JAINA Convention 2011 07 Houston TX

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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JAINA CONVENTION 2011
Not doubting Jin Vani,
No desire to gain worldly gain due to following of Dharma, o Not to hate monks
o Not to stay perplex
Do not say and dwell on bad things of other people
Help to stabilize person who is on track to loose right path Develop friendship with good people, and promote the good ideas given by Tirthankaras.
It also needs to Reject 25 defects:
Eight negative of Angas
Eight types of pride (about wealth, knowledge, power etc)
Six Anayatan (leave your house and join other houses)
Three kind of wrong following of scriptures, Guru, and God)
B. Vrati Samyagdrasti (5th Gunasthan): Follow five Anuvrata, three Gun Vrata and four Shiksha Vrata: - Tattvartha Sutra-Acharya Umaswatii/ Uma swami; Yog Shastra - Acharya Hemchandra.
Five Anuvrata:
Ahinsa - Nonviolence in thinking, saying and doing
o Truth Be truthful
"Live and Help Live"
Not stealing - Do not take without permission except water and soil
o Parigragh - Keep limitations on ten external and fourteen internal Parigrah items Brahmacharya Celibacy stay and move in your soul
Three Gun Vratas:
o Digvrat - Limitation in direction
o Deshvrat - Limitation on things to be done in those directions
o Anarth Dand Vrat - careful and not to do unnecessary things soiling the soul
Four Desh Vrat:
Samayik, Practice equanimity
o Posadh - Live like a monk for a time period
o Bhogopbhog - Limitation on one time item (Like food) or multi time items. (like clothes) Atithi Samvibhag vrat - Always ready to offer food and shelter and other help to spiritual people.
These are to be followed without five Atichar (Transgressions) for each of these Vratas. You can always keep some Vratas like Silence for 10 minutes or not to get upset or get angry for next 4 hours. Of course there is no upper limit on numbers and creativity on such items.
2. Listening to pravachana daily and following it strengthens the Vrata. Listening to pravachana creates karmas to Dev Gati. - Acharya Naneshri
Please follow the following website for treasures of pravachana.
Swetamber Murtipujak:
Shri Vijay Ratnakar Suri Ji Maharaj pravachan http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Shri+Vijay+Ratnakar+Suri+Ji+Mahar
ai+pravachan+&aq=f
Jinchandraji Maharaj: http://jinjimaharaj.com/: Click on Video > Pravachana
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