri Shah has throughout the book used the word Religion instead of the word Dharma although Sanskrit verses quoted use the word dharma.
Since to my mind religion is not dharma (an Indian concept), I have preferred to use the word Dharma throughout.
Since I had full faith in Manish's judgment just picked up the book blindly. I had initially thought of sharing excerpts from the book as one chapter. However, after finishing the book realized that the content is best shared as multiple chapters under separate headings. The content is verbatim from the book. My thoughts would always start with Friends. Courtesy & copyright Bhogilal Lehar Chand Institute of Indology, distributed by Motilal Banarsidas.