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The Discourse Divine

The Discourse Divine Foreword Shri Pujyapada Swami the author of the “Ishtopadesha” (Discourse Divine) was a Jaina saint, of the Digambara sect, who flourished in the fourth century A D. He composed several important works on the Jaina Philosophy and Religion of which the “Sarvārtha Siddhi " (an elaborate commentary on the Tattvārthsūtra Sutra, which may be termed the Jaina Bible), “Jainnendra Vyākarana”, the “Samādhi Shataka" and the “Ishtopadesa” are the most famous The last-named work was translated into Hindi from the original Sanskrit by Shri Dharma-Divakar, Dharma Bhushana Brahmachari Sital Prasadji in the year 1923. I have now translated it into English, at the suggestion of the respected Brahmachariji himself, from the Hindi translation. The English translation has been personally revised by the brahmachariji to whom I am indebted for the favour. The ''Ishtopadesha'' is a charming composition in (adhyātma-rasa) that signifies a sort of direct appeal to the experience of self-realization rather than a metaphysical study of the soul-nature through the intellectual faculty. I have no doubt that it will prove very serviceable in fixing the attention of the contemplative thought

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