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RITUALS
D03 - Going to the Temple (Shvetämbar & Digambar Tradition)
2. Rajyävasthä (as a prince): Oh Lord, you were a Prince. You had princely power and grandeur, and yet you were neither attached to them nor felt hatred about them. You were like a Yogi who is detached. Glory to your renunciation. 3. Shraman-ävasthä (as a Sädhu): Oh heroic Lord, you renounced worldly power and luxury without any hesitation and became a Sädhu. You carried out heroic endeavors for the attainment of spiritual elevation, bearing the most bitter obstacles and calamities. At times you carried out incomparable and arduous spiritual austerities and penance. You stood for days absorbed in deep meditation. By doing so, you destroyed all the Ghäti Karmas. Glory to your austerity. Glory to your bravery. Glory to
your tolerance. Padastha Avasthä: For Padastha Avasthä, you contemplate on the state of life as a Tirthankar. Oh Tirthankar, you have 34 Atishaya (unique characteristics). Oh Tirthankar, you established a Tirtha, the four-fold Jain Sangh. Oh Tirthankar, you explained the noble doctrines of Jiva Tattva (living substance) and Ajiva Tattva (Non-living substance) of the universe. You showed the path of salvation comprised of the right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct. You expounded the immortal philosophical doctrines like Anekäntaväda (multiplicity view points), Syädväda, and Naya. Rupätita Avasthä: Here, you contemplate on the pure form of Jin. Oh, Paramätmä (supreme being)! You have totally destroyed all your Karma, and you have become bodiless, pure, awakened, liberated, and perfect. Having attained this state, you possess infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite bliss, and infinite energy. You possess countless virtues. Your state is absolutely free from impurities, distortion, and agitation. In this state, death,
disease, distress, or poverty, and all other adversities do not exist. 6. Dishätyäg (Concentrate Only On Jin's Idol): Now you should prepare for the Bhävapujä (internal worship), known as Chaitya-vandan. You should not be distracted by anything. Your eyes and mind should concentrate on the idol and you should not look in any other direction like up, down, sideways, or behind. 7. Pramärjana (Cleaning The Ground Before Sitting Down): Before sitting down for Chaitya-vandan you should clean the ground three times with your upper cloth, so that no small insect may be hurt by you sitting there. 8. Älambana (Support): Having sat down, you must keep three supports in your mind: (1) the idol of the Lord, (2) the sutras you recite, and (3) their meanings. Now, your should concentrate only on these three things. 9. Mudrä (Posture): Various specific postures described in scriptures are very much necessary to attain sublime concentration during Chaitya-vandan.
Yoga Mudra: During Chaitya-vandan and the recital of the sutras, you must sit upright with both palms together and the fingers of one hand in the spaces between the fingers of the other hand, with the elbows to the sides of your stomach. Muktä-shukti Mudra:
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