Second U.S. edition of a highly acclaimed, simple introduction to Jainism, an ancient (more than 2600 years old) but currently relevant religion from India. Written in a clear and friendly style, full of explanations, and a gradual, stepwise presentation of its fundamental principles. For personal or classroom study. Equally interesting for non-Jains of either Indian, non-Indian, or Western origin, and for students and scholars of non-violence, vegetarianism, and ecology.
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Bharat S. Shah is a medical doctor practicing in New York. He has been interested and actively involved in building bridges across cultures, religions, and languages. He has published several books for classroom teaching or for self-study of Asian Indian languages e.g., Gujarati, Sanskrit, English, and the Devanagari script (used for Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit languages). He has also published a simple, introductory text on Jainism, an ancient religion emphasizing extreme non-violence, respect for the environment, and social equality. Dr. Shah has been widely published in medical and lay media, and he has given several lectures, interviews, and crash courses on various alphabets. He has authored an autobiographical docu-novel based on his wife's liver transplant. He has been a secreatry and then the president of the Gujarati Literary Academy of North America. He enjoys presenting an extremely complex subject matter in a simple and humorous manner.
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This book is very unique in the world of books on Jainism. My experience has been that most books presume you already have a great deal of understanding of Jainism before you start reading them or that you are very religious. While this book is most likely informative for those readers , I do not fall under those categories. This book taught me what Jainism is about without telling me what rituals I must follow and without preaching to me about my shortcomings as a Jain. it is very simply written and really teaches the reader about all aspects of the religion, including interesting stories about its development. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about Jainism.
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Having been reluctant to learn about Jainism my entire life, this book showed me that a book does not have to be boring just because it's about religion. I really like the author's writing style and his simple approach to explaining what I always thought were complicated tenets. I highly recommend this book.
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This is an excellent and practical introduction to Jainism especially for young Jains born in the countries other than India. Dr. Shah has emphasized the practice part of Jainism rather than theories. He has covered all the major practices practiced by lay Jains today in India in their daily life. He has kept the discussion at the level that is logically acceptable by a lay person or the one who has no roots in Jainism.
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It is auspicious and fitting, that I am beginning to write this Introduction to Jainism on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Mahavira, Kevala Gnyana, Sthuli Bhadra, Navakara Mantra, Chanda Kaushika, Chandana Bala, Shali Bhadra, Hari Bhadra, Maru Devi, Parshva Natha, Sava Sheth, Soma Sheth, Bhadra Bahu Swami, Rushabha Deva, Gautama Swami, King Shrenika, Lord Buddha, Namo Arihantanam, United States, Bhadra Shethani, Ilachi Kumara, Kalpa Sutra, Bhaktamara Stotra, Three Gems, Garbha Dvara New!
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It is auspicious and fitting, that I am beginning to write this Introduction to Jainism on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Mahavira, Kevala Gnyana, Sthuli Bhadra, Navakara Mantra, Chanda Kaushika, Chandana Bala, Shali Bhadra, Hari Bhadra, Maru Devi, Parshva Natha, Sava Sheth, Soma Sheth, Bhadra Bahu Swami, Rushabha Deva, Gautama Swami, King Shrenika, Lord Buddha, Namo Arihantanam, United States, Bhadra Shethani, Ilachi Kumara, Kalpa Sutra, Bhaktamara Stotra, Three Gems, Garbha Dvara New!
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- The Theory of Relativity: & Other Essays by Albert Einstein on page 99
- Learn Gujarati by Kirit N. Shah in Front Matter
- A Programmed Text to Learn Gujarati by Bharat S. Shah in Front Matter
- Bhagavad Gita by Nataraja Guru in Back Matter
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