$JES 203Q First Step of Jainism Level 2 Book

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Enlightened Conduct. Leads to L
The First Step of Jainism
Liberation
सम्यग्दर्शन - सम्यग्ज्ञान - सम्यक् चारित्राणि मोक्षमार्गः
Enlightened Intuition...Enlightened Knowledge
JAINA Education Committee Federation of Jain Associations in North America

Education
203 Level Two
STD
Series
EISD
परसपरोपग्रहो जीवानम Compassionate Living

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The First Step of Jainism
(JAINA Education Series 203 - Level 2)
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Compiled by JAINA Education Committee
Federation of Jain Associations of North America
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"He who is indifferent to the material world has no grief
He is not affected by the miseries of the world. He is like an unsullied lotus which rises above muddy water"
- Uttaradhyayan Sutra (32:99)

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Table of Contents
1.0 Stutis 1.0 Prayers
2.0 Basics of Jainism 2.1 Jainism - A Way of Life 2.2 Five Venerable Personalities 2.3 Tirthankars
Samavasaran
Kalyänaks 2.4 Jain Temple (Deräsar) 2.5 Swastika (Säthiya) 2.6 Soul 2.7 Karma 2.8 Do's and Don'ts
3.0 Life of Bhagawan Mahävir 3.0 Life of Bhagawan Mahävir
Previous Lives Birth and Childhood Renunciation Keval-jnän and Nirvana Preachings
4.0 Jain Festivals 4.1 Mahavir Jayanti 4.2 Paryushan/Dash Lakshana 4.3 Diwali
5.0 Living Values 5.1 Anger/Forgiveness
The Angry Boy Chandkaushik
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5.2 Ego/Humility
The Hare and the Tortoise
Bähubali 5.3 Deceit/Honesty
The Honest Woodcutter
King Hans 5.4 Greed/Contentment
The Greedy Spider
Kapil Muni 5.5 Compassion
Meghakumar 5.6 Friendship
Androcles and the Lion 5.7 Perseverance
The Little Engine That Could 5.8 Self-Reliance
The Little Red Hen
6.0 Jainism in Action 6.1 Conscious Consumer
Eggs Pearls Silk
Varakh 6.2 Environment 6.3 Nutrition, Health and Spirituality 6.4 Yoga, Health and Spirituality
7.0 Glossary 7.0 Glossary
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1.0 Prayers
Please memorize the prayers and understand the meaning and then place a
sticker in the appropriate box
Memorized Understood 1. Navakär Mantra
2. Kshamäpanä Sutra
3. Ärati
4. Deevo
5. Prayer for Infinity
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21 Jainism - A Way of Life
Word Scramble
Unscramble each of the word clues. Copy the letters in the numbered to other cells with the same number.
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22 Five Venerable Personalities
Find the missing words and complete the statements.
Ächäryas Antaräya Darshanävaraniya Ego Gotra Kevali Moksha Siddhas Tirthankar
Ägams Arihantas deceit eight greed Liberated Näm Siddhashilä Upadhyäys
anger Äyushya destroyer enemies Jnänävaraniya Mohaniya Pancha Parmesthis spiritual Vedaniya
1. Arihantas, Siddhas, Ächäryas, Upädhyäys, and Sädhus and Sadhvis are called 2. "Ari” means
and “hant” means 3. Our inner enemies are
and
4. Arihantas can be
, one who has attained the Tirthankar Näm karma.
have destroyed their Ghäti karmas. 6. The four Ghäti karmas are
and 7. The four Aghäti karmas are
and 8. After destroying all _
karmas, they become 9. Siddhas are
souls. They have attained and reside at 10.
are spiritual leaders and they have achieved mastery of the Jain scriptures, called 11.
are monks or nuns who have acquired special knowledge of the scriptures and philosophical systems. 12. Sädhu and Sädhvis have given up the worldly life for upliftment.
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Crossword Puzzle
Across 1. Eight types of these 4. Siddhas have destroyed these karmas 6. Monks 8. Conqueror of their inner enemies 9. Liberated Soul 10. Spiritual leaders 11. Crescent arc on the Swastika Down
2. State of pure freedom 3. Nuns 5. Arihantas have destroyed these karmas 7. Have attained mastery of the Agams
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23 Tirthankars
1. Tirthankars are
just like us.
Tirthankars in each half time cycle. Name them in the correct
2. There are order.
3. They attain Tirthankar Näm karma in a certain Bhav. How many lives later do they attain Nirvana? For example, Shäntinäth attained Tirthankar Näm karma in the life of Please read the important story of his beliefs in that life.
4. The soul is immortal. From what point in the journey of the soul are the lives of a Tirthankar counted?
Do all Tirthankars have the same number of lives before they attain Nirvana?
5. What is one of the main things that Tirthankars do after they attain Keval-jnän?
6. Tirthankars are also known as
and
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Samavasaran
1. Whom is the Samavasaran created for?
2. When is it created?
3. Briefly describe the Samavasaran.
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Kalyänaks
1. What is a Kalyanak? How many are celebrated in a Tirthankar's life?
2. List and briefly describe each one:
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2.4 Jain Temple (Deräsar)
1) What kind of place is a Jain temple?
2) What do we do before entering the temple?
3) What should we say while entering the Temple?
4) Whose idol do we find in the temple?
5) What do we do in the temple?
6) How do we behave in the temple?
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Idols (Murti)
1. How does each tirthankar get a symbol?
2. How do Digambar murtis look?
3. How do Shvetämbar murtis look?
4. Why do we find the idols of Tirthankars often seen in the Padmäsan posture?
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Find the hidden message
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2.6 Soul
1. What is a Soul? How do you know it exists? Give an example.
2. What are the qualities of a Soul? Explain.
3. Learn the song "Ätmä, Ätmä, Inner Star"

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Jain Classification
1. According to Jain classification, life forms are divided into how many broad categories? What are they called?
2. On what basis are the mobile (Trasa) Jiva divided? Into how many categories? What are they called?
3.
One-sensed (Ekendriya) Jiva is further divided into:
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4.
Place the following life forms into the correct column:
Plants, shells, water, flies, moths and insects in wheat and other grains, spiders, worms, insects, birds, microbes in stale food, human beings, termites, air, crickets, bugs, lice, earth, white ants, centipedes, animals, scorpions, crickets, beetles, locusts, heavenly beings, hellish beings, fish, fire
Ekendriya
Beindriya
Treindriya
Chaurindriya Panchendriya
5. In trying to minimize Himsä, what is important - number of souls, or consciousness (senses) of souls? Why? Is any Himsä permissible for Jains? When would any Himsä be permissible?
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2.7 Karma
1. What is karma? Are they in your control or do things just happen?
2. How many kinds of karma are there? Which one do you have more control over? Why?
3. Write the different kinds of karma.
Ghäti Karma
4. Is the saying, "What you sow, so shall you reap", appropriate for karma? Why?
5. When do your actions bear results?
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Aghäti Karma
6. Please read the poem, "The Power of One" and see if you can adopt it in your daily life - that you are responsible for what happens to you.
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28 Do's and Don'ts
Fill in the blanks with "DO' or “DON'T" depending upon what you think your actions should be
Navakär Mantra Use Varakh in temples and on food Pick flowers Hurt animals Get angry Tell the truth Eat meat Help poor Wear silk Be kind Respect elders Be greedy Use leather in shoes, etc. Kill bugs
Gossip
Give anonymous donation Tell lies Steal Be vegetarian Say bad words Kill flies Learn moral values Wear Pearls Go to Päthashälä
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3,0 Life of Bhagawän Mahävir
Previous Lives
1. Mahävir's lives were counted after his life as attained
, when he
and
2. If that is Bhav 1, then he attained Tirthankar Näm karma in Bhav attained Nirvana in bhav
3. Through these lives he was born as
4. The most important Bhavs that are generally discussed are:
Birth and Childhood
5. Mahävir's parents were
and
6. Name the dreams that Queen Trishalä had:
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Word Scramble
Unscramble each of the clue words. Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.
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7. At birth, what did Indra do?
8. Describe an incident from his childhood.
Renunciation
9. Why did Mahävir decide not to take Dikshä while his parents were alive?
10. He asked his brother,
take dikshä. His brother asked him to wait for
11. How did he spend these two years while living in the palace as a prince?
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12. On the day of his Dikshä what did everyone do?
13. On reaching the place of Dikshä what did Mahävir do? Who was present?
14. Removing the hair in 5 fistfuls is called
on his
15. Indra placed a piece of cloth named shoulder.
16. Immediately after taking Dikshä he attained
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18. Indra wanted to help Mahävir. Why Mahävir would not let him help?
Keval-jnän and Nirvana
19. How did the demon Sulpäni harass Mahävir?
20. Chandanbälä met following conditions:
As a result Mahävir accepted alms from her.
21. Who took out the hard grass pegs from the ears of Mahävir? How?
22. Bhagawan Mahävir observed austerities and meditation for a period of
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23. Bhagawän Mahävir attained Keval-Jnän on the banks of the river_
24. of
was performing a sacrifice. He went to test the knowledge but became his disciple.
25. Bhagawan Mahävir attained Nirvana at the age of
26. His last sermon was
named
hours long and is preserved in the scripture
27. The fifth Kalyänak of a Tirthankar is known as a Kalyänak.

Preachings
28. Write five sentences from the preaching of Bhagawan Mahavir.
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4.1 Mahävir Jayanti
On which
day the birth
of Bhagawan Mahävir is celebrated?
2. How is Mahavir Jayanti celebrated in your home?
3. How is Mahavir Jayanti celebrated at your Jain Center?
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4.2 Paryushan/Dash Lakshana
Choose the correct word and complete the statement
Ädinäth Daslakshana ill-feelings Mahävir Ourselves resentment
anger ego judgments Neminäth Pärshvanäth Samvatsari
Bhadrabähu
four Kalpasutra
others Pratikraman
1. Before forgiving others, we should first forgive 2. We should forgive ourselves for carrying around _ and other
by being gentle with ourselves, by dropping , by soothing our battered self. Then we are ready to deal with forgiving
3. What does the poem 'Hurting' mean? Re-write it in a few words.
4. What kind of situations creates unhappy feelings?
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prevents a person from forgiving someone.
6. Digambars celebrate 10 days of
Mahä Parva.
7. Shvetämbars celebrate 8 days during which they read the
written by Achärya
8. Kalpasutra talks of
Tirthankars:
and
9. The last day of Paryushan is called
10. On this day we do
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Crossword
Across 2. Have to get rid of this 3. Last day of Paryushan 6. Festival of Forgiveness 7. Ask for forgiveness by doing this 8. Book read by Shvetämbars
Down 1. Ask for this during Pratikraman 4. He wrote the Kalpasutra 5. Digambars celebrate this
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4.3 Diwali
1.
Diwali
is
_.We
celebrate Diwali for
days.
2. What is the significance of Diwali day for the Jains? Who attained Nirvän on that day?
3.
What did Gautam-swämi attain? Why did he not attain it earlier?
4. How does your family celebrate Diwali? What does your family do during these days?
.
What are the other Jain festivals that we celebrate during the year?
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5.1 Anger/Forgiveness
Crossword Puzzle
Across 2. Rage 6. Cut 7. Hurt 8. Speech
Down 1. Sangam 3. Body 4. Let it go 5. A Kashaya
Bring a story showing the result of Anger to class.
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Complete the following statements
5.
1.
2.
3.
Every time he lost his temper, he was told to into the back of the fence.
4.
On the first day he lost his
Over the next few weeks, as he learned to number of nails hammered daily gradually 6. Finally the day came when he did not fence and he told his father.
Now his father asked him to
The Angry Boy
The boy in the story had a
His father gave him a
11. 12.
7.
did not loose his temper.
8.
When all the nails were removed he found that the fence was full of
9.
people.
10.
When we get angry, we leave
We get angry because
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a nail
many times.
his anger, the down.
to bang any nail into the
out a nail on each day that he
We can overcome anger by
What is the moral of the story? How will you apply it in your daily life?
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13.
Activity
Each child is given a piece of wood (instead of a fence!) As in the story, the child bangs a nail in the wood every time they do something negative. There will come a day when the child prefers the option of not getting angry to banging nails in the wood. From that day on, like in the story, they remove a nail from the wood each day they refrain from getting upset. Did the same thing happen to them? Were you, children and adults, able to control your negative emotions and actions? Jainism believes that we should control our thoughts (Man), words (Vachan) and deeds (Käyä). By doing that we reduce our four Kashaya - Anger (Krodha), Ego (Mäna), Greed (Lobha), and Deceit (Mäyä), or at least not increase them.

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Maze Help the father reach his son removing the nails from the fence

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Chandkaushik
Choose one of the terms below and complete the statement
Affection concern hatred non-violence poison
anger ego hole nothing tranquility
biting fear love peace Vachala
calm forest mental peacefully violence
Chandkaushik forgiveness
milk physical
1.
Mahävir-swämi visited the village of
, a deadly snake, lived in the
near the
-, and
Maha
2. Lord Mahävir had no
and practiced supreme . He had no
towards anyone and considered fear and hatred as
of the self. 3. Mahävir found the place that he thought Chandkaushik might be living in. Feelings of
for the well being of every living being flowed from Lord Mahävir's heart. 4. Chandkaushik tried to
Mahävir-swämi by _his toe. When he looked at Mahävir-swämi again he was astonished that
__happened to him but instead he saw_ like fluid flowed out of his toe. 5. Lord Mahävir opened his eyes. He was
and there was no fear or on his face. There was
and on his face. 6. Chandkaushik then realized the truth of life that what anger and had done to him. 7. Chandkaushik
retreated back to his hole. There he spent rest of his life in
and
peace. What is the moral of the story? When Chandkaushik went towards Mahävir-swämi with feelings of
in him Mahävir-swämi treated him with kindness and
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1. Ego is one of the
other
5.2 Ego/Humility
known as
kashäya are
(If you can, write the words in English and Präkrit)
2. It is believed that there are
forms of Ego. They are:
3. What does 'Parasparopgraho Jivänam' mean? Explain in your words.

4. What does humility mean to you? Give an example of where you used humility instead of Ego.
5. Find a story or write a story on Ego and bring it to class.
The
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The Hare and the Tortoise
Complete the statements below
1.
Hare was
2.
Tortoise was
3. Hare was very
that he could do things fast, and his came in the way of his friendships. 4. Hare was constantly
Tortoise and making him. 5. When Hare teased Tortoise about having a race all his friends
him to do so. They wanted to stop the teasing and truly Tortoise. 6. After a lot of encouragement Tortoise
_ to have a race after
weeks. 7. Inthose three weeks, Tortoise
8.
Hare, on the other hand,
-
9. On the day of the race Hare, who was so proud of himself, decided to laze along the way. He_
10. What was the result of the race? Why?
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Word Scramble
Unscramble each of the clue words. Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.
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Complete the statements below
1. Lord Rushabhadev had
2.
3.
4.
Bähubali
sons and
daughters. wanted to become sovereign over all the kings. did not accept him as a sovereign king. was the stronger of the two and let his brother use his
first.
5. Bharat, worried that Bähubali would hit him hard, forgot the rules and decided to cheat. He threw the
disc at Bähubali.
6. The disc came back since the disc does not kill a
7. Seeing his brother's action Bähubali stopped to think about his
and did not hit his brother Bharat with his fist.
8. He decided to give his
go into the forest and
9. What was preventing Bähubali from attaining Kevaljnän?
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10. His getting off the 11. What is the moral of the story?
to his brother, become a monk, and
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5:3 Deceit/Honesty
Questions
1. What does honesty mean to you?
2. How do thoughts, words and actions work in honesty and truthfulness?
3. What happens if you lie? What do people think of people who lie? How are they treated?
4. What happens if you are honest? How do people react?
5. How do honesty and truthfulness help us? What does deceit cause? Why?
6. Give 2 examples where you had to decide whether to tell the truth or not? Why? What did you decide? Why?
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The Honest Woodcutter
Questions
1.
Everyday the woodcutter would cut wood
2. 3.
He was always happy One day his axe He did not take the silver or the golden axe
When he saw the silver and golden axe he thought
6.
The river fairy give him both axes because
7.
What is the moral of thestory?__
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Complete the statements below
and
1. King Hans was known for his 2. While he was away King Hans's kingdom was attacked by 3. When he heard the news he decided to
with his pilgrimage.
4. When they did not return the ministers traveling with him decided to go
to their
5. What finally happened to the king?
King Hans
6. What were the people in the bushes talking about?
7. Why did the king asked the police to protect the monks instead of searching for the robbers?
8. The king told the robbers to
9. The robbers decided
10. King Arjun's soldiers were looking for King Hans because they had orders to
11. The main principles of Jainism talked about in this story are
and
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5.4 Greed/Contentment
Questions 1. What is Greed? Explain in your own words.
2. When is striving for more or wanting more not bad? When is it bad?
3. When a person is not greedy, what are they? How would you explain it?
4. In the scene where the man thought he would be happy if he had a house, what happened after he got a house? Where did his greed get him?
5. In the second scenario what did the businessman want the shepherd to do? If the shepherd did what the businessman wanted him to do where would he end up? How would that have been different from what he had when he met the businessman?
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The Greedy Spider
Questions
1.
The story is about The spider heard about a Hecouldnotgotothepartybecause
and
to go.
Nobodywould tellhim wherethe party was because
5.
The spider called his The spider decided to
7.
What happened next? _
Did he enjoy the party? Why?
9.
What did you learn from this story?
10. Give an incidence when you saw 'GREED' take place? It could be you or it could be someone else. (Often, it is difficult to see yourself do it but very easy to see it in someone else!)
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Kapil Muni
Choose one of the terms below and complete the statements
bless
gold
accumulation detachment greedy kingdom omniscience two
amused earning happiness luxuries Shrävasti veranda
contentment grant Kashyap moon
Indradatt Manorama Shridevi
sun
1. Kapil was the son of_
Shastri and 2. Being an only child he was brought up in great
and did not pay attention to his studies. 3. His mother sent him to
to study with 4. There he met a Brahmin widow
and fell in love with her. 5. When they needed more money to run the house Kapil was not money. 7. The king of Shrävasti gave
grains of
_ to the first person who blesses him everyday. 8. He decided to wake up early and go to
the king and make some quick money. 9. Upon repeated failures he decided to sleep out on the of his house. 10. When he saw the rising.
he thought it was the 11. When the king found out about his mistake he was very The king told Kapil that he would Kapil anything that he asked for. 12. On thinking of what he could ask for Kapil thoughts went wild. He went from wanting 2 grains of gold to wanting the whole 13. Kapil was shocked at how he could get so
and starting going in reverse gear back to 2 grains of gold. 14. These thoughts made him realize that the more a person gets the more he desires to get. The sense of
_knows no limits!" 15. He realized that
does not come from greed but from 16. As soon as realized that he felt a sense of material things and attained
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5.5 Compassion
Doing more than is expected, To make another's life a little more bearable, Without uttering a single complaint, ...means compassion
1. What do the above 4 lines mean? Does Jainism define Compassion in the same way? A person should do
(more, less) than one feels they are required to do to
(harm, help) someone in any way they can. True compassion is when one helps without expecting anything
(back, forward), and without
(complaining, grining)
2. We all help family and friends. How would you show compassion to an unknown person? Give an example of an incident and what did you do that showed compassion towards that person.
3. Bring a story on Compassion to class.
Activity: Just like Dumb Charades, assume that you cannot talk and do not have hands to gesture and communicate with (lightly tie them up behind your back). The teacher/parent will show you a sentence that you have to act out so that your friends can guess the sentence.
Discuss in a group or write: Is it easy or difficult to express yourself without speech or gestures? Is it easy or difficult to understand another who does not talk or communicate through gestures?
How do animals communicate? How do people who cannot talk or communicate, for whatever reason, feel? Do you feel compassion towards people? Do you feel compassion towards animals? Explain by giving an example.
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Meghakumar
Complete the statements below
he
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1. When Meghakumär tried but could not sleep at started thinking of his life as a 2. In the life of an
, he did not receive and
, and the touching of feet as he lay on the hard floor
his sleep. He went to inform Mahävir-swämi about his Mahävir-swämi, in turn, told him a story of an In the forest there was a All the animals feared for their life and ran to a
to be safe. The elephant lifted his foot because he had an
on his knee! 8. He was about to put his foot down when he noticed a
occupying that spot. 9. If he put his foot down he would
the rabbit. If he asked the rabbit to move the rabbit had no
to go. 10. For how many days and nights did the elephant stand without putting his leg down to save another animal? The elephant stood _
11. Stand on one foot, or two hands and one foot, and see how long you can stand - I stood for
minutes. Was it easy?
12. When the fire stopped and all the animals scurried away, what happened to the elephant?
13
_was the elephant in a previous life where he showed a lot of compassion towards other animals. Do you think he stayed and listened? YES NO
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5.6 Friendship
1. Choose one of the quotes and explain what it means to you. Please mark the one you chose:
James Fredricks Dale Carnegie Chinese Proverb
2. Describe one incident that having someone with you helped you to overcome the problem more easily.
3. Find a story on friendship and bring it to class.
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Questions
1. The slave's name was
2. The slave
3. He decides to hide in a
4. What woke him up? Why was he scared?
Androcles and the Lion
7. From that day on
lion.
8. Some
5. Androcles saw that the lion seemed to be 6. When Androcles approached him the lion
9. Describe the sporting event.
because his master was very

11. What did the people do? Why?
blossomed between the slave and the
10. Why was the audience surprised? What had they expected?
saw Androcles. They
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5.7 Perseverance
1. What does the poem mean?
2. Do you keep trying when you face difficulties in your studies or do you give up and say, "It's too hard"; or blame it on the teacher saying "She's so mean"!!!! Which activities do you give up on more easily? Which ones do you do?
3. What do you want to achieve In 1 month, 3 months, A year?
Make a short list of what you want to achieve in say 3 months and check off as you achieve it.
If short term goals are achieved, long term will automatically be achieved. For example, if you want to be organized, try to achieve some of the following short term tasks and organization will automatically be achieved. You will realize you have a lot more free time since you won't have anything pending.
1 month
1. Be organized
2. Room is clean
3. Homework is done everyday
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The Little Engine That Could
Complete the statements below
1. The story is about
2. When she reached the hill
3. After several tries
4. Along the way they met
5. They asked the big engine
6. The big engine replied that
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7. What was their experience with the other big engines that they met along the way?
8. Whom did they meet at the end? What did they ask and what answer did they get?
9. What did they do?
10. What is the moral of the story?
Find one activity that is hard for you and see if you can persevere and achieve that task. You could make a chart below and follow your progress.
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5.8 Self-Reliance
1. What was the man watching? Was he happy or sad about what he was watching?
2. What did he do? In helping the struggling butterfly did he think he was helping or hurting the butterfly?
3. What did he end up doing? How?
4. Are there situations in your life, where you would like adults to help you, such as: your school projects, your homework? cleaning your room? By taking their help all the time (occassionally everyone needs help and appreciates it) are you helping or hurting yourself in the long run? How?
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5. In the poem, "I asked...", if the person did not get anything they asked for but seemed to get the opposite, why do they say they got everything they needed?
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The Little Red Hen
Complete the statements below
and
lived together in a little red barn. 2. What did each animal like to do all day?
3. One day, the little red hen found 4. What did she ask the other animals? What was their reaction?
5. The little red hen 6. What happened to the grains that she planted? What needed to be done?
7. What did she ask the other animals? What was their reaction?
8. Then what did they have to do? Where did they have to go?
9. What did she ask the other animals? What was their reaction?
10. What did the little red hen do?
11. What did she decide to do with the flour?
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12. What did she ask the other animals? What was their reaction?
13. When the bread was ready what did the little red hen ask?
14. What was the reaction of all the animals?
15. What did the little red hen do?
16. How did the animals react? What did they do from then on?
17. What is the moral of the story?
18. What did you learn from the story? Discuss a situation where you shared with others in spite of all the "even thoughs"...
19. Can you think of another story in which the animals fought over food, and what was the result? Compare with the story 'Greed'. Which story is better and why? Which character would you rather be? The hen or the spider? Why?
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6.1 Conscious Consumer
1. Jainism is based on the principles of
and
2. Should we be concerned only about animals that are killed and their body parts used for eating, leather, silk, etc.? Or should we also be concerned about how animal by-products are obtained?
3. Find 5 products that are used in your house; for example, soap, shampoo, toothpaste, cleaning supplies, and antibiotics. Find out how they are made and how are they are tested to see if they are safe for human beings.
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Eggs
Choose one of the terms below and complete the statement
300 cruelty inhumane rows
alive debeaking laying tiers
angle grinding male spent
battery inches roll
1.
Egg production involves significant amount of
_ treatment of birds.
and
2.
The average laying hen produces more than
eggs a year.
3.
Hens that produce eggs are called
hens.
4. The cages are built at an
so eggs automatically out for collection and are gathered twice a day.
5.
Hens are confined in
and lined up in
cages - small wire cages stacked in
in huge warehouses.
6.
It is recommended that they be given 4
of feeder space.
means having part of their beaks cut off in order to reduce injuries resulting from excessive pecking.
hens usually end up in soups, pot pies, or similar low grade chicken meat products where their bodies can be shredded to hide the bruises from consumers.
9.
chicks is
A common method used to dispose of unwanted
__them up
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Pearls
Choose one of the terms below and complete the statement
extracted insertion
bruised foreign nacre secretes wedge
cultured graft oysters several
forceps irritation pearl trapped
pain
suffering
1.
For those who care about Ahimsä the pearl is a symbol of
and
2. Pearls are a response to an
caused by a particle. 3. It naturally occurs when sand or a bit of shell is accidentally inside the oyster's shell. 4. To reduce the pain it secretes a substance called
which surrounds the particle. 5. To avoid waiting for natural pearls humans started searching for young _in the deep ocean to make
pearls. _are used to hold the shell open while a wooden is inserted. 7. An
is then made in the base section of the shell-fish and
is carefully inserted. 8. To avoid the pain of the foreign particle the oyster
nacre around the particle to form a 9. The pearls are
with sterile instruments, and the oysters are used times before they are very
and can no longer be used.
the
10. Read the poem "The Oyster" written by David Cohen. What did the oyster do with the sand that was bothering him? Please discuss the poem with your parents and teachers. Please write what you can do about the things that bother you in your life.
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Silk
Choose one of the terms below and complete the statement
300-600 cocoon hatch moth spiral
baskets cold heat mulberry straw
bodies dies incubators pupa twigs
boiling fragments inner silk
eggs.
Each moth lays somewhere between The life cycle of the silk worm starts with the silk
laying eggs. Once the eggs are laid the silk worm usually The eggs are held in
storage for some time. 5. In the early parts of each spring these eggs are put into 6. After 20 days of incubation these eggs
and tiny silkworms emerge. 7. They are fed fresh
leaves and these tiny worms grow into fat worms. 8. When they stop growing they are transferred to different wooden with
compartments. 9. The compartments are filled with
and 10. After spinning for about 3 days a
_formation is completed around the worm. 11. The worms change into a
that lives inside the cocoon and matures till a mature moth can emerge out of the cocoon. 12. When the worms break the cocoon these
threads are broken into small
and these fragmented threads cannot be used to make silk yarns. 13. The cocoons are either put into hot
__water or the baskets are placed in
chambers till the pupa inside the cocoon dies. 14. Clothes are only covers for our
; our
beauty is of importance and what counts.
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Varakh
1. What is Varakh used for? Please give atleast 2 uses.
2. How is Varakh made? Please describe it in short.
3. As Jains should we or should we not use Varakh? Why?
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6.2 Environment
1.
Explain the phrase Parasparopagraho Jivänäm.
2.
Fill in the blanks
a. Compassion is the b. If one does not care for
aspect of non-violence.
_, one does not care for
c. Nature provides enough for our
_, not for our
an average of 2500 gallons of water
d. To produce is used. e. To produce one pound of wheat
gallons of water is used.
3. Explain three Rs of recycling.
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6.3 Nutrition, Health and Spirituality
1. As followers of Ahimsä what are the food groups that we should be eating and how many servings per day?
2. Make a list of everything you eat in the next week and see if you ate the servings suggested for each group:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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6.4 Yoga, Health and Spirituality
Day
6
8
9
10
11
12 13 14 15 16
17
18 19
20
21 22 23 24
25
26 27 28 29 30 31 21 Month 2 Month 3
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Ächärya 20
Ägams 17 Aghäti 20, 32
Ahimsä 17
Akshat 25 Änand 30
Anekäntaväd 17
Antaräya 32 Aparigraha 17 Apkäya 27
Ärä 17
Arihanta 19
Ätmä 30 Äyushya 32 Beindriya 28
7.0 Glossary
A Sädhu who has learned, mastered and taught religious scriptures, follows them, and is now the head of a Sangh. A monk scholar. Jain Scriptures
The four types of karmas whose powers are much milder than those of the four Ghäti karmas. These powers end at the end with a life.
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Non-violence. A Mahävrat or an Anuvrat. Jain religion is remarkable in that it upholds non-violence as the supreme religion (Ahimsä Parmo Dharma) and has insisted upon its observance in thoughts, words and deeds at the individual as well as at social levels.
Polished white rice. Rice with the husk removed.
Infinite Bliss.
Multiplicity of viewpoints. It is a many-sided approach to reality.
Obscuring karma.
Non-possessiveness. A Mahävrat or an Anuvrat
Minute living beings in water.
One of the six divisions of time in one half of the time cycle. Each cycle is hundreds to billions of years. We are currently in the 5th ärä of the descending half of the time cycle, which started about 2500 years ago.
A soul who has destroyed his inner enemies of anger, greed, ego and deceit.
Soul
Age determining Karma.
Two sensed beings who have the senses of touch and taste.
Life. Conduct
Four sensed beings who have the senses of touch, taste, smell and sight. Conception.
Bhav 39
Chäritra 25 Chaurindriya 29
Chyavan 35
Darshan 25, 30
Vision, Perception.
Darshanävaraniya 32 Perception obscuring karma.
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Deva 24 Dharamshälä 74 Dhwani 38 Digambar 23 Dikshä 35 Dvesha 24 Ekendriya 27 Gati 25
Ghäti 19, 32
Gotra 32 Himsä 26
Indriya 27
Janma 35 Jina 17
A soul in heaven, or at a high spiritual level. A place to stay which is maintained by a Jain. Divine sound A sect of Jains. Initiation into monk hood Aversions One sensed beings. Destiny. The Swastika has 4 gatis, namely, heavenly beings, hellish beings, human beings, and plants and animals. The four types of karmas, whose powers are much stronger than those of the Aghäti. Karmas that have a vitiating effect upon the qualities of the soul. These powers may last for many lives. Status determining karma Violence or torture by thoughts, words and deeds to any living being. Sense organs through which one can experience the senses of touch, taste, smell, hear and feel. Birth "Conqueror” He who has conquered love and hate, pleasure and pain, attachment and aversion, and has thereby freed 'his' soul from the karmas obscuring knowledge, perception, truth and ability, is a Jina. The Jains refer to the Jina as God. Knowledge. A pure soul has infinite knowledge. Knowledge obscuring karma. Occasion in the life of a Tirthankar. Action. A deed- good or bad. A form of matter particles. Upon maturing, it delivers its fruit. There are 4 Destructive (Ghäti) and 4 Non-destructive (Aghäti) types of karmas. Powers of Ghäti karmas are much stronger, and they last for many lives. Passion like anger, ego, deceit and greed. The Kashaya cause the karma to bind to the soul. Infinite knowledge. Knowledge isolated from karmic obstruction. Omniscience. Knowledgeinvolving awareness of every existence in all its qualities and modes. Anger Symbol on the base of a Tirthankar's idol that helps identify the Tirthankar.
Jnän 25, 30 Jnänävaraniya 32 Kalyänak 35 Karma 17
Kashaya 17
Kevaljnän 20, 35, 37
Krodha 17 Länchhan 23
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Lobh 17 Manushya 24 Män 17
Mäyä 17
Mohaniya 32
Moksha 20
Murti 23
Näm 32
Narak 25
Nirvän 36
Nissihi 22
Padmäsan 23
Päncha 35 Panchendriya 29
Prithvikäya 27 Räga 24
Sädhu 21
Sädhvi 21
Sanyam 24 Samavasaran 37
Samyak 25
Säthiyo see
Swastika
Shakti 30
Shvetämbar 23
Siddha 20
Siddha-loka see
Siddhashilä
Siddhashilä 20
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Greed
Human beings
Ego
Deceit
The state of freedom, for a soul, from the cycle of birth and death.
One who keeps maun. He only observes, without praising or complaining.
Idol
An Aghäti karma that determines the body.
Hell
Moksha, salvation
Leaving behind
Lotus posture is one of the postures that tirthankars used to meditate.
Five
Five sensed beings having touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing.
Minute living beings in the earth.
Attachment
A male person who has given up family life, wealth and worldly comforts to seek liberation. He studies scriptures regularly.
A female person who has given up family life, wealth and worldly comforts to seek liberation. He studies scriptures regularly.
Self control
A circular or square enclosure built for the first sermon given by a Tirthankar after attaining kevaljnän.
Rational
Infinite energy
A sect of Jains. Shvet means white, and ambar means clothes; hence Shvetambars wear white-clothes
A pure soul who has no karmas. They do not have Ghäti or Aghäti karmas.
The place above the Swastika, symbolized by a crescent moon, where Siddhas reside.
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Sthanak see Upashraya Sthavar 27 Swastika 24 Tapa 24 Teukaya 28 Tirthankar 19 Tiryancha 24 Trasa 27 Treindriya 28 Upadhyaya 19 Upashraya 22 Non-mobile living beings. A symbol of well-being. The 4 arms depict the different gatis. Austerities Minute living beings in fire One who re-establishes the religion, and the four-fold society of Sadhus, Sadhvis, Shravaks and Shravikas. Animal being. One of the gatis in the Swastika. Mobile living beings Three sensed being having touch, taste and smell. A person who teaches sadhus and sadhvis. A meditation hall for Sthanakvasis. There is no idol of a Tirthankar in the hall. Plant beings. It is one of the gatis in the Swastika. Minute living beings in plants Minute living beings in air. Feeling obscuring karma Vanaspati 24 Vanaspatikaya 28 Vayukaya 28 Vedaniya 32 Veerya see Shakti THE FIRST STEP OF JAINISM 77