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Scripture, once the senses are controlled it becomes easy to control the straying of the mind and when the straying of the mind is controlled real meditation takes place. Meditation is the cause of the destruction of all obstructive forces, the karmas, which hinder spiritual progress. Meditation, therefore, is said to be the supreme kind of austerity; all other austerities are supplementary to it.
Acarya Vidyanand has deep knowledge of the Scripture, still he continues to devotedly study the profound works of the great Acaryas of the yore not only to attain greater purity of conduct but also to propagate the teachings to the large number of disciples and followers. His unbounded adoration of the Scripture gets manifested in his discourses.
Acārya Vidyanand unreservedly showers his blessings on all undertakings that help in propagating the Truth as revealed by the Scripture. He is the inspiration and the auxiliary cause (nimitta kartā) behind the present work. Though the auxiliary cause by itself doesn't perform the activity, all our actions stand in need of the proper auxiliary cause.
I bow my head to Acārya Vidyanand, the great global Preceptor of the twentieth and the twenty-first century.
Acarya Vidyanand Muni at Kundkund Bharti, New Delhi (2012).
I bow to Elācārya Pragyasagar who, out of his adoration for this great work by Acarya Pujyapada, not only himself read the manuscript with keen interest but also got it proofread by a learned professional.
I must gratefully mention the names of two noble ladies, Ms. Monica DeSouza and Ms. C. Ince, who very kindly read the manuscript and helped me remove many infelicities of expression attributable to my inadequacy and inadvertence.
March 2014
Dehradun, India
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Vijay K. Jain
Pic by Vijay K. Jain (2012)
