Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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INTRODUCTION A single parable has power to transmute human soul to the heights unknown. These religious parables cover spiritual truths of undreamt dimensions. Only he who can read inbetween lines may have some glimpse.
Parables of Mahavir are not fiction. Whatever we have presented here are a few of the precious jewels from the vast ocean of Jain Scriptures.
The credit goes to Dr. Harindranath to present these parables beautifuly in English version. He is a poet of global renown and a marvel of versatility. Born in April 1898 at the tender age of eight, he started composing in English, When his first book of poems, The Feast of Youth, appeared in 1918, Sri Aurobindo paid him a warm tribute and praised the poems as 'the beginnings of a supreme poetic utterance of the Indian soul in the rhythms of the English tongue'. And Rabindranath Tagore said : “My mentle falls on Harindranath." Since then, many collections of his poems were published. He represented India at the World Conference of thirty Poets held in Montreal in 1967. The President of India conferred on him the signal honour of Padma Bhusan
He also has his deep spiritual longings. He stayed with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother for three years and at the ashram of Bhagawan Raman Maharshi for months together.