Samatvayoga Ek Samanvay Drushti

Author(s): Pritam Singhvi
Publisher: Navdarshan Society of Self Development Ahmedabad

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PREFACE
I am running a trust by name 'NAVDARSHAN SOCIETY OF SELF-DEVELOPMENI". The aim of the trust is welfare and wellbeing of mankind. The method of achieving this aim is through continuous education. Continuous education is the system where adult continues to expand his vision and horizons by expanding his knowledge through exposure and experience in life. This will be in the area of management, self-development, philosophy, psychology, social sciences, economics, religion etc. Thus it is confined to all round development of individual.
To pursue this method, Trust has been organizing seminars, lectures, conferences etc. One such conference was organized in the year 1993-94 on the topic “Application of Anekant-vada” at Ahmedabad. In the conference many Jain Scholars from various parts of the country participated. I happened to meet Dr. Pritam Singhvi in the above conference.
I am highly pleased that I was successful to motivate Dr. Pritam Singhvi to work on the subject 'Equanimity'. I have found her most gentle, unassuming and devotional for the mission and for making research on the above subject. It is an achievment that ultimately she has completed the thesis and it is our great pleasure to publish the same.
On this occasion I would like to inform about the research work that trust has undertaken on the subject of Tranquility & Equanimity. The trust is opening one institution by name “Institute for Equanimity Research Center”. The aim of this research will be to create a "Science of Equanimity”. The word science denotes that "Equanimity” is not only philosophy but it is a science which can be applied to the life. It is psychological science which propagate to the mankind the life style or a way of living peacefully. It is to create a fundamental psychological constitution or a state of mind which will govern day today life in a very peacefully, comfortable and tranquil way. Through Equanimity man is capable to cope with the Socio-econimic problems, personnel egoistic problems, niental dis