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Piyush Kumar Nahata
[edit]Piyush Kumar Nahata[1] is an ex-monk, who has spent 20 years of his life as a Jain Muni. During this time he travelled more than 5000 km. by foot. He studied Jain agamas and related commentaries as well as Vedas, Upanishads, and different philosophical ideologies. He also studied parallels of these core beliefs as biology, physics, psychology etc. After a paradigm shift in his thoughts he quit the monkhood and start a householder’s life in the age of 34. He says, I quit a householder’s life to search the truth, now I am quitting monkhood for the same purpose.
During the period of monkhood he gave discourses to thousand's of masses on the subject of Jain philosophy, Meditation practices, personality development, healthy relationship etc. He worked in the rural and primitive areas as Jhabua (M.P.) to spread ancient knowledge of yoga among the students. As a speaker, he personally visited hundreds of schools, colleges, jails, NGOs, factories and vice versa. Apart from that he is also a poet. He has written hundreds of poems, some of them has been sung and recorded by well-known singers and got fame in Jain society. His articles on different subjects have been published in various Jain magazines.
After quitting the monkhood he started working as a helping commentator on Jain agams in the guidance of Pro. Muni Mahendra Kumar at Thane (Maharashtra). He has also designed a spiritual healing technique to evolve body, mind and soul by the name of evo4soul.[2]
Bio
[edit]Birth— 5 Oct 1983 at Gangashahar, Bikaner (Rajasthan), India
Parents— Jethmal Nahata(father), Leela Devi Nahata(mother)
Grandparents— Dhanraj Nahata(grandpa), Toli Devi Nahata (grandma)
Siblings— Babita Singhi(sister), Arihant Nahata(brother)
Diksha (initiation)— 5 Nov 1997 at Gangashahar, Bikaner (Rajasthan), India
Diksha Guru— Acharya Mahapragya
Spiritual journey— Rajasthan and Madhya-Pradesh
Academic study — Graduate in Prakrit, Sanskrit and Philosophy and ethics by Jain Vishva Bharti Institute (deemed university), Ladanun (Rajasthan), India
Non-academic study— Jain Agam, Vedas, Upanishads and other religious text books.
Quitted monkhood— 16 Jun 2017, Kolkata (W.B.), India.