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fortnight or at least every month to remove the dirt(sins) of our heart. Then, fragrance will spread in our life as a drop of scent in the form of a good deed, is added to it.
To be Glad on perceiving one's own good deeds : I am glad if I have arranged for carving of the idols of Arihant and to have bedecked them with ornaments or to have adored them with angi or to have performed "Ashtaprakari Puja" and to have cultivated noble state of mind by reciting chaityavandanas and stavanas and to have done Swadhyayas.
I joyfully praise my pilgrimage to holy places like Shri Shatrunjaya, Girnarji, Mount Abu, Shikharji, Pavapuri, Ranakpur, Champapuri, Rajgrihi, Tarangaji, Kulpakji and Antrixji etc. or by encouraging others to do it. I am glad for my devotion or service to the monks and nuns, for having provided them their needs or to have satisfied them by organising service of others, for my honouring respecting and loving them and for my, inducing others to do likewise.
Dan Dharam :1 am glad for the following five kinds of Charity done by me, without expecting any reward in return :
(1) Abhaydan (granting freedom from fear of loss of life). (2) Supatradan (charity made to monks, nuns and shravakas).
(3) Anukampadan (compassion shown to all creatures, big or small, meritorious or otherwise).
(4) Uchitdan (charity done to the deserving). (5) Kirtidan (charity offered for getting fame).
Shil dharma : I am glad for good conduct, for the vows and pledges taken and properly observed by me and for my encouraging others to do so.
Tap Dharma (Penance) :1 am ever glad for the penance | could do out of the following viz., Vishasthanak Tap, Vardhaman Tap, Fast for three days, for two days, for eight or ten days or for a one-day or observing Ayambil, Ekasana, Biyasana, Navkarshi and Chauvihar.
Bhav Dharma : My heart thrills with gladness that I could ardently cherish Tweive Bhavans and Four Bhavans, Gnan (knowledge), Darshan (faith), Charitra (conduct) and Tap (penance) or for my inducing others to do so. If I have ever desired to get initiated or been initiated (Diksha). I often rejoice thinking about it. I
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