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Life History Account of Achharya Shanti Sagarji Maharaj

Harsh Jain
Life History Account of Achharya Shanti Sagarji Maharaj It is known from the history of the development and growth of the Jain culture that twenty four ‘ Thirthankaras’ of Jain religion made the soil of the Northern India holy by their ‘Panchkalyanakas', but after having had the Divya Deshana/Dhwani (Divine Discourse) the great authors/creator of...

The Embodiment of Peace

Harsh Jain
The Embodiment of Peace From hoary antiquity India has been esteemed and venerated for her charming and divine philosophy and highly cultured saints. Countless inhabitants of the country had renounced their material comforts and amenities of life in order to drink deep at the blissful fountain of human life in extreme seclusion and attain their...

The Spirit of Vegetarianism

Harsh Jain
 The Spirit of Vegetarianism This essay has been written to meet the demand of several friends of far off countries interested in Vegetarianism. In this mundane world we come across living substances consisting of soul and body. The sustinence of the body depends upon the diet taken by the living being. A view of the...

Karma Philosophy

Harsh Jain,
Karma Philosophy Almost all the believers in transmigration theory attach importance to the philosophy of Karinas. The adage, ‘as you sow, so you reap’ is significant enough to show the universality and popularity of this doctrine. The treatment of this subject is unique in Jain philosophy, in-as-much as it is scientific, rational and elaborate. No...

Syadvada

Harsh Jain
Syadvada (The doctrine of non-absolutism) The doctrine of Syadvada or the philosophy of many-sided aspects is a valuable contribution of Jainism to world-thought. This doctrine is also termed as Anekantvada. In fact every substance consists of infinite attributes. The philosophy which deals with the consistent and complimentary des¬cription of these attributes is known as the...

Ahimsa

Harsh Jain
Ahimsa (non-violence) There was a time, when Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent struggle for independence had not yielded desired result, some top-rank politicians and historians of India used to level the charge of India’s political downfall and slavery upon the influence of Ahimsa taught by Mahavira and Buddha. In that period of peril and moral damnation Mahatma...

Antiquity of Jain Thought

Harsh Jain
Antiquity of Jain Thought India is a land of manifold religions. A peep into the past history of her religions reveals the fact that in the ancient period three prominent religions were followed by the people of the country i. e. Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. In former times Hinduism was termed as [[Brahmanical]] religion and...

Heart of Religion

Harsh Jain
Heart of Religion Address delivered on 26th of September. 1956 in the Eighth World Religious Congress at the Head-quarters of Ananai- Kyo, Shimizu city, Japan. “I bow to Lord Jinendra, who is the correct guide on the path of Nirvana-salvation, who has destroyed the mountain-like bundle of karmic shack-les and who knows the essentials of...

Religion and World Peace

Harsh Jain
Religion and World Peace This essay was written as a reply to the question-"can world peace be established without religion ?" sponsored by Ananaikyo, Japan. If one peruses the pages of world history of religion, he is much distressed and disgusted to see how terrible massacre of innumerable souls was brought about under the banner...

The Theory of Karma

Harsh Jain
The Theory of Karma The karma (action, deed) is defined as that agency through which the soul is made subservient. The relationship of the soul and the karma is beginningless. Hence, their independent existence is self-evident. Q. How the living being receives the karmas ? A. The living being is associated with the physique-making karma...
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