Prof. Bhupal Daryapurkar – Profile

Residence: Solapur, Maharashtra State, INDIA

Year born: 1933 in Karanja, Maharashtra (Kashi of Jainas – Center of Jain knowledge)

Professional Education : M.A. in Psychology

Religious Education :

• Nyaytirth Darshan Shastri (Highest Degree in Jain Logic and Sanskrit)

• Thesis Topic: Perception in Jain Logic

• Detailed study of Fundamental Granthas in Jainism like:

• Tatvarthsutra Sarvathsiddhi

• Sagar Dharmamrut

• Prameyakamalmartand

• Samayasar

• Pravachansar

• Shatkhandagam

• Ashtasahastri

• Samansuttam
  

Professional Career

• Principal of Walchand College of Arts for 3 years

• Retired as a Professor of Psychology, Logic and Scientific Method at Walchand College of Arts in Solapur teaching undergraduate and graduate students

• Visiting professor to Sangameshwar College, Pandharpur College, Baramati College, Akkalkot College, many other colleges in and around Solapur

• Member of board of studies for Psychology & Philosophy in Shiwaji University

Publications

• Wrote 30 Books in Psychology, Logic and Scientific Method as per Graduate Curriculum

• Articles on various Jain topics in Jain Periodicals and local newspapers such as a series of articles on Mahavir and Modern Psychology, The Jains as a minority community in India, Mahatma Gandhi and Jain Adhyatma, etc.

• Written Jain stories and Tirthankar charitras for children as part of the project by Institute of Jainology, Pune

Jainism Speeches

• Lecture series on Samansuttam – available on Jainworld.com

• Represented view of Jainism in the Cleveland Conference of Religion on: “Ways to Peace” in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

• Spoke at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, USA – “Jainism at a Glance”

• Participates and provides expert comments in the Jain Study Group in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. This group meets monthly and is currently discussing “Tatvarthsutra”.

• Swadhyaya Mandal Solapur – Lecture series on “What is Religion in reference to Jainism”

• Lectures during Puryushan Parva at Akkalkot, Kilari, Karanja, Solapur, etc.

Currently working on the following Projects in Jainism

• Interpretation of Jain Shravakachar in relation to modern western psychology especially in relation to Social Psychology

• Interpretation of various problems like pollution, crime etc. in relation to Jain Principles

• Marathi Translation of “Shatkhandagam”, one of the fundamental Jain granthas

• Comparative study of Jainism to other isms in India, such as Jainism and Buddhism, Jainism and Vedantism, Jainism and Islam etc and some other isms from abroad

• Comparison of Jain Philosophy with some eastern western philosophers and well known scientists like Einstein and so on

• Marathi and English translation of Jain Darshan in Hindi by Pandit Dr. Mahendrakumarji Jain
  
  

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