2023

05. Compassion: The Swans of Mansarovar

February 23, 2023jambudweepLokottar Sadhak

Compassion: The Swans of Mansarovar CHAPTER - 5 >The first page of great saint ’s life is written with the letters of compassion. > Saints are swans of the Mansarovar of compassion. > The religion is purified by the compassion. Religion without compassion is like a tree without root. > The entrance-door of religion is...

04. Ardent Devotion of Bhimshaw

February 23, 2023jambudweepLokottar Sadhak

Ardent devotion of Bhimshaw CHAPTER - 4 > Entire dedication towards your “A radhya ” (reverent idol/ hero) is devotion. > The passionate veneration of a devotee takes the God into his heart. > Reproachful argument has no place in devotion. > One develops intense desire to attain divinity by renouncing his self towards devotion....

03. Life Saving Through Akibhav Stotra

February 23, 2023jambudweepLokottar Sadhak

Life Saving Through Akibhav Stotra(Hymn of Praise) Chapter - 3 ‘Akibhav Stotra’ a hymn dedicated to the first Tirathankar Adinath was composed by Jain Saint, Achharya Shri Vadiraj Ji Maharaj who had conquered all his contemporary disputants in doctrinal debate on spirituality and Reality. So a title of Vadiraj i.e. the king of right speakers...

02. Meeting of Poison and Ambrosia

February 23, 2023jambudweepLokottar Sadhak

Meeting of Poison and Ambrosia Chapter - 2 O! Goddess of knowledge, like a jewel (Chinta Mani Ratana) you bestow all desired materials, which fulfill all the wishes of its owner. May I, who bows before you, be blessed with the knowledge, trance, purity of thoughts and activity, realization of self-identity and never- ending pleasures...

01. Calamity by Ants

February 23, 2023jambudweepLokottar Sadhak

Calamity by Ants Chapter -1 Calamity: Pious Saints consider it as a pious step of “Karma Nirjara” i.e. shedding of karmic matter with a feeling of pleasure in struggle and equanimity in unfavorable situations. Calamity: is darkness prior to dawn after which sun rays invite fresh light of life. Calamity: is a criterion to assess...

Uniqueness of Astronomical Principles in Jaina Texts

February 23, 2023jambudweep

Uniqueness of Astronomical Principles in Jaina Texts ABSTRACT Shrenik Bandi & Anupam Jain Jaina astronomical contribution is explored with the help of Agamas (canonical texts) in this paper. The system is unique and of great importance for the maker of calendar. It is suggested that the unequal naksatra division in Jaina astronomy is a unique...

24. Lord Mahavira -The Greatest Ecologist

February 23, 2023jambudweepIntroduction, Lord Mahaveer, Tirthankaras

Lord Mahavira -The Greatest Ecologist Anil Jain AbstractLord Mahavira is the 24th and the last of Jaina tradition. Through his teactings he prescribed a way of life for his followers calledJainas. The centre point of his teaching is i.e. non Killing or harming any living species of the world in any way. He says that...

Mathematical Contributions of Srldharacarya and Mahaviracarya

February 23, 2023jambudweep

Mathematical Contributions of Srldharacarya and Mahaviracarya : A Comparative Study Abstract Anupam Jain & Shaifali Jain During the golden period of Indian Mathematics (500 - 1200 A.D.), the work of 5 mathematicians namely Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Srldharacarya, Mahaviracarya and Bhaskaracarya has been very significant and famous. The contributions of these mathematicians not only influenced the entire...

A Pragmatic View with Reflections on Jaina Scriptures

February 23, 2023jambudweep

Spirituality and Workplace Spirituality A Pragmatic View with Reflections on Jaina Scriptures ABSTRACT Spirituality implies faith in an entity that is beyond material world and is capable of guiding and controlling activities in the material world. Behaviorally it implies to cheerfulness, humility, forgiveness, gratitude, kindness and free from hatred and jealousy from others. It further...

Emotion and Bhava in Jainism and Western Thought

February 23, 2023jambudweep

Emotion and Bhava in Jainism and Western Thought Presented By - Narayan Lal Kachhara Abstract Emotions and Bhava (WW) are specific states of the soul, which in Jainism are created by effects of Karma. Western philosophy has also studied emotions, which are regarded as complex psycho-physiological experiences influenced by internal as well as external environment....

Year: 2023