Sumati Jnana

Author(s): Shivkant Dwivedi, Navneet Jain
Publisher: Shantisagar Chhani Granthamala

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EDITORIAL NOTE
We have a great privilege of bringing out this Commemoration Volume entitled "Sumati-Jñāna"- Perspectives of Jainism, in honour of Māsopavāsī Samādhisamrāṭa Parama Pujya Ācārya 108 Śrī Sumati Sāgara Jī Mahārāja, one of the great Digambara pontiffs of Twentieth century. His life-long dedications to the mankind through Jain ideology have left imperishable foot-prints on the soil of country. A doyen among Jain pontiffs of our country, obtained samādhi (departure) on October 3, 1994 at Sonagiri, distt. Datia (Madhya Pradesh).
The scheme to bring out this volume was proposed by Sarakoddhāraka Parama Pūjya Upadhyāya 108 Śrī Gyan Sāgara Jī Mahārāja, a close disciple of Acārya 108 Śrī Sumati Sāgara Jī Mahārāja, in 2006 during his Varṣhāvāsa at Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) and we were given the responsibility of the same. Upādhyāya Śrī Gyan Sāgara Ji Mahārāja is closely involved in propagating the Jain ideology. Vegetarianism, non-violence and preservation of cultural heritage are his main thrustareas. He is a great Digambara preceptor. When we talked about this volume to the eminent scholars and friends, they appreciated it and assured of all co-operation to make it a success. They have contributed their learned papers/articles on various aspects of Jainology.
Keeping in mind, the necessity to seek expert opinion from time to time, the Editorial Board was formed at Gwalior, comprising of eminent scholars, who very kindly consented to become members (Prof. Chandrashekhar Gupta, Prof. Chandradev Singh, Prof. Sudhakarnath Mishra and Dr. Sureshmani Tripathi) of the same.
This volume has been given the title as "Sumati-Jñāna" on account of the spiritual knowledge that Māsopavāsī Samādhisamrāța Parama Pujya Ācārya 108 Śrī Sumati Sāgara Ji Mahārāja possessed. He was generous and share his bounteous knowledge among the people through his sermons and publications. As a rare co-incidence, the valuable papers in the present volume written by scholars from