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UNDERSTANDING PRAYERS
23- Understanding Prayers
rayers are a way of understanding the virtues of Arihantas and trying to follow these virtues. When we listen to the prayer without understanding the meaning and application behind it we loose the essence of prayers. Rupa learns this after she listen to her päthshälä teacher's recital of a Jain sutra...
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Boy, was that prayer fast! I did not think he could do it. It only took our teacher four minutes and fifteen seconds to recite that prayer. He ought to be in the Guiness book of world records.
(Rita and Nirav enter)
Hey Nirav, were you at the Jain Center this morning?
Didn't you see me during the prayer?
I am not sure. My mind was on other things.
Didn't you notice anything at the center today that was special?
Do you mean the prayer at the beginning of the class was special?
The new teacher said a beautiful prayer, and it made a lot of
sense.
What did he say this morning?
Didn't you listen to the words?
My mind was on other things and I could not listen at the same time.
What were you doing during the prayer?
I was timing him. It only took him four minutes and fifteen seconds.
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