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Pragyasagarji, and asked him to have a look at the proofs. In the meantime, he very kindly handed over to me several of his recent publications, and two different books on Achārya Kundkund's Samaysār. One was a palm-sized book* from which he asked me to reflect upon the following verse -
एदम्हि रदो णिच्चं संतुट्ठो होहि णिच्चमेदम्हि । एदेण होहि तित्तो होहिदि तुह उत्तमं सॉक्खं ।।
(7-14-206) [O bhavya!] (potential aspirant to liberation), you must always adore this knowledge (Right Knowledge), in it only you must remain contented, and in it only you must remain
immersed; you will thus attain supreme bliss. How naturally and incessantly the Achārya was engaged in the process of purging the soul of everyone who came in contact with him from the mire of karmic matter, with the pure water of Right Knowledge! He acquiesced to write the Foreword for the book. The book was now going to have a 'soul'. His compassion pulled out the emotional sting that was causing me concern. I again touched the pious feet of the Achārya with my forehead as he went inside.
Dehradun December, 2010
Vijay K. Jain
References 1 In Preface to 'Mokshashāstra arthāt Tattvārthsūtra', originally
written in Gujarati by Ramjibhai Manekchand Doshi and translated into Hindi by Pandit Parmeshthidas, (Shri Digambar Jain Swadhyaya
Mandir Trust, Songarh, Saurashtra, Fourth Edition, 1971, p. 13). 2 Jain, S.A., 'Reality : English Translation of Shri Pujyapāda's
Sarvārthasiddhi', (Vira Sasana Sangha, Calcutta-37, 1960).
Ibid. 4. Pt. Balbhadra Jain (Ed.), Achārya Kundkund's Samaysār, (Kundkund
Bharti, 18-B Special Institutional Area, New Delhi-110067, 2006, p. 172).
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