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RITUALS
DO3 - Going to the Temple (Shvetämbar & Digambar Tradition)
08. While reciting Chaitya-vandan, you do not disturb the concentration and devotion of others and
you should not engage in any other activities, including forming the swastika from rice. 09. When you leave the temple, you should not turn your back towards the idols of Arihantas.
Rather, you should walk backwards a few steps first and then leave. If the production of the pujä materials involves violence to mobile living beings (two to five sensed living beings), then Jain scriptures prohibit all use of such materials.
03 Shvetämbar Tradition Pujä Upon first sight of the idol of Tirthankar Bhagawan you should bow down with folded hands and recite, 'Namo Jinänam (bow down to Tirthankar Bhagawan) Upon entering Derasar, you should ring the bell softly and then perform ten specific rituals called Dasha-trik as described in detail below. Dasha-trik (Ten Rituals of the Temple) 01 Nissihi
Renunciation 02 Pradakshinä
Circumambulation - going around the Jin's idol 03 Pranam
Salutation 04 Pujä
Worship 05 Avasthä-chintan
Contemplation upon the various states of a
Tirthankar Dishätyäg
Concentration only on Jin's idol Pramärjana
Cleaning the floor before sitting down Älambana
Mental support 09 Mudras
Postures for meditation 10 Pranidhana
Meditation 1. Nissihi (Renunciation): Nissihi means renunciation (giving up). It is said three times in the temple: The first Nissihi is said while entering the temple to discard all the thoughts relating to worldly affairs (Samsar). Having entered the temple, it is the duty of the laypeople to make sure temple management is running smoothly. One may help to clean the temple. After having taken care of such duties, the second Nissihi is said while entering the actual area of the Jin idol sanctum (Gabhäro); to keep aside thinking of such things as the cleaning of the temple and its management. The third Nissihi is said right after finishing worship with the physical substances (Dravya-puja) and at the beginning of the internal devotional worship (Bhävapujä/ Chaitya-vandan) to renounce even our own self for the duration of Chaitya Vandan. 2. Pradakshinä (Circumambulation): You circumambulate (go around in a circle) the Jin idols three times, from the left to the right, keeping the Jin idols on your right side. The circumambulations remind you that there are three remedies to overcome attachment and hatred and to attain liberation:
Samyag Darshan Right Faith Samyag Jnän
Right Knowledge Samyag Charitra Right Conduct
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