Meditation and Jainism

Author(s): Pratapkumar J Toliiya, Parul P Toliya
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharti International Foundation Bangalore

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"'THERE IS NO WONDER OR EXAGGERATION IN MY SAYINGS THAT JAINISM WAS IN EXISTENCE LONG BEFORE THE VEDAS WERE COMPOSED............ "THE EXISTENCE OF JAINISM CAN BE ASCERTAINED, IN ANY CORNER OF INDIA, WITHIN A RADIUS OF ONE MILE, IF THE EARTH IS EXCAVATED, A JAINA IDOL IS SEEN '
Anyway, afterall the great cultural and spiritual heritage of Jainism could not be neglected for long. The dark clouds have disappeared and silver linings of Jain Meditative glories have begun to shine again. No doubt, We can now see only a glimpse of it, but the process has commenced to understand and explore the unique path of Meditation in Jainism leading to Self Realisation : Self Knowledge or Emptiness in Buddhist and Perfectness in Hinduist terms: Call it any names after all the water is one.
I have witnessed this increasing interes in Jaina Way of Meditation in course of my several MUSIC FOR MEDITATION Concert-tours abroad. This publication is in response to innumerable queries from the West about Jainist Meditation, which is presented here only in brief in the first instance.
-Prof. Pratapkumar Toliya