Jain Tattva Parichay

Author(s): Ujjwala D Shah
Publisher: Veetrag Vani Prakashak

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Namokar Mantra णमोकार मंत्र
Namo Arihantanam, Namo Siddhanam Namo Airiyanam Namo Uvajzayanam, Namo Loye Savva Sahoonam. णमो अरिहंताणं, णमो सिद्धाणं णमो आयरियाणं । णमो उवज्झायाणं, णमो लोए सव्व साहूणं ॥
Editorial
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It is my great pleasure to present this book to the readers. About twenty five years back when we were introduced to Jain philosophy, we had heard about a saying, जिसकी होनहार भली हो उसे वैसे ही निमित्त मिलते हैं । I did not fully understand its implications and real meaning. But today I realise that this interest and eagerness which has emerged in our mind (myself and my wife Ujwala) about Jain philosophy is due to our good fortune in the form of great teachers, at the beginning of our study.
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It is not possible to name all those teachers but I do mention some of them; Pt. Nemchandji from Rakhiyal, Pt. Kailashchandji from Bulandshahar, Pt. Chimanlal Kamdar from Songadh, these teachers initiated us into the study of Jain philosophy. Their way of teaching was so good that it automatically aroused interest in our minds and we were always eager to learn more and more about the subject. At this stage we realised that our ideas and concepts about Jainism are so superfluous and at times erroneous.
It is not possible, nor it is appropriate on my part, to say which one of these teachers was the best. For us they all were great. This basic knowledge about Jain principles which we acquired from them, and the interest which was created by their teachings was further nurtured and our knowledge and understanding of the principles was improved upon by few other teachers like Pt. Khemchandji, Pt. Dnyanchandji, Ben Sushilashri and Pt. Babubhai Mehta. And Pt. Hukamchandji Bharilla, was always with us, like a lighthouse guiding us on our path.
Because of these great teachers we were convinced about the greatness of Jain philosophy. And after a while we were constantly thinking that this great treasure which we have got from them should be available to all the others around us. And with that in mind, in last 20 years whenever I had a chance to go to different places and different people, during our' Paryushan period 'to take seminars; I always talked on this subject with the help of the book Laghu Jain Siddhant