Inspiring Thoughts of Acharya Mahaprajna

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There are times when in spite of our best efforts, things seem to go out of our control and we feel helpless. In such circumstances we need some one or his works and deeds to inspire us. Inspiration is eternal and it is necessary and desirable for integrated development of individual. Acharya Mahaprajna, who inspired millions of his Jain disciples, is also inspiring people of different sects and religions around the world. His thoughts are everlasting, time tested and written for every man. This book will be very useful for inspiring the young minds who are in search of an icon.

Dr. Anil Dutta Mishra started his career as Assistant Professor, in the Department of Nonviolence and Peace Research, Jain Vishva Bharati University, Ladnun, Rajasthan. He is a well known Gandhian scholar and activist and has written/edited eighteen books. Presently working on 'Acharya Mahaprajna's Economics of Mahaveera' and writing 'Biography of Yuvacharya Mahashraman Mudit Kumar.' His area of specialization includes Public Administration, Grass- root Politics, Gender Issues, Ecology and Human Rights. His latest book is "Inspiring Thoughts of Sonia Gnadhi."

Dr. Bachh Raj Dugar is Professor in the Department of Non-violence and Peace; Director, Research; and Honorary Director of Ahimsa Bhawan, and Registrar from 1997 to 1998, Jain Vishva Bharati University, Ladnun, Rajasthan.

He has more than 25 years of teaching experience at the postgraduate level, guided more than 15 Ph.D. scholars and has made seminal contribution in various national and international seminars and conferences. He has more than 70 research papers and 10 books to his credit. His latest well known books are: Value Management in Professions; Non-violence, Relative Economics and New Social Order; Promoting Values in Higher Education; and Relative Economics.

Life is neither a bed of roses, nor it is throne alone. Life is a struggle blends of ups and downs, sorrows and joys, success and failure, darkness and light, good and bad, honour and dishonour, gain and loss. It keeps on assessing a person's fortitude by presenting unpredictable situations without a fore warning. No one can escape from this hard reality of life.

Every one of us would like to be happy all the time, but the reality is quite different/opposite and each one has his/her share of favourable and unfavourable circumstances. And this too is a fact that different persons behave absolutely unlike each other in adverse circumstances. For one, an adverse situation might mean a bleak future while another might consider the opportunity a challenge to reshape his or her destiny.

Those who are positive and sensitive towards others' troubles are more liable to take life's challenges in their stride. Every hindrance and failure leaves a person stronger and wiser. Wise man learns from every mistake and failure. It is only while facing a difficult situation that a person comes to know of his real inner strength.

Just as wood is seasoned by giving hot and cold treatments alternatively before being used in house construction, similarly emergence of varied unpredictable conditions and circumstances makes a man stronger, more mature, determined and unshakable. A stone turns into a diamond only after undergoing a lot of cutting, carving and polishing. Hina gives colour only when it is crushed and mixed with water. Gold shines after heating. Similarly wise men with positive attitude learn from the past mistakes and start a fresh look towards situations in which they are placed.

Happiness is a state of mind. Happiness would not be so valuable in absence of troubles. It is only defeat which makes victory so enviable. Every night has a day; tough situations are forebodings of good times. It is nature's way of maintaining a balance in every man's life on this earth.

To lead a happy life is not a big or tedious task. Happiness is not something that comes to you, it is something you create. It's not what happens to you that counts; but how you react to it, that matters. By adopting a positive attitude, life becomes an adventure. The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things and by the God's grace.

There are times when in spite of our best efforts, things seem to go out of our control and we feel helpless. In such circumstances we need some one or his works and deeds to inspire us. Acharya Mahaprajna is one of them.