Soul Science for the Millennials: Timeless Wisdom from a 2000-year-old text, Samayasara, by the Indian Jain Scholar Kundakunda Acarya

DR. MEDHAVI JAIN is the founder of the think-tank 'Dharma For Life', which organises informative sessions on India's ancient wisdom with a special emphasis on Jain Philosophy and Panel Discussions on present-day issues. Doctorate in Jainism, Dr. Jain is a Life Coach and has authored eleven literary books, mainly in Hindi. Her first academic book is 'Matter and Mokşa (Science and Spirituality in Jainism)'. Many of her research papers have been published in reputed Research Journals. Dr. Jain contributes to various organisations that work to propagate Hindi literature. Dr. Jain lives in Delhi with her family.

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The author, Dr. Medhavi Jain, attempted to provide some aspects of soul science that can be useful in improving our day-to-day life. To achieve this goal, she chose to draw the nectar from many stanzas of the scripture Samayasāra composed by Acārya Kundakunda in the first century.

The reading of the whole manuscript has been a pleasing experience to me in many ways. I admire the zeal, enthusiasm, and hard work of the author in achieving this goal. The simplicity of the language, minimization of the use of technical words, and the selection of examples and stanzas in view of the requirement of our young generation in the practical life are highly commendable.

I believe that this work would not only be helpful in improving the worldly life but would also motivate its readers to study Samayasāra for achieving a higher level of spiritual peace. -DR. PARAS MAL AGRAWAL

Being initially an outsider to Jainism, Dr. Medhavi Jain has adopted the Jain Doctrine as the most reasonable and spirit-lifting guide to solve our personal dilemmas and social misunderstandings. At the same time, she is not satisfied with keeping her blind faith in Jain dogmas- she seeks the absolute truth and deep wisdom in it. That is why she has turned to studying Kundakunda's work-one of the most challenging and intriguing texts of Jainism.

Dr. M Jain reads it with an open mind and from her own perspective: how it can be useful not only from an academic point of view - to know something about Jainism, but also how it would be interesting and valuable for people who are not scholars, who want to lead more reasonable life or to quench their spiritual thirst.-NATALIA ZHELEZNOVA Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences