Jainism Key to Reality

Author(s): Shuganchand Jain
Publisher: Digambar Jain Trilok Shodh Sansthan

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doctrine in easy to learn and interesting manner using multimedia technology of audiovisuals to open up Jainism to young Jains. I pay my highest reverence to him. It is intended that the present book will greatly meet the inquisitive needs of:
Scholars in universities (who are pursuing studies and research in philosophies and religions) of the world to have a single authentic source of acquiring in-depth view on Jain religion, doctrine and references for further work. Young educated Jains who wish to understand their own religion better
Towards this end, I have added a number of charts, photos, glossary of words and reference at the end to guide them to sources for further study and research. Most of these are based on various commentaries of Tatty rthas tra and other important Jain texts mentioned at appropriate places. The glossary has been purposely made in alphabetic order of Prākrata / Hindi words which are definitive for Jain philosophy and texts. This will help Indian scholars to understand the Jain definitive words better as I myself had experienced lot of difficulty in this regard. I feel this is my humble contribution to the academic community and practitioners of Jainism.
I encourage you, the readers to send as many questions as possible to me so that we may include them in the next edition of this book and make it a true reference book for all students and practitioners of Jain way of life and its philosophy.
This translation work and word processing would not have been possible without the full support of Mrs. Meetu Jain and Ms Vaishali Gupta for word processing, Ms. Chanchal Jain and Er. Abhay Kasliwal research associate all at International School for Jain Studies. Prof. Veer Sagar Jain, currently Head Jain Philosophy department at Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Samskrta Vidhyapeeth New Delhi wrote a paper on Tattv rthas tra and provided valuable guidance in developing this book. My heartfelt thanks go to all of them.
Finally I pay my regards & thanks to Pujya Ganini Pramukh Shri Gyanmati ji & Pujya Ganini Chandana Mati ji both the guiding sadhvis of Digamber Jain Trilok Shodh Sansthan, Jambudweep-Hastinapur and its chairperson Karmayogi Br. Ravindra Kumar Jain for publishing this book.
Date: May 16th 2010
Shugan Chand Jain Ph.D Email:svana@vsnl.com