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The sixth section comprises of the views and talks of Mahapragya and Dr. Kalam. Their conversation on spirituality and science is presented therein. Therefore, it's titled as
'Spiritual - Scientific Personality'.
While the pages of this book are read, it would be clearly evident to the reader that such religious gurus, who find solutions for the traditionally complicated problems, are exceptional and their incarnation takes place only once in thousands of years. Mahapragya could untangle various vexed issues due to his unrelenting scientific attitude and flexible approach. Acknowledgements
Discharging my duty as an author, I extend my heartfelt thanks to all those without whose help the publication of this work would not have been possible. First and foremost, I'm grateful to Reverend Mahapragya, who is a living encyclopaedia of Jain Studies in modern times, to have blessed this book. I am grateful to Hon'ble Sadhvi Rajimati who read the entire manuscript and also wrote its epilogue. Sadhviji is an expert yoga-practitioner in addition to being a scholar in Jain Agam. I'm thankful to Samni Mangalpragya, who, in spite of her busy schedule wrote the Vice-Chancellor's note from her desk. I feel indebted to them for it. In the section 'Preksha Meditation and Therapy', Dr. Arvind Jain, Medical College, Jodhpur has significantly contributed. Dr. Jain has conducted medical experiments on Preksha Meditation at his own level and the findings of these experiments have found a place in this book. Human anatomy in accordance with the medical science could be described with his active support. To give clarity to modern principles of physics, many brainstorming discussions were held with Mr. Piyush Jain, Ahmedabad. Who has translated the Hindi Edition of this book. As a result of this, the readers will find new thoughts in the chapter of matter, universe, gati etc. where many subjects are dealt in tune with modern physics.
It would be dereliction of my responsibilities, if I do not express gratitude to my wife Mrs. Gulab Gelra, who has continuously been supportive during the project and with perfect expertise she undertook the proof reading of the manuscript.
Last but not the least, I would like to thank the present Vice-Chancellor of Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Samani Mangalpragya and Registrar, Dr. J.P. Bhattacharya. It's my humble duty to thank Shri R.L. Parakh, Churu (Rajasthan) with whose financial assistance, this book in English has been published.
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