SAMADHITANTRA (Sanskrit-Hindi)
By Acarya Pujyapada
Pandit Nathuram Premi Research Series Volume 5
Hindi translation by Dr. Jaykumar Jalaj
2006 220 x 140 mm 32 pp
81 88769 06 1 Softcover Rs. 30
EAN 9788188769063
Acarya Pujyapada, the Digambara mystic and pioneering Sanskrit grammarian, lived in the 6th century of the Common Era. Apart from his deep scholarship and mastery of the Jain doctrine, Pujyapada was a mystic and yogi.
He wrote from his spiritual experiences.
Hence, he penned some of the most important and pathbreaking works on Jainism. His treatise on Sanskrit grammar, the Jainendra Vyakarana commands wide respect till today as one of the best and most complete original works on Sanskrit grammar.
His Sarvarthasiddhi is the first independent commentary on the Tattvarthasutra and one of the most concise, establishing definitions that are standard.
His Samadhitantra is one of the first Jain works on spirituality in Sanskrit. And among the finest, most lucid works on mysticism produced by the shramana tradition.
In this work, he deals with the self, establishing it as being independent of the body, of gender, of all the non-self objects that one mistakenly associates with oneself.
The work is concise, has only 105 shlokas. The work is tight, beautifully crafted with not a word extra. The precision of the Acarya's thoughts is matched by the loftiness of his spirituality. Pujyapada, with this work, takes us to a world of tranquilness and serenity. Where there is no chaos, no mad rush for more, a world free of attachments and aversions.
A world where we drop all fears and biases, all desires and distractions...The world of the atma, the sublime, calm and peaceful. A world that is at once at peace with itself and completely conscious, immersed in the contemplation of itself and free of all disturbances.
Samadhitantra is a glimpse into the spiritual world of Pujyapada. A world where there is equanimity, calm and serenity.
The Hindi translation by Dr. Jaykumar Jalaj remains quietly in the background, not detracting from the pleasure of reading Pujyapada's simple but eloquent language.
Come visit this world of dhyana, j and adhyatma. Read the Samadhitantra - A doorway to the world of tranquilness and serenity that arise out of truly knowing oneself.
Namo Vitaragaya
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