SearchBrowseAboutContactDonate
Page Preview
Page 238
Loading...
Download File
Download File
Page Text
________________ RITUALS D05 - Six Ävashyakas (Six Essentials and Daily Observances) While treading the path of righteousness and morality and leading a diligent life, to impart pure and useful knowledge to students, to disseminate noble and virtuous ideas among the people, or to exhort others to devote their lives to good activities is superior to the donation of money. Therefore, donation of knowledge is highly superior to that of money. Service is also the best form of donation. Four Objectives of Donation: To atone for the sins like unjust earning, etc. committed in the past To employ in good activities the excess wealth saved after using it for one's comforts To accomplish the philanthropic activities like constructing and maintaining educational institutions, hospitals, religious places, etc. To serve righteous persons, saints, the learned, etc. In the Bhagawati Sutra, Gautam Swami asked Bhagawän Mahävir Swami a question: "How many ways are there to God?" Bhagawan's answer was: "There are as many ways as there are atoms in the universe, but the best and shortest is Service." In the Sutra, Bhagawän Mahävir Swami also explains: "One who serves the sick and the miserable serves me through the Right Faith; and one who serves me through the Right Faith does service to the sick and the miserable." Donation means: No place for greed or pride in donation To devote oneself completely to the service of other is the acme of donation To show the good and righteous path to someone To impart pure and useful knowledge Donation of knowledge is highly superior to that of money Service is also the best form of donation The six essentials of Digambar tradition are also adopted by Shvetämbar tradition as daily activities for laymen and laywomen. Furthermore, some Jains observe certain practices that involve special rituals, dietary restrictions, and fasting to develop self-control and detachment from worldly matters. Page 238 of 398 Compendium of Jainism - 2015
SR No.000021
Book Title$JES 904 Compendium of Jainism (Jain Academic Bowl Manual 3rd Edition)
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJAINA Education Committee
PublisherJAINA Education Committee
Publication Year2009
Total Pages400
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Jaina_Education, 0_Jaina_education, & JAINA Books
File Size314 KB
Copyright © Jain Education International. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy