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
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je me jivä virähiyä. egindiyä, beimdiyä, teimdiyä, caurindiyä, pancindiyä.......6. abhihayä, vattiyä, lesiyä, sanghäiyä, sanghattiya, pariyaviyä, kilämiyä, uddaviyä, thänäo thanam, sankämiyä, jiviyäo vavaroviya, tassa micchä mi dukkadam..
.............7. Meaning While walking I may have hurt or crushed living beings such as:
Live seeds Live plants Living beings in the dew Living ant hills Living moss Living beings in the water
Living beings in the earth • Living webs of spiders Whatever living beings may have been hurt by me:
Living beings with only one sense, the sense of touch, as in the elements of earth, water, fire, air, and plants; Living beings with only two senses, the sense of touch and taste, such as worms and shell creatures; Living beings with three senses, the sense of touch, taste, and smell, such as ants; Living beings with four senses, the sense of touch, taste, smell, and sight, such as bees, wasps, and other flying insects; Living beings with all five senses, the sense of touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing, as in beings of the water (fish), beings of the land (mammals, animals and human), and beings of the sky (birds). Whoever may have been struck by me while traveling; Whoever I may have covered by dust; Whoever I may have been rubbed up against; Whoever I may have been forced to collide with; Whoever I may have inflicted pain upon;
Whoever I may have frightened; • Whoever I may have hurt by touching or tilting them;
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