'ભાવના-શતક' પર વૈશ્વિક દૃષ્ટિએ શોધ-અધ્યયનનો ગ્રંથ

ડૉ. મુનિરાજશ્રી ચિંતન મુનિ દ્વારા અમારા માર્ગદર્શનમાં પીએચ.ડી. નિમિત્તે થયેલો મહાશોધ નિબંધ 'ભાવે ધર્મ આરાધીએ'માં ગ્રંથસ્થ થયેલો છે. શતાવધાની મુનિરાજશ્રી રત્નચંદ્રજી મહારાજના પ્રેરક જીવન અને એમણે રચેલા 'ભાવના-શતક' પર સર્વગ્રાહી શોધ અને વિશ્લેષણનો ગ્રંથ છે. તેમાં 'ભાવના-શતક'નું અધ્યયન વિશ્વના સર્વ ધર્મોને કેન્દ્રમાં રાખી તુલનાત્મક રીતે કરવામાં આવ્યું છે.

* 'ભાવે ધર્મ આરાધીએ' - ડૉ. મુનિરાજશ્રી ચિંતન મુનિ, 

પ્રકાશક : શ્રી સ્થાનકવાસી છકોટિ જૈન લીંબડી અજરામર સંપ્રદાય, 

લીંબડી (સૌરાષ્ટ્ર)    

અદૃશ્ય મિત્રો

યુજીન ઈયોનેસ્કોનાં બે ફ્રેન્ચ નાટક તથા એલન એકબોર્ન અને આર્નોલ્ડ વેસ્કરનાં ઇંગ્લિશ એબ્સર્ડ નાટકોના અનુવાદનો ગ્રંથ. પ્રકાશક : ડિવાઈન પબ્લિકેશન્સ, અમદાવાદ.

'Adrashya Mitro' Trans. by Dr. Intaj Malek 

Upanishads and Islamic Mysticism : Preface

Upanishads and Islamic Mysticism is the subject of my research work. As per my knowledge no research work on the said subject had been under taken by any student hence I preferred the subject as it was the appetite of my soul.

Needless to narrate the beauty of the Upanishads here in the foreword but I cannot prevent my self from saying that the Upanishads do have everything that can satisfy the spiritual appetite of human beings. They are full of poetic beauty, spirituality and morality accompanied by an emphasis on knowledge of the Self that is Brahman. Upanishads are a proud possession of the Indian mystical tradition that has opened the new horizons for the development of other mystical traditions. Whether the western scholars agree or not the Upanishads are the roots of the mystical traditions evolved in the world.

Islamic Mysticism that is popularly or rather fondly known as Sufism seems to me very similar to the Upanishadic mysticism. The Sufi mystics of Islam do talk about the unity of the Self with the Supreme self i.e. the Brahman in Upanishadic language. In my study I have allotted, two separate chapters to the discussion of mysticism of the Upanishads as well as to the discussion of Taswwuf (Islamic mysticism or Sufism). I have tried to bring out the conclusion that the ultimate Reality remains one and the same by a comparative study of both of these mystical traditions. I have also assigned a separate place in the form of a chapter to Sufi saints and mystics and their mystical thoughts and also the influence of the Vedantins on them.

India is a beautiful garden with varied religious flowers and plants spreading to the world the aroma of love and brotherhood, peace and non violence, kindness and generosity not only towards human beings but towards animals and to the vegetation world. It is in such a garden that the flowers of Upanishads blossomed and ripened into fruits giving nectar to the entire world. It is because of these magnanimity and richness of spirituality that encouraged me to do a research work on such a subject.

My research work will be beneficial to the students, scholars, teachers, research workers and to the people enmasse who are interested in the study of mysticism and to those who want to bridge the gap among people of different sects adhering to different religions.

I regret my inability as I could not use diacritical marks for Sanskrit terms and transliteration used in this study due to some technical reasons. I have used Arabic Sufistic terms in many places for that I have given an exhaustive glossary. 

- Intaj Malek

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