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PUBLISHER'S NOTE Shri Kund-kund Kahan Digamber Jain Tirtha Suraksha Trust has great pleasure in publishing the English version of the Moksha Marg Prakashak, a very popular, authentic and scholarly work of Acharyakalp Pandit Todarmalji.
The Trust was established with the pious blessings of Pujya Gurudeoshri Kanji Swami on the occasion of the '2500th Nirvan Mahotsava' of Bhagwan Mahavira at the time of the ‘Pancha Kalyanak Pratishtha Mahotsava' of Mahavir Kund-kund Parmagam Mandir at Songad (Bhavnagar, Gujarat) in March, 1974.
In the short span of 18 years the Trust has acquired a reputable status in Digamber Jain Samaj under the inspiring patronage of Pujya Gurudeo, presidentship of Late Pandit Babubhai C. Mehta and Shri Lal Chand Bhai Modi, Rajkot with the all-round support from Digamber Jain Samaj, specially the spiritually inclined people.
The basic objective of the Trust is protection of Digamber Jain Tirthas from natural and unnatural attacks along with the protection of the living Tirtha ‘Jinvani', organising research in Jainology and production and development of learned scholars in the field of Jain religion. The main activities of the Trust in brief are as follows :
(1) Rennovation and survey of “Jain Tirtha Kshetras” (Pilgrimatic places).
(2) Establishment of Research Institutes at Bangalore and Madras for security and safety of ancient Jain scriptures written on Tada Patras (Palm leaves).
(3) Establishment and running of Shri Todarmal Digamber Jain Siddhant Mahavidyalaya at Jaipur under the patronage and guidance of Pt. Todarmal Smarak Trust, Jaipur for development of a new generation of learned scholars in Jain Philosophy and Religion.
(4) Publication of celebrated treatise of ancient Acharyas under the roof of Shri Todarmal Smarak Bhawan, Jaipur.
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