Way of Life Part 4

Author(s): Bhadraguptasuri
Publisher: Vishvakalyan Prakashan Trust Mehsana

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A FOREWORD BY THE
TRANSLATOR
This is an English version prepared by me of Dhammam Saranam Pavajjami, Volume IV comprising 24 discourses delivered by Panyas Pravar Shri Bhadraguptvijayji Ganivar. The Gurumaharaj in these discourses, deals with the ordinary principles of the Grihastadharma expounded in the magnificent work, Dharmabindu written by the profound scriptural scholar Acharya Shri Haribhadrasoorishwarji. The great Acharya was a Shrutadhar of outstanding excellence and wrote 1444 granthas of which Dharmabindu, which means a little drop of Dharma, is one; but the Bindu (the drop) is indeed a Sindhu (an ocean) of Dharma. Acharyashri Munichandrasooriji has written a commentary on the Dharmabindu in Sanskrit. Panyas Pravar Bhadraguptvijayji's discourses deal with the ideas found in two stanzas of the first Chapter of the Dharmabindu and the sutras (aphorisms) expounded in it. The Gurumaharaj has delivered 96 discourses in Hindi, which have been published in four volumes. This is an English version of the fourth volume. The English versions of the other three volumes have already been published.
Panyas Pravar Bhadraguptvijayji is a scriptural scholar of outstanding eminence. Besides being a scholar, he is a creative writer of rare gifts and an excellent exponent of the scriptures. His expositions are characterized by lucidity, clarity and authenticity.
I have translated into English all the four volumes of the work Dhammam Saranam Pavajjami. This is the fourth volume; and the other three volumes have been published already.
In these 96 discourses, the holy Gurumaharaj has dealt with the 35 ordinary principles of the Grihasthadharma. As he says in his discourses, these ordinary principles constitute the foundation for the pursuit of Moksha. The Dharma has two aspects;