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RITUALS
sins and forgiveness to others, is the most important day of Paryushan.. After 7 days of penance and preparation of the soul, Shvetämbars do Pratikraman. They ask for and give forgiveness to all - family, friends and all living beings.
02 Das Lakshana Parva
Digambar Jains, on the other hand, start with forgiveness on the first day and then celebrate an additional 9 days. The Digambar tradition calls this festival Das Lakshana Parva and observes it for 10 days. Each day is dedicated to one virtue. They discuss 10 virtues that are inherent qualities of the soul. These virtues are applicable to all. In addition, they also read one chapter of the Tattvärtha Sutra, which covers all aspects of Jain religion.
Religious Virtues
1. Kshamä
2. Märdava
Ärjava
Shaucha
3.
4.
Satya
Samyam
Tapa
Tyag
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Akinchanya
10. Brahmacharya
D06- Paryushan and Das Lakshana Parva
Forgiveness
Humility
Straightforwardness
Contentment - absence of greed
Truth
Restraint of all senses
Austerities
Charity
Non-possessiveness
Chastity or Celibacy
01. Kshamä - Forgiveness and Forbearance
Forgiveness means not to allow anger to arise and in case it does, then to render it ineffective through the internal power. Forbearance means forgiveness. It is the nature of the pure soul to have forbearance. By taking the shelter of the forgiveness, one cultivates nature of the soul, which is free of anger. The mundane soul has anger within him since time infinite and as a result the true nature of forgiveness has not been cultivated.
Revenge is the worst form of anger. When one reacts to the unfavorable situation right away, then it is known as anger. But at that time if he waits and keeps the matter to his mind then the state of mind turns in to revengeful nature. In anger, one reacts right away but in revengeful nature, one keeps to him and plans for revenge in the future. Revengeful nature is much more dangerous than the anger. Anger is like fire and it produces burn right away but when one keeps anger within and plans for revenge then he keeps on burning from within all the time.
Omniscient lord does not have any types of anger at all.
Enlightened monk has absence of first three types of anger.
Enlightened house holder with partial vow conduct has absence of first two types of anger. Enlightened house holder with vow less conduct has absence of first type of anger.
Person on 1st spiritual development stage at wrong belief stage has anger of all the types. Five ways of cultivating Forbearance
Consider whether or not the cause of anger lies in oneself
Consider the harm that follows from an angry mood
Consider the childish nature of the offender concerned
Consider the whole affair to be a consequence of one's own past Karma
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