English Pratikraman Introduction and Ritual together for English Speaking Jains

Author(s): Mayur and Rita Lodaya (Speaker)
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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PRATIKRAMAN RITUAL
• To perform Sämäyika under pressure from others or without
conviction Ten Faults of Speech
To use offensive speech To speak without thinking To speak or sing such songs that arouse uncontrollable emotions To use condensed sutras for convenience or to save time To use quarrelsome language To gossip To use mocking language To use hasty speech without clarity
To use irrational speech • To use unclear and ambiguous speech Twelve Faults of the Body • To sit with one leg over the other
To sit with unsteady posture To sit with wavering eyesight To digress or to deviate from Sämäyika for domestic or other work To lean against something To stretch the body, hands, and legs without reason To stretch the body lazily or to sleep To make sounds by stretching fingers of hands and feet (cracking knuckles) To remove dirt from the body To sit with one's hand on the head or forehead in a sorrowful
posture or to walk without carefully sweeping the floor • To sleep or to remain idle • To cause oneself to be served by others without a reason Sutras Recited During 1st Sämäyika Ävashyak Jain Prayer to Great Souls Namaskar Mahamangal Sutra Benedictory Verse
Chattäri Mangalam Sutra Guru Sthapana
Panchindiya Sutra Forgiveness Verse of Iryä Vahiyae Sutra Sämäyika Introspection and
Tassa Uttari and Annattha Sutra Käyotsarga Vow of Sämäyika
Karemi Bhante Sutra
ENGLISH PRATIKRAMAN