Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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THE JAINA GAZETTE forms part of a Pooja ceremony, or of other functions, which, however, diffor much with the different sects and sub-sects.
3. The third Avasyaka is the Vandana, i.e., the ceremonial and humble greeting of the spiritual teacher, which has likewise various forms for the different sects. In the Sveta mbar Sect, three forms of Vandana are known, viz. the Phitta-Vandana, i.o., greeting by placing one's folded hands on one's forehead, when meeting the Guru on the way, and at other occasions when there is no time for the usual greeting ceremony. This is the Thobha-Vandana, which consists in a repeated bowing down to the earth, so that knees and forehead touch the ground, under recitation of old Prakrit formulas and other formalities. The third form is the Dvadasavarta Vandana, which demands the performance of a complicate ceremonial, and is, at present, restricted to certain special occasions.
4. The fourth Avasyaka is the Pratikramana, i.e., the formal repentance of all transgressions, connected with a full confession, in the presence of the Guru or his representative: It has various forms with the different sects. The Scriptures speak of a five-fold Pratikra mana, the different forms of which are practised every morning, every night, every fortnight, every three months, and every year, by way of confessing the transgressions committed in the proceeding period. It is worth noting that the Svetambars have certain stereotype lists in wbich all the transgressions a Sadhu and a layman can possibly commit, are enumerated in full details, and which have to be recited regularly. With the Sveta mbars, the two daily Pratikramanas form the main rite of the day, with which all the other Avagyakas have become so intimately connected, that a separation would be impossible: “to perform Pratikramana" means, with them, “to perform the Six Avasyakas in their stereotyped combination."
5. The fifth Avagyaka is the Kayotsarga, i.e, the Kayotsarga austerity, as described before generally performed by the way of meditating, while standing motionless, in the
Kayotsarga posture. At present, it is often performed in a Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat