Acarya Kundakundas Niyamasara The Essence Of Soul Adoration

Author : Ācārya Kundakunda
Publisher : Vikalp Printers
ISBN 13 : 8193272633
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ācārya Kundakunda’s Niyamasāra – The Essence of Soul-adoration आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित "नियमसार" written by Ācārya Kundakunda and published by Vikalp Printers. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Niyamasāra’ by Ācārya Kundakunda (circa 1st century BC) is among the finest spiritual texts that we are able to lay our hands on in the present era. The treatise expounds, with authority, the nature of the soul (ātmā) from the real, transcendental point-of-view (niścayanaya). It expounds the essence of the objects of knowledge, and, by the word ‘niyama’, the path to liberation. ‘Niyamasāra’ is the Word of the Omniscient Lord. It has the power to bestow ineffable happiness of liberation that is utterly rid of attachment, without obstruction, eternal, and sense-independent. This happiness is attained by meditating on the perfect-soul-substance which is pristine, and endowed with four qualities of infinite-knowledge, imperishable, indestructible, and indivisible. Worthy men aspiring for supreme happiness who comprehend this Scripture without contradiction of the empirical (vyavahāra) and the transcendental (niścaya) points-of-view are able to adopt conduct that leads their souls to the desired goal. By concentrating on the pure (śuddha) and inseparable (abheda) ‘Three Jewels’ (ratnatraya), eternal happiness appertaining to the perfect-soul-substance is attained. ‘Niyamasāra’ discourses right exertion for the soul and its fruit, the supreme liberation.

Author : Vijay K. Jain
Publisher : Vijay Kumar Jain
ISBN 13 : 9357374272
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ācārya (Muni) Nemicandra’s Dravyasamgraha – With Authentic Explanatory Notes आचार्य (मुनि) नेमिचन्द्र विरचित द्रव्यसंग्रह - प्रामाणिक व्याख्या सहित written by Vijay K. Jain and published by Vijay Kumar Jain. This book was released on 2022-11-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divine Blessings: Ācārya Vidyānanda Muni (1st Edition); Ācārya Viśuddhasāgara Muni (2nd Edition) Editor and Translator: Vijay K. Jain Language Note: Prakrit, Hindi and English Publisher: Vijay Kumar Jain, 2022 Subjects: Jainism – Doctrines – Early works to 1800 Description: xlii + 310 p. (total 352 p.); 24 x 17 x 2.5 cm The canonical text ‘Dravyasamgraha’ is believed to have been composed either by the Most Worshipful Ācārya Nemicandra ‘Siddhānta Cakravartī’ (circa 10th century CE) – the celebrated composer of texts like Gommatasāra, Labdhisāra, and Trilokasāra – or by his later namesake Muni Nemicandra ‘Siddāntideva’ (circa the end of 11th century CE). Ācārya (Muni) Nemicandra’s Dravyasamgraha consists of just 58 verses. In 116 lines of 58 verses the author has described the six substances (dravya), five with bodily-existence (pañcāstikāya), seven realities (tattva), nine objects (padārtha), and the path to liberation (mokşa), from both the empirical (vyavahāra) as well as the transcendental (niścaya) points-of-view (naya). The treatise ends with a brief description of the five Supreme-beings (pañca-parameşthī) and of meditation (dhyāna). The ‘Explanatory Note’ to each verse comprises excerpts from the most authentic Sacred Jaina Texts.

Author : Vijay K. Jain
Publisher : Vijay Kumar Jain
ISBN 13 : 9360762393
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ācārya Kumudacandra’s Kalyāņamandira Stotra आचार्य कुमुदचन्द्र विरचित कल्याणमन्दिर स्तोत्र written by Vijay K. Jain and published by Vijay Kumar Jain. This book was released on 2024-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editor and Translator: Vijay K. Jain Language Note: Sanskrit, Hindi and English Format: Book; Paperback, on Art paper Kalyāņamandira Stotra (Pārśvanātha Stotra) is the magnum opus composition of Ācārya Kumudacandra (circa 12th century VS). Kalyāņamandira Stotra eulogizes the supreme attributes of Lord Pārśvanātha, the twenty-third Tīrthaṅkara. This is perhaps the most well-known adoration of Lord Pārśvanātha that is not only recited but memorized, with great devotion and reverence, by many among the Jaina community, both Digambara and Śvetāmbara. The worthy soul is believed to accumulate enormous propitiousness by reading Kalyāņamandira Stotra with devotion. Many claim to have benefitted miraculously from the recitation of and reflection on this sacred composition. This slim volume is a useful reference text for international readers. It will be of interest not only to the Hindi-loving scholars but also to those looking for an authentic English rendering of Kalyāņamandira Stotra. The book’s Preface contains, besides other useful information, a brief life story of Lord Pārśvanātha, as expounded in the Scripture. The interesting and eye-opening sequence of the enmity carried forward by various incarnations of Kamaṭha (finally, Śambara deva) against his then-younger brother Marubhūti (finally, Lord Pārśvanātha), is also provided in a tabular form.

Author : Kundakunda
Publisher : New Delhi : Bharatiya Jnanpith Publication
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pañcāstikayasāra written by Kundakunda and published by New Delhi : Bharatiya Jnanpith Publication. This book was released on 1975 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Jain ontology and cosmology; a Digambara vere work.

Author : Padmanabh S. Jaini
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520377818
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender and Salvation written by Padmanabh S. Jaini and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is a total renunciation of clothing a prerequisite to attaining spiritual liberation? In Gender and Salvation, Padmanabh S. Jaini brings to light previously untranslated texts centering on a centuries-old debate between the two principal Jaina sects, the Digambaras and the Svetambaras. At the core of the debate is the question of whether gender-based differences of biology and life experience shape or limit an individual’s ability to accomplish the ultimate religious goal. For the Digambaras, the example of total nudity set by Mahavira (599–527 B.C.), the central spiritual figure of Jainism, mandates an identical practice for all who aspire to the highest levels of religious attainment. For the Svetambaras, the renunciation occurs purely on an internal level and is neither affected nor confirmed by the absence of clothes. Both sects agree, however, that nudity is not permitted for women under any circumstances. The Digambaras, therefore, believe that women cannot attain salvation, while the Svetambaras believe they can. Through their analysis of this dilemma, the Jaina thinkers whose texts are translated here demonstrate a level of insight into the material and spiritual constraints on women that transcends the particular question of salvation and relates directly to current debates on the effects of gender in our own society. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.

Author : Jayanti Lal Jain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788189860066
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pure Soul and Its Infinite Treasure written by Jayanti Lal Jain and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Radha Soami Satsang Beas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788182560307
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journey of the Soul written by Radha Soami Satsang Beas and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Flügel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134235526
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Jaina History and Culture written by Peter Flügel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last ten years have seen interest in Jainism increasing, with this previously little-known Indian religion assuming a significant place in religious studies. Studies in Jaina History and Culture breaks new ground by investigating the doctrinal differences and debates amongst the Jains rather than presenting Jainism as a seamless whole whose doctrinal core has remained virtually unchanged throughout its long history. The focus of the book is the discourse concerning orthodoxy and heresy in the Jaina tradition, the question of omniscience and Jaina logic, role models for women and female identity, Jaina schools and sects, religious property, law and ethics. The internal diversity of the Jaina tradition and Jain techniques of living with diversity are explored from an interdisciplinary point of view by fifteen leading scholars in Jaina studies. The contributors focus on the principal social units of the tradition: the schools, movements, sects and orders, rather than Jain religious culture in abstract. Peter Flügel provides a representative snapshot of the current state of Jaina studies that will interest students and academics involved in the study of religion or South Asian cultures.

Author : Andrew Wilson
Publisher : Paragon House
ISBN 13 : 9781557787231
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Scripture written by Andrew Wilson and published by Paragon House. This book was released on 1998-09-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrating the commonality of the world's religions and our common humanity, this rich and varied anthology of scripture offers a highly useful collection of religious quotations, passages, and excerpts from the holy texts, representing a new, holistic approach to the world's religions.

Author : John E. Cort
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791437858
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open Boundaries written by John E. Cort and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open Boundaries provides a new perspective on Jainism, one of the oldest yet least-studied of the world's living religions. Ten closely-focused studies investigate the interactions between Jains and non-Jains in South Asian society, with detailed studies of yoga, tantra, aesthetic theory, erotic poetry, theories of kingship, goddess worship, temple ritual, polemical poetry, religious women, and historiography. Viewing the Jains within a South Asian context results in a strikingly different portrait from the standard models represented in both traditional Western and Indian scholarship.