$JES 103 Jain Alphabet Book Level 1 Book

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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E IS FOR EVENING PRAYER AND PRATIKRAMAN E is for Evening Prayer and Pratikraman
Evening Prayer and Pratikraman Should Remind Us To Think About What We Did Today And What We Should Try To Do Better Tomorrow
Prayer can be said at any time. The most important prayer in Jainism is the Navakär Mantra*. We should say the Navakär Mantra at least seven times in the morning when we get up and seven times in the evening before going to bed. In the picture, a boy and a girl are saying their evening prayers.
Another practice all Jains, should follow is called Pratikraman. Here we introspect - look within ourselves, and take a survey of our day. We take full responsibility for our actions and truly forgive those who have hurt us in any way. We repent and apologize for all our misdeeds of the day and promise ourselves to be more careful and not to repeat the same in the future.
Prayers and Pratikraman help uplift our soul; and we should always do these in the morning and in the evening.
Note: E is also for Enlightenment, Equanimity Look for Navakär Mantra under N*
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