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to bring home the doctrine, so does Prof. Agrawal use common man's English to enable lay practitioners understand the concepts.
I found this volume very interesting as it aroused more interest in me to go deeper in the subject and enhance my own understanding of auspicious and inauspicious activities resulting in bondage of meritorious and unmeritorious karmas, karmic influx, and bondage.
Prof. Agrawal had been associated with International School for Jain Schools as faculty member to teach soul and karma doctrines to overseas scholars. I always found him to be a serious dedicated practitioner cum inquisitive, truly imbibing the techniques indicated in Jain concept of Svādhyāya (self-study), for his own learning as well as teaching others. I wish Prof. Agrawal all the best in his untiring efforts to present this valuable scripture of Digambar Jains to English speaking audience.
Dr. Shugan C Jain
Chairman International School for Jain Studies D 28 Panchsheel Enclave, New Delhi 110017
