Acharya Mahapragya

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Understanding Joy And Sorrow (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

The cycle of joy and sorrow is perennial. Yet, they are largely of our own making. There is no market where we can go and buy either. As their source is not outside but within us, therefore, it is possible for us to transform or control them too. This is a vastly complex subject that man has struggled with for aeons. In Understanding Joy and Sorrow, Acharya Mahapragya, the tenth Acharya of the Jain Swetambar Terapanth sect and one of the most respected Jain thinkers of the world, outlines the causes, aspects and remedies of our unhappiness in twenty-one succinct chapters. Given here are chapters that address the role of anger, stress and desire in sorrow and those like detachment and fearlessness which help us be happy. Drawing upon anecdotes and examples, he holds up a mirror to our innermost fears and concerns. Alongside are five key exercises such as kayotsarga and antaryatra that provide a pathway to reaching mental calm. Kayotsarga is the process of relaxation of all the muscles in the body that helps one to release stress; antaryatra is the focussing of attention on the body's centre of energy to reach a state of balance and peace. Together with the other exercises given in the book these make it one of the most accessible books available on the subject, one that any reader can keep handy and benefit from by dipping into time and again.

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Autor

ACHARYA MAHAPRAGYA was one of the most celebrated
Jain thinkers of the world and the tenth Acharya of the Jain
Shwetambar Terapanth sect. Born in 1920 in a village in
Rajasthan, he became a monk at the age of ten. He got his
education under the guidance of Acharya Shree Tulsi, who
launched the Anuvrat Movement in 1949 to rid the world
of violence and hatred and free religion from sectarianism.
Acharya Mahapragya was a prolifi c writer and has been
called a 'modern Vivekananda'. He traversed more than
1,00,000 km on foot and visited 10,000 villages to spread
the message of non-violence. To this purpose, he embarked
on an Ahimsa Yatra in 2001. He was honoured with the
Communal Harmony Award in 2004 for his contribution in
this fi eld. He died on 9 May 2010 at the age of eighty-nine
in Sardarshahar, Rajasthan.

A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM was the President of India from 2002
to 2007 and is the recipient of the nation's highest civilian
award, the Bharat Ratna. Born in 1931 in Rameshwaram
in Tamil Nadu, Dr Kalam studied aeronautical engineering
at the Madras Institute of Technology. He played a key role
in the development of India's first satellite launch vehicle,
the SLV-3, and in the building and operationalization of
India's strategic missile systems. As an elder statesman,
he remains in the public eye for his role in offering counsel,
reaching out to people and building bridges across religious
and social divides. Dr Kalam's focus stays on transforming
India into a developed nation by 2020 and to this end he
has met and enthused more than three million youths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789350299418
• Artikelnr.: 52499344