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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
I have to date translated into English five books of Yuvacharya Sri Mahaprajna, but of Acharya Sri Tulsi's numerous works, I have had the privilege of translating only two. The present volume is a free translation of Preksha-Anupreksha, whose subject is the background and technique of preksha meditation and other related topics.
During the course of translation, I practised each and every precept given in this book and found the whole exercise most invigorating. The purpose of religion, according to Acharya Sri, is to render the mind clean and this purpose can only be accomplished by a regular and continued practice of meditation.
Meditation, thus, constitutes the soul of religion. May the present reader discover it for himself!
Acharya Sri's Hindi couplets at the head of various chapters outlining the different stages of meditation, I have rendered into free verse, with a view to imparting to the English-knowing reader some flavour of the original. How far I have succeeded, only the discriminating readers can tell.
As usual, I take this occasion to reiterate my heartfelt gratitude to my friend, Dr. Prem Nath Jain who first introduced me to the great Jain saints of modern India. I am also most grateful to Jetha Bhaiji and Muni Shri Mahendra Kumarji, whose loving guidance and active cooperation have helped me rid this transtation of many inadequacies. The title in English, "Transmulation of Personality Through Preksha Meditation" and certain
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