JAIN ENLIGHTENMENT - ART OF PERFECTION

One hour TV Film the Ranakpur Jain Temple ... "PILLARS OF PERFECTION" Available on DVD ! Contact globalfilmlinks@earthlink.net

How many people have had the patience to produce this extraordinary film on the Ranakpur Jain Temple focusing on the title PILLARS OF PERFECTION ? It involved a great deal of R & D, two trips to India and the major location in the village of Ranakpur.

Another alternative way to bring in budget funds for "JAIN ENLIGHTENMENT - A Way of Life," we are producing a 6-package deal of one hour digital videofilms for sale on DVDs on the following subjects: "The Legend of Lord Bahubali," "King Adinathan - the 1st Jain Tirthankar," "The Story of Lord Mahavir - the 24th and last Jain Tirthankar," "Sacred Pilgrimage to Palitana," and "Artistic Sculptures, Jain Paintings and Temple Architecture."

There is no other way to produce the feature film: JAIN ENLIGHTENMENT - A Way of Life, exclusively for Americans and worldwide TV viewers.

Our Japanese R & D consultant, Architect Takeo Kamiya has written and published extensively on Jain temple architecture in great detail: http://kamit.jp/engl.htm http://ne.jp/asahi/arc/ind/engl.htm

"the charm of the Temple at Ranakpur ... " struck him as the most greatest masterpiece ... "The beauty of this temple is indeed beyond verbal description (you have to see it to believe its magnificence !). ..I visited this temple three times in nine year intervals ...

"It is a blissful combination of architectures, sculpture and crafts, sequential space abounding in variety, immaculacy of white all over, continuing halls covered by high raised domical ceilings, full of extremely minute carvings, that remind us of the "Pure Land".

"It is as if J.S. Bach's "The Art of Fugue" is crystallized into white marble ... I have never experienced such a luxurious space at any other site in India ... "

"Deepaka, the architect must have been a genius in designing the temple. It is hard to believe that this magnificently huge edifice was constructed with such precision and great unification by mere combination of craftsmen. Without a firm concept and aesthetic architectural sense, this kind of masterpiece could never have been conceived !"

This also says much about Jain cosmology and scientific way of life ...

WATCH VIDEO: Zack Ashley Discusses Jain Tirthankaras

AT THE END OF THIS BLOG, YOU CAN WATCH a short video conversation with Zach Ashley who discusses his fascination of Jain Tirthankaras ...

But before we start, the first question that comes to mind is - Who are the 24 Jain Tirthankaras (Prophets) ?

The answer is " A Tirthankara translated in English means "prophet," "teacher," "one who makes a forges the way ..." or simply said, "one who shows the path to enlightenment - moksha". Tirthankaras are great omniscient teachers who walk the earth as humans.

Most important, a Tirthankara accomplishes and attains the highest goal of spiritual existence and then teaches people how to achieve it for themselves.

The omniscient Tirthankara appears in the world to teach humanity the way to achieve "moksha" or the liberation of the soul ... He is not an incarnation of God. He is an ordinary human being, born with a soul, who attains the state of "Moksha" resulting after intense practices of penance, equanimity and meditation. He is not defined as an Avatar (God-incarnate), but knows the ultimate power of developing a state of pure soul consciousness.

Jain Tirthankaras are not founders of any religion, and they lived as great teachers at various times during several millenniums and accomplished the highest spiritual goal of human existence. They then taught their contemporaries the way to reach their own personal enlightenment by crossing over to the safe shores of spiritual purity.

Each Tirthankara preached the same basic Jain philosophy and science of life and gave Jains a way of life to accomplish their own salvation (moksha) during the different ages and cultures in which they lived and taught.

The 24 Jain Tirthankaras are Adinatha, Ajita, Sambhava, Abhinandana, Sumati, Padmaprabha, Suparshva, Chandraprabha, Suvidhi, Shital, Shreyansa, Vasupujya, Vimala, Ananta, Dharma, Shanti, Kunthu, Ara, Malli, Mani Suvrata, Nami, Nemi, Parshva and Mahavira.

There is historical evidence for the earthly existence of the 23th Tirthankara - Parshva who lived about 250 years before Mahavira.

Watch the video below. We are open for discussion and any questions. globalfilmlinks@earthlink.net