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The daily activities and special duties of a Shravak
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Porasi destroys one thousand years of torture in hell. Sadporasi ten thousand years, Purimudda one lakh years. Ekasan ten lakh years and Rookhi Nivi one crore years. Ekasan datti, ten crore years. Ekalatan hundred crores Ayambil one thousand crores, Upvas ten thousand crores, Chatt one lakh crores; Attai ten lakh crores of years of torment in hell.
After receiving Pachchakkan, you must go to the temple and carry out the activities of seeing, saluting and glorifying the Lord. By having a darshan of the Lord we attain a high state of existence as human beings; and the substances necessary for carrying out dharma and the grace of the Lord. These are the benefactions that the Lord bestows on us. This thought must fill us with joyful emotions. We should be happy that we have had the darshan of the Lord more precious than the Chintamani
(precious stone) we should feel grateful to the Lord for his benefactions and we should shed tears of joy. Afterwards, we should worship the Lord with dhoop (burning incense) deep (burning lights) worshipping with sandal powder, Chaityavandan etc. and then you should utter the song of glorification. After that, you should go to the Gurumaharaj in the upashraya and salute him; you must make polite enquiries and receive from him pachchakkan. Then, you must entreat him to accept such things as food, water, clothes, vessels, books, medicines etc. as necessary.
Then you must go home and if the Pachchakkan of Navakarsi is over you must take your breakfast; must go to the Gurumaharaj and listen to his scriptural discourses which bring you spiritual elevation. You must carry out some vrata, rule or observance which will help you to attain benefit from Scriptural discourses and progress in your life. At noon, and 2 hours later, you must have this caution. See that an account of your activities no jiva gets killed; and then you must take a
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