| 28.12.2003 | The Tribune | Breaking the foggy vow |
A play based on Jain monk Acharya Mahaprajna's writings. To be precise, he wrote the script, based on a king conversing with the nature around him.
| 10.12.2003 | Times Of India | Waterfall Inspires Progress & Purity | Sudhamahi Regunathan |
Says Acharya Mahaprajna, "We too have to move in the same direction as the waterfall. When something is no longer useful, it is forgotten...
| 23.11.2003 | The Tribune | Jain Muni Starts ‘Mahayajna’ |
...the muni said he was taking up the new “maha-yajna” in the form of a yatra from Punjab to Kashmir with the purpose of promoting mutual brotherhood.
| 06.11.2003 | Times Of India | Don’t Muddy the Pure Stream of Mind | Sudhamahi Regunathan |
Acharya Mahaprajna explains that spirituality is the path of purity of consciousness; the awakening of a consciousness that develops because of sublimation of attachment and aversion. This results in an appeased mental state and the true experience of peace and freedom from inner turmoil.
| 27.10.2003 | Times Of India | Experience Truth With Pure Mind | Acharya Mahaprajna |
Change is born of two originals: The material cause and the instrumental cause. Competence becomes operational by combining with favourable circumstances.
| 18.10.2003 | Times Of India | Indira Gandhi Award for Acharya Mahaprajna | Times News Network |
The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2002 has been given to Acharya Mahaprajna, renowned Jain Muni and a Gandhian activist, it was announced on Friday.
| 01.09.2003 | Times Of India | Festival of Fasting: Paryushan Parva | Acharya Mahaprajna |
According to Jain tradition, among the 12 types of penances, the first four - anashan (fasting), unodari (eating less), vritti-sankshepa (selective eating) and rasa-parityaga (taste-selection) - are particularly good for health.
| 15.04.2003 | Times Of India | Mahavira's Thoughts On Economics | Acharya Mahaprajna |
Today, economic policy is designed to help us achieve a new global order with optimum economic configurations. Earlier, output maximisation and mass-scale production was necessary to satisfy the escalating demands of a growing population.
| 06.03.2003 | The Tribune | The Process of Social Change | OF LIFE SUBLIME |
TODAY'S genetic scientists claim that the attitude of man grows from within along with his life.
| 19.01.2003 | The Tribune | Symposium On Female Foeticide |
Shri Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Mahila Mandal will organise a symposium on female foeticide at Terapanth Bhavan in Bagh Wali Gali tomorrow at 10 am, according to Ms Manju Vaid, chairperson of the mandal.
| 05.12.2002 | Times Of India | Tension of Opposites Central to Existence | Sudhamahi Regunathan |
According to Acharya Mahaprajna, opposition is a fundamental rule for existence. ‘‘There is no type of existence in which opposites do not co-exist...
| 25.08.2002 | Congress Sandesh | Non-Violence shows the Way | Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi |
The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi’s Address to Jain Conference, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 25 August 2002: Non-Violence Shows the Way. I am very happy that today I am with you all to take part in the pious programme of Ahimsa March (non-violence march).
| 24.08.2002 | Times Of India | Everyone Flocks to this Acharya | Shyam Parekh |
Interview with a Times journalist.
Koba (Gandhinagar): President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam delayed his Kutch visit to meet him. L.K. Advani came with his family to seek his blessings, immediately after becoming deputy minister. RSS chief K. Sudershan will be spending a day with three chief ministers and spend two hours with him.
| 19.08.2002 | The Tribune | ‘Selfishness Cause of Social Problems’ |
The Terapanth Youth organised a two-day function in Lala Brij Lal Aggarwal Dharamshala to show the youth the right path.
| 18.06.2002 | Times Of India | The Art of Living in Solitariness | Acharya Mahaprajna |
Prekshadhyana is the know-ledge of self. Those who do not know themselves, cannot know others well.
| 04.05.2002 | Times Of India | Parable of the King and the Poet-Thief | Sudhamahi Regunathan |
Acharya Mahaprajna draws many lessons from this simple story. The idea of possessiveness is crippling. It leads to greed, arrogance, anger, aversion, fear and lust.
| 25.04.2002 | Times Of India | Advani stresses 3 Jewels of Jainism | Times News Network |
He agreed with a message sent by Acharya Mahaprajna, head of the Shwetambar Terapanth sect, which said: "Amidst so much violence, should we celebrate Mahavir Jayanti? Yes, for this is when Mahavir’s message is needed the most."
| 25.04.2002 | Times Of India | Fearless Apostle of Non-Violence | Acharya Mahaprajna |
Today is Lord Mahavir’s 2,600th birth anniversary. A number of people are born unnoticed on this earth every day but Mahavir’s birth was extraordinary.
| 18.04.2002 | The Hindu | 'Ahimsa' the Need of Hour |
The Vice-President, Krishan Kant, has asserted that in the present scenario of communal intolerance, `ahimsa' (non-violence) had become the need of the hour.
| 03.04.2002 | Times Of India | Friendliness Brings Happiness & Health | Acharya Mahaprajna |
THE art of being in a state of solitude is called Prekshadhyana. Those who have learnt to be in solitude can establish friendliness with the present moment.
| 01.11.2001 | Times Of India | Conquer Fear by Facing Fear | Sudhamahi Regunathan |
Says Acharya Mahaprajna that it is not rare to meet a man who is completely honest, very brave, very well read or very generous. But, indeed, it is rare to meet a man who is totally devoid of fear.
| 28.10.2001 | The Tribune | Lord Mahavira | C.R.Bhansali |
Lord Mahavira, whose original name was Vardhamana, was son of Siddhartha who was the head of a Kshatriya clan called Jnatrikas in Vaishali. A contemporary of Lord Buddha, he was the last of the Tirthankaras as per the belief of the Jain community.
| 11.10.2001 | The Tribune | Towards a Better Life | OF LIFE SUBLIME |
THANKS to our sense organs, to observe others and learn about them is one of our natural habits.
| 19.09.2001 | Times Of India | Violent Images Make Us Insensitive | Sudhamahi Regunathan |
Acharya Mahaprajna says that non-violence is founded on the three basic principles of amity, tolerance and fearlessness. Most spiritual leaders would concur with this seemingly simple definition.
| 03.09.2001 | Times Of India | Towards Achieving Purity of Spirit | Acharya Mahaprajna |
THE followers of Jainism celebrate Paryushan Parva, a spiritual festival that is spread over 30 days, culminating in the Kshamavani Diwas, the day of forgiveness and atonement. In pursuance of the ultimate goal of Jainism, of achieving spiritual good, these 30 days are characterised by the observance of fasts, vows of silence and meditation.
| 04.05.2001 | Times Of India | I and Mine | Acharya Mahaprajna |
Sacred SpaceI am not at all surprised at not being independent. Not to speak of me, no one endowed with life is independent.
| 30.03.2001 | Times Of India | Any Answers? | Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee |
Acharya Mahaprajna (Feb 3) quotes Mahaveer Jain as saying that mighty disasters are the net result of "strong, imbalanced desires of Mankind."
| 15.02.2001 | Times Of India | Acts of God | Times News Network |
Which is why Jain Acharya Mahaprajna while appealing to all communities to come to the aid of the Gujarat quake victims without any selfish reason, pride or desire for fame, averred that "this calamity should teach all people to eschew violence, exploitation, cruelty, fraud, lust etc..." and that "mighty disasters are the net result of strong, imbalanced desires of mankind".
| 09.02.2001 | Times Of India | Great Compassion | Times News Network |
Only that man can be called tender-hearted in whose heart flows a perpetual stream of compassion. Such a man can never practise exploitation, cannot ignore the happiness and comforts of others in order to keep himself happy and comfortable, and cannot do anything likely to harm others.
| 01.02.2001 | The Tribune | When Solutions become Problems | OF LIFE SUBLIME |
I see on the one hand the enormous universe and on the other a minuscule man.
| 10.01.2001 | Times Of India | Place of Moral Values in Society | Acharya Mahaprajna |
"VALUE-based education'' is in vogue today because values command a great significance in society. A society which is endowed with lofty values, makes progress.
| 09.12.2000 | Times Of India | For a Holistic and Balanced Life | Acharya Mahaprajna |
When a youth was asked about religion, he said, "I do not consider it to be necessary."
Another youth, in reply to the same question, answered, "I'm not interested in it".
| 05.08.2000 | Times Of India | Sacred Space: Self-Appreciation | Times News Network |
Recognition of the truth is the discovery of true conscience. Being haunted by the truth is being haunted by your own true conscience. The point of these experiences is for you to realise what your part in the big drama of life is.
| 04.04.2000 | Times Of India | Sacred Space: Kindness & Compassion | Agencies |
Only that man can be called tender-hearted in whose heart flows a perpetual stream of compassion.
| 01.09.1999 | Life Positive magazin | Exclusive Interview with "Life Positive" | Acharya Mahaprajna |
How would you explain the basic principles of Jainism?
"Jainism has a sacred book known as Saman Sutra. This contains scriptures written by Lord Mahavira and has been put together by Acharya Tulsi (one of Jainism's leading spiritual leaders and guru of Acharya Mahaprajna). Jainism is basically atman (soul)-oriented."