________________ Acarya Gunabhadra's Atmanusasana - Precept on the Soul आचार्य गुणभद्र विरचित आत्मानुशासन Acarya Gunabhadra's Atmanusasana - Precept on the Soul आचार्य गुणभद्र विरचित आत्मानुशासन * Sanskrit . Hindi English Divine Blessings: Acarya 108 Vidyananda Muni By: Vijay K. Jain Divine Blessings: Acarya 108 Vidyananda Muni VIJAY K. JAIN * Published: 2019 * Hard Bound * Printed on Art Paper * Pages: xlvi + 240 * Size: 17 x 24 cm ISBN 9788193272640 Rs. 600/ Atmanusasana (commonly spelled as Atmanushasan) by Acarya Gunabhadra presents profound concepts of the Jaina Doctrine in a form that is easily understood. Remarkable for its poetry and meaning, it expounds that right faith (samyagdarsana) is the cause of merit, and wrong faith of demerit. To have belief in the true nature of substances is right faith. Dharma is the man's most excellent possession. The conduct that leads to merit is dharma and it results in happiness after destroying misery. Whether happy or miserable, dharma should be the only pursuit of man. True happiness is not the momentary sprinkling of the pleasures of the senses. Long-life, wealth and sound body are obtained from the previously earned merit (punya). Excellent men with discrimination work hard, incessantly and cheerfully, for the sake of their future lives. The happiness attained through austerity (tapa) can never be attained by craving for wealth. No dust of disgrace ever touches the feet of the man fortified by austerity. The ascetic goes on to perform austerity while protecting his body, for a very long time. Through the power of austerity he vanquishes his natural enemies, like the passions of anger, etc. In the after-life, he automatically and speedily attains liberation as the culmination of his human effort. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 358
