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A Hand Book of Jainology
THE RULES RELATING TO THE TEMPLE
When you go to the temple in order to have a darshan of the Lord, you must observe 10 principles of 3 each which are called technically Dashatrik.
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THE TEN THRIK
You must set out to the temple from your house with sublime contemplations in your mind relating to your devotion for the Vitrag Bhagwan. On the way, you should not cause the death of any kind of jiva. After having a darshan of the Lord from outside the temple, you must perform a salutation with folded hands placed on the forehead and say, "Namo Jinanam" which means "I salute the Jin". Then, when you enter the temple you should say "Nissihi" and from that point upto the point of Chaityavandan you should observe Dashtrik (10 rules of 3 each.).
On entering the temple; you should carry out the following activities:
(1) Saying Nissihi (2) Performing circumambulations; then (3) Standing before the image of the Lord you must carry out the activities of salutation and glorification (4) Worship (5) Standing before the image of the Lord you should contemplate upon the various states of the Lord. Then you must observe five thriks in order to carry out Chaityavandan. Of these, (6) seeing only the Lord and nothing else (7) Clearing the ground before sitting down so that no jiva may be killed, (8) Sitting in the right posture (9) planning the form of the hands to assume the posture (10) Pranidhan that means being absorbed in carrying out the Chaityavandan with absolute concentration.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE TEN TRIKAS:
Each of the 10 Trikas such as Nissihi has three different forms:
(1)
Nissihi: That means prohibition. The first Nissihi should be to discard all thoughts relating to Samsar while entering a
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