Jainism category: 52 books

Read this book in order to take flight in the world of spiritualism, in order to scale the peaks of meditation, in order to attain the bliss of freedom from death. Read this book to find peace in day to day life, in order to discover the joy of a life spent in devotion, meditation and immersion in...

Jaina Sutras, Part I by Hermann Jacobi Part One of the Hermann Jacobi translation of the Jaina Sutras. This volume includes the Akaranga and Kalpa Sutras, two of the most important Jain sacred texts. The Akaranga Sutra outlines rules for Jain monks. Most notably it describes steps which...

Buddhism and Jainism share the concepts of karma, rebirth, and the desirability of escaping from rebirth. The literature of both traditions contains many stories about past, and sometimes future, lives which reveal much about these foundational doctrines. Naomi Appleton carefully explores how multi-life...

Lord Parshvanath is the 23rd tirthankar of the jains. He led an exemplary life, full of forbearance. Non violence, self-control and penance are the sterling qualities that he personified. The Śaṅkhēśvara Stōtram is a beautiful hymn devoted to Lord Parshvanath, one of whose images is placed...

Siddhagiri Shatrunjaya is called the eternal tirth. This is the place where innumerable lofty souls have reached the Siddha state. This Tirth is the holiest spot on the earth and is thousand times holier than all other holy places. This book through words and photographs helps us undertake a spiritual...

Salutations to Jinshashan! In which there is an excellent rite of confession to wash out the sins of a person. Will the water of River Ganga remain contaminated forever? No! If process is carried out then it will become pure and sacred. Atonement has the power due to which a soul can become pure...

Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others,...

The greatest master...the greatest prayer...stop going here and there, just pray to Guru Gautam Swami and see all your dreams fulfilled. This composition contains eight stanzas that extol Guru Gautam Swami, the first gandhara of Lord Mahavira who was the 24th Tirthankar of the jains. This composition...

‘Jainism has been glorified by the composition of Atmasiddhi in the Gujarati language. I have not seen a greater man than Him in these times. ’ -Pujya Shri Kanjiswami ‘If one’s goal is to attain the soul through Atmasiddhi, much can be achieved. The path to true happiness has been unravelled...

Only stillness can give meaning to all our actions. Stillness of the mind. Only stillness can bring about a state of existence, awareness and bliss. Stillness leads to completeness. It is our dilemmas and wandering attention that leads to incompleteness. Stillness leads to a sense of awareness that...

Can any spiritual benefit be derived without self-immersion? Supreme bliss...Supreme happiness...Supreme awareness...Supreme immersion...call it whatever you like, it is this complete immersion in the self that leads to true bliss. One who has not immersed oneself in the atman, has wasted this life....

Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical, given that Jain spirituality is to disengage oneself from worldly...

The study of early modern history has exploded in the last several decades. Many new historical sources have been identified and examined and a host of exciting studies, employing a wide range of innovative methodologies, have been produced. Scholars of Jewish history have begun to ask to what extent...

‘This man has won my heart in spiritual matters, and no one else has ever made on me the same impression. I have said elsewhere that besides Kavi (Shrimadji), Ruskin and Tolstoy have contributed in forming my intrinsic character; but Kavi has had a more profound effect because I had come in personal...