CONTENTS

PREFACE xiii-xix
REFERENCES xviii

1 - JAIN THOUGHTS 1-18

THE ESSENCE OF JAINISM 1
FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS* 6
LETTERS BETWEEN MAHATMA GANDHI
AND RAYCHANDBHAI* 9
JAIN MEDITATION* 11
TWELVE REFLECTIONS 17

2 - PRAYERS IN ROMANIZED SCRIPT

AND TRANSLATION 19-45
NAMOKAAR MANTRA 19
CHATTAARI MANGALAM 21
MAITRI BHAAVNU (GUJARATI) 23
MAHAAVIR AARATI 25
AADINAATH AARATI 29
MANGAL DIVO 31
AARATI OF PANCHA PARMESTHIS 33
KSAMAAPANAA 37
BAARAH BHAAVANAA 39

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PREFACE
3 - si™ rð[kh 60-82
si™ Ä{o™wt si™Œ¥ð 60 We are delighted that this third edition of the booklet
si™Ä{o™ku ‚kh xqtf{kt ™e[u sýkÔÞk «{kýu is released on the 30th YJF Anniversary at the 19th Biennial
ÔÞõŒ fhe þfkÞ Au. 61 Jaina Convention 2017 on “Jainism and Science” in
si™ Ä{o™kt MðŒ: r‚Ø ‚qºk: 67 Edison, New Jersey, USA. Various events took place in
[kh MðŒ: r‚Ø ‚qºkku™kt «uhýk†kuŒ: 68
this last decade which are detailed on the YJF website.
{nkí{k „ktÄe y™u ©e{Ë hks[tÿ ðå[u™ku
…ºkÔÞðnkh 69
The first edition was compiled by the Yorkshire Jain
si™ æÞk™ 71
Foundation (YJF) in 1990. The second edition was
æÞk™: {wÏÞ fŒoÔÞ Mkqr[ 74
ƒkh ¼kð™k 79 published in 2007 on the 20th YJF Anniversary. Both of
4 - «kÚkoLkkyku 83-109 these editions have English and Hindi, while this new
ý{kufkh {nk{tºk 83 edition has English and Gujarati. The first two editions of
[¥kkrh {t„÷{T 84 the booklet have been immensely useful for the YJF and
{iºke¼kð™wt 85 various other organizations. In fact, the second edition can
{nkðeh Mðk{e™e ykhŒe 88 now be downloaded free from the following site:
É»k¼Mðk{e™e ykhŒe 91 http://www.yjf.org.uk/ page6.htm
{t„¤ Ëeðku 92
…t[ …h{uce ykhŒe 93
Further, the Four Noble Truths have been rendered
ƒkh ¼kð™k 94
into a song album Atam Ajar Amar Hai for which the
ûk{k…™k 109
video version is available on the following site with
English translation of the lyrics:

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