Lighthouse

Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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The tripadi which was enunciated by the Lord himself is the password or key to our shrut gnan. Tripadi is the base of entire dwadashangi (a group of twelve shastras originally created by the gandharas of the Lord. The Lord gave tripadi to the gandharas in response to their question, "O' Lord, what is tatva?". In reply, the mankind was blessed with undescribable wisdom.
Jain Shasana has a system of fivefold swadhyay (learning by one's ownself). One of them is pruchhana swadhyay i.e. wisdom gained as a result of asking questions. In the fifth Aagam sutra called Shree Bhagwatiji, a lot of wisdom has flourished in response to the questions asked by one of the ganadhar Shri Gautam Swamiji to Lord Mahavira. Tapagachhiya Acharya Bhagwant Shri Vijay Heer Surishwarji and Parampujya Shri Vijaysen Surishwarji in their treatise titled “Heer Prashna” and “Sen Prashna" respectively have replied to several queries put to them by their disciples, supporting their answers with quotes from shastras.
The system of question and answer is very helpful in reaching towards refined understanding of the issues. Come, let us make some efforts to find really convincing answers to some of the issues hidden in some corners of our heart or mind and continuously resonating in our ears.
Intellect has many functions and one of the function is to realize its own limitations ! Keeping that limitation in mind let us proceed to find answers posed by intellect with the help of intellect so that we move towards sadbuddhi. Lighthouse
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