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A miraculous stream of inspiration full of profound spiritual insight began to flow. When Shrimad returned from his day’s outing at dusk, he called on Ambalalbhai: “Ambalal, light and hold a lantern”.Īmbalalbhai, a great Truth seeker, humble as ever did as asked and stood by Shrimad’s side with a lit lantern. From there he came to the town of Nadiad where a great event took place on the first day of the later half of the Aso month. Due to old age, Saubhagbhai found it difficult to memorise the prose form of the letter and requested Shrimad to re-write the letter in rhythmic verse form so that he could easily memorise it and make it a part of himself.ĭuring Bhadarva and Aso months of Vikram Samvat 1952, Shrimad spent his time in the jungles of Gujarat contemplating in solitude. Shrimad had sent a copy of the letter on ‘ The Six Spiritual Tenets‘ to Shri Saubhagbhai with an instruction to learn it by heart and to contemplate on its contents regularly. Besides being highly spiritual, it is also a classic of Gujarati literature and has been the subject of numerous translations, commentaries and is also studied at universities for doctorates in philosophy even today. This composition explains the Jain path to Moksha. Although it is in poetry form, it is also known as Atma-siddhi Shastra as it enjoys a near-canonical status amongst the followers of Shrimad Atmasiddhi is highly revered amongst the followers of Shrimad.
The author, Shrimad Rajchandra, lays special emphasis on right perception (samyaktva), personal efforts and a true teacher’s guidance in the path to self-realisation. It propounds six fundamental truths on soul which are also known as satapada (six steps). It is a composition of 142 verses in Gujarati, explaining the fundamental philosophical truths about the soul and its liberation.
Hence, Atma Siddhi is translated as self attainment or self realization. Atma Siddhi (Gujarati: આત્મસિદ્ધિ) is a spiritual treatise in verse, composed in Gujarati by the nineteenth century Jain mystic poet Shrimad Rajchandra (1867–1901 C.E.).Atma according to Jainism means “soul” or the “self” and “siddhi” means “attainment”.