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soul is not possible without loving and remembering the Lord with great devotion and worship. Let the attention be only after eulogizing the great qualities of the Lord.”lis
Moreover, his eulogy on Rsabhadeva!!6 clearly reveals the theistic approach found in Jains. Commenting upon this Ācārya, Buddhisāgarji says that, “Srimad Anandaghanaji is always confident to cross the ocean of the world only with the power of his prayer for the Tirthankara."117 There are many poems that end with an expression of Śrimad Anandaghanaji's strong theistic passion to worship God and to be blissful.ins In his eulogy on Lord Neminātha he sa Jaina is one who by becoming Jina worships jina."119 Thus we have seen a great presentative of the Jain literature whose eulogies and poems overflow with strong and powerful theistic feelings to worship God and to attain the highest bliss. (2) Srimad Rajacandra
Śrīmad Rajacandra belonged to the early twentieth century, He was a great ascetic and a mystic. His name hardly requires any introduction to Jains as well as non-Jains. He was the spiritual guide of Mahātmā Gandhiji whose name Gandhiji refers as one of the three persons (and the only Indian), who moulded his life and thoughts. According to a short summary of a speech given by Gandhiji, we learn
115. Buddhisagarji, ed. Anandaghanapadasangraha, (1954), Pada-95, p. 321 116. प्रथम तीर्थंकर प्रथम नरेसर, प्रथम यतिव्रतधारा ॥ रिखम० ॥ १ ॥
नाभिराया मस्देवीको नन्दन, जुगलाधर्म निवारा. ॥ रिखम० ॥ २ ॥ केवल लई प्रभु पुगते पोहोता, आवागमन निवारा ॥ रिखम० ॥ ३ ॥ आनन्दघनप्रभु इतनी विनति, आ भव पार उतारा, ॥ रिखम० ॥४॥
- Ibid - Pada 101, p. 392.. 117. bid., p. 393 118. - मेरे ए प्रभु चाहीए, नित्य दरिसन पाउं ॥
आनन्दघन प्रभु पासजी, में तो और न ध्याउं ॥ ३ ॥ -Ibid., p. 420 एक अरज शेवकतणी रे, अवधारो जिनदेव, कृपा करी मुज दीजीये रे,
आनंतघनपद तेव ॥ विमल० ॥ दी० १७॥ -Ibid., p. 433 प्रभुमुखथी एम सांभली, कहे आतमरामरे । ताहरे दरिसणे निस्तों, मुज सिध्यां सवि कामरे ॥ शांति०॥१२॥ -Ibid., p. 435, जिनवरमां सघळां दर्शन छे, दर्शने जिनवर भजना रेः सागरमां सघळी तटीनी सही,
तटिनीमां सागर भजना रे. 119. जिनस्वरूप थई जिन आराधे, ते सहि जिनवर होवे रे: - Ibid., p. 440 .
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