Karma Doctrine Explanation

Articles on Karma Doctrine Explanation

1. Gautama Prccha — A Drama on An Ancient Thought and Dialogue

   By Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980

   P. C. Dasgupta introduces and analyses a dramatic work titled "Gautama Prccha" (literally, "Questions of Gautama") that reimagines a pivotal encounter between the Vedic scholar Indrabhuti Gautama and the Jain Tirthankara Mahavira. Set roughly 2,500 years ago,…

2. Acarya Vijaya Premasurisvara and his Contribution to Karmavada

   Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1969

   Acarya Vijaya Premasurisvara (1884–1968), a prominent Jain scholar, dedicated his life to elucidating the karma doctrine. Born in Nandia, Rajasthan, he renounced worldly life at sixteen, becoming a Jain monk named Premavijaya after initiation in 1901. Despite…

3. Prasnottra

   The Jaina Gazette, 1914

   The Jain Gazette (1914) publishes answers by Alexander Gordon, Honorary Secretary of the Mahavira Brotherhood in London, to questions posed by Muni Ude Chandji Jain of Panjab. The text addresses theological and philosophical inquiries from a Jain perspective.…