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१४६ : श्रमण, वर्ष ५४, अंक १०-१२ / अक्टूबर-दिसम्बर २००३
presentation has made the book valuable and deserves for congratulation. This book will be difinitely useful for the researchers as well as scholars.
Ātmasiddhi : Adhyatma Gīta & Atmopaniṣad, Author Śrīmad Rajacandra, English translation and transliteration by Shri Manubhai Doshi, Published by Śrimad Rajacandra Adhyatmika Sadhana Kendra, Koba, Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat) First Edition 2003, Total pages - 17 + 274, Price Rs. 60.00 (2.00 US$).
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Śrimad Rajacandra's 'Adhyatma-siddhi' is one of the best treatises ever written on Jaina spiritualism. Within the bowel of this book Śrimad has virtually contained the sea of spiritual science. It containes 18 chapters comprising 142 verses originally written in Gujrati script. At the end there are two appendices. The first chapter contains the versified translation of Atma-siddhi-sastra prepared by Brahmachariji and the second one contains english version of six fundamentals by Śrīmad Rajacandra which is the basis of the Atma-siddhi. Every stanza of the original text is given first in Gujrati script followed by English Transliteration and after that translation.
There are six major theological schools in Indian Aryan culture. Each one is right in his approach in defining the Supreme Reality and each school has some thing offer to another. The six fundamental tanets deal with six schools and Atma-siddhi-sastra is representative of all. It is the essence of fourteen Purvas. As its title suggests, the subject matter of the book is the soul, its existence, bondage and liberation. Śrīmad Rājacandra, who had already achieved the Right perception has presented the subject very beautifully and adequately. Every stanza is full of significance and some of them are most precious jewels of spiritual reals. The language of the learned translator is lucid and impressive. The book is very useful for the scholars as well as lay spiritual seekrs. Dr. S.P. Pandey
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वीर प्रभुनुं जीवनचरित्र, संपादक - मुनि भव्यदर्शन विजय गणि; प्रथम संस्करण २००३ ई०; भाषा एवं लिपि - गुजराती; प्रकाशक- पू०पं० पद्मविजयजी
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