Handbook of Jainology

SR No.: 001346
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhuvanbhanusuri
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 288
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy
File Size: 15 MB

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The devotion for the Jin and the salutation to be offered 162 to the spiritual head
(iii) Jin Mudra :
At the time of Kayotsarg; standing up in such a way that between the two feet there is a distance of 4 inches in the front and less than this at the hind position. The hands should be hanging down. Your eyes should be fixed on the tip of your nose. Just as the Jin Bhagwan stands in the Kavusagga posture.
10) Pranidhan: This means restraining the senses, the body and the voice and the mind from moving in other directions or engaging in other thoughts and propensities and concentrating all of them on the Chaityavandan and carrying out Chaityavandan.
THE PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPECT OF POOJA OR WORSHIP:
(1) जिन पडिमा जिन सारिखी
(Jin Padima Jin Sarikhi)
You must consider the image of the Jin to be the Bhagwan in reality. In case, the metal image of the Lord has to be carried from one place to another; it should be carried in reverence holding straight with the support of the hand beneath.
(2) You must have this caution. At the time of worshipping the Lord with substances you must bring the necessary substances from your house because even the little drop (small quantity of substances) offered to the holy feet of the Jin which are like an ocean become an imperishable and immense wealth.
(3) The buds of the flowers should not be removed. When making a garland of the flowers, a needle should not be used for stringing them together.
(4) While using a brush to clear the image of the Lord there should not be even the slightest noise produced by that action. In this manner, the things sticking to the image should be removed; you must carefully and cautiously, remove the saffron etc., sticking in the corners and crevices of the image. Moreover, the saffron etc. should be cleaned only with a wet thick cloth but you should not move the brush and rub the Lord roughly.