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Introduction
Jagdish Prasad Jain “Sadhak”
'Paramatma Prakash (in short P.-Prakash) is an outstanding work of Yogindu, called Joindu in Apabhransha. He is also referred or known as Yogichand, Jogichand, Yogichandra, Yogindra and Yogendra. He was a spiritual poet, a saint, a renowned Acharya of the Digambara sect of Jainism, a philosopher and a mystic, who flourished in the 6th century A.D.
P.-Prakash is verily a mine of ideas pertaining to spiritual enlightenment, which are outpourings from the heart of a mystic saint who has himself experienced spiritual enlightenment. It is no wonder that it makes a direct appeal to the reader in simple words.
P.-Prakash is written by Yogindu in simple language in response to the question of his disciple saint Prabhakara Bhatta regarding how to become Paramatman in order to put an end to all the miseries of the world. The work is replete with effective and telling examples. The disciple is addressed by several adjectives, such as sadho, Jnanin, Atman, Bhatta Prabhakara, Tapodhan, Vatsa, Yogin and Jiva. These designations have been used in 112 places; of these, the mostly used ones are Yogin (Joiya), which has been used 33 times
