Jainism a Glimpse

Author(s): Punyadarshanvijay
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan

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INTRODUCTION
Muniśri Samvēgayaśavijaya, 25, my colleague, who before renunciation was a Bombay. University college graduate and a computer businessman, with all the college and city life activities called himself an atheist. By chance having heard the discourses of Ācārya Srivijayarāmacandrasūriśvaraji Mahārāja and Muni Śri Kirtiyaśavijayaji, with a complete change in his innerself embraced Jainism and became a disciple of Muni Śri Kirtiyaśavijayaji a 'śramaņa'-Jaina monk. He was the inspiration and was instrumental in making me write a short-treatise on Jaina Philosophy.
This, I am not competent to do, but I welcome the opportunity to present to Non-Jainatrs & to Jainatrs born in foreign countries a glimpse of Jaina Philosophy. This might help youngsters to be Jainatrs through spiritual conviction rather than Jaina by birth only.
Born in a Jaina Family, I studied at St. Xaviers school, spent 18 years in business in Japan, 3.5 years in imprisonment as a freedom fighter, 1942, about 25 years in National Village Upliftment Programme along with Gāndhiji and Pt. Nēharū, and as Hon. Secretary of Govt. of India Khādi and Village Industries Commission (autonomous). My work enabled me to experience personally the prevailing unbelievable poverty, utter ignorance and deep superstitions. I also came in intimate contact with several voluntary philanthropic institutions working for similar causes, including missionaries. Got many opportunities to listen to the discourses, sermons on different religions by eminent authors,
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