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Introduction : 7 the favour of writing about the past glory and the high ideals of any particular religion or community but Mr. Amiel has fulfilled the need of the modern age and has done justice while writing his book. It is worth to mention that this book is not written for the scholars of religion and philosophy but for the general public who really want to know all about Jainism and Jaina community as well. We need such types of literture which could awake the people and convince them to lead a religious life based on the teachings of Lord Mahāvīira. The present work 'Applied Philosophy of Jainism' is an effort made in this direction. I have discussed the three basic tenets of Jainism, i.e. Ahiṁsā (non-violence), Anekānta (non-Asolutism) and Aparigraha (non-possessiveness). These three tenets cover its applied philosophy in the form of three jewels of Jainism i.e. Samyak Darśana (Right Perception), Samyak-jñāna (Right Knowledge) and Samyak-cāritra (Right-conduct). Ahiṁsāpresents Samyak-darśana, Anekānta covers the Samyak-jñāna and Aparigraha covers the Samyak-căritra.
I am very thankful to Dr. Shriprakash Pandey, Joint Director at Parshwanath Vidyapeeth for editing this book and Mr. Pravin Sharma, staff at Prachya Vidyapeeth, Shajapur for managing this work for publication.
My thanks are also due to Dr. O. P. Singh, Asst. Professor at Parshwanath Vidyapeeth for assisting this publication through the press. I hope this work will cater the need of the common men who are interested to know the basic principles of Jainism. I am sure if these three principles applied properly in one's life, can change the whole direction of his living.
Sagarmal Jain
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