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JAIN DIGEST .. May 2011
meaning of equanimity (samata), compassion, and chance that he heard the discourses of commitment towards duty
Acharya Ramchandra Surishwarji and Acharya Acharya Shri Kirtiyash Suri is a very inspirational Kirtiyash Suri (then Muni Shri Kirtiyash Vijayji) and popular speaker (Pravachan Prabhaavak) and which transformed his life. He then went on to hundreds of people come to listen to his daily
become a disciple of Acharya Kirtiyash Suriji. discourses. His speeches leave a deep
Bowing and touching the feet of Acharya impression on the listener's mind. Some
Kirtiyash Suriji was a unique experience. It is individuals have changed their entire path of life difficult to describe in words the blissful feeling after simply listening to his discourses. Prior to that this interviewer experienced when joining the path of monkhood, Muni Samvegyash Acharyaji touched the back of his head. We Vijay was an executive involved in marketing encourage our readers to visit such great computing systems. He had a degree from Acharyas and experience firsthand, the energy of Mumbai University and was least interested in care and compassion. Jain tradition or philosophy. It was a sheer
Unleashing The Power of The Ego-less Self
We asked Acharyaji about the reason for staying A young sadhu barely eleven years old, learns
in maun. Acharyaji explained by giving the the basic principles of Jainism from his esteemed example of writing a book. He asked a few simple Guru but still struggles to find his real self--Who questions, "How could one write a book unless it am I? The Guru says, "I can guide but only self was blank to start-with? What was the use of any can realize the true nature of self". At the age of knowledge if our preconceived notions or thirteen sadhu embraces maun (a state where he delusionary concept corrupted it?" Giving credit does not speak) and stays in that state for over 30 again to his guru, he told us that his guru first years. This sadhu is popularly known as Acharya helped him to erase his book and subsequently Maharaj Yashovijay Suriji.
helped him to write the book with real knowledge, At the age of eight, Acharyaji fell seriously ill, and of which some portion of it he could not even most people including doctors were not sure if the express in day-to-day language. Laying a lot of
emphasis on introspection, he told us a few things: child would survive. At that point, his mother made a vow that she would allow him to take
"knowledge remains superficial unless one diksha if he
absorbs its survived. Later
deeper meaning
through his mother would tell him, "Child
introspection. Our
likes and dislikes you have come to this world to live a
keep us in the life of Sadhu".
external world. The child never
These likes and looked back, an
dislikes evaporate
once we realize inner power took over him and the
that all these are only thing he
a result of our
own fault or our thought was diksha. At a
delusion. Words tender age of
are only required eleven, Acharya
to stay in the Maharaj
outer world, no
words are Yashovijay Suriji
required to stay took diksha under his guru Ohmkar
close to the soul. Suriji.
Unless one stays
within we cannot Acharya Yashovijay Suriji
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