JAINA Convention 2011 07 Houston TX

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

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JAINA CONVENTION 2011
"Live and Help Live
f. Ratribhojan Tyag Pratima: Eat before the sunset and eat after the sunrise g. Brahmacharya Pratima: Be contended, without sex life h. Aarambh Tyag Pratima: Giving up business, job, farming etc permanently i. Parigrah Tyag Pratima: Giving up 9 external Parigrah (land, house, gold, silver, property -
money - animal, grain accumulation. Servants, utensils except cloths) j. Anumati Tyag Pratima: Don't give advice for business and other homely affairs k. Uddishtha Tyag Pratima: Live like a monk and accompany monks and Guruvar
5A. There are plenty of stories in the scriptures. Just by thinking of taking Vrata from his mother
by Dhanna Seth (Dhanya Kumar) drove his souls to heaven in past life. Every Daan (Aahaar, Oshadhi, Upkaran, Abhay) given to monks resulted in unbelievable positive results. We should incorporate Six Essentials in our daily life for doing 'Sadhana': A. Samayik - stay close to the soul - develop and practice equanimity B. Stuti - Do Logassa atleast three times - Prayer of 24 Tirthankaras C. Vandana - Recite Navakaar mantra atleast three times D. Pratikraman - Ask forgiveness E. Pratyakhyan - take vows not to do the same wrong thing again F. Kayotsarga - Do meditation
5B. The other six essentials for doing 'Upasana' are: 1. Dev Puja - Puja of Arihant Dev thinking, doing and saying infinite good qualities of the
Lord. 2. Guru Upasana: - Listen to Guru' pravachana with great respect help them (doing Seva) 3. Swadhyaya: Listen to or read scriptures, ask questions, discuss, think deep, and spread
the knowledge. 4. Sanyam: To control mind, and five indriya. 5. Austerity (Tap) - To control desire- They are six external ( fasting, eating slightly less,
take only some food, don't take very rich food made from butter, sugar etc, stay alone for some time and do some Yoga). The six internal austerities are: Penance for wrong things done, Respect for monks, scholars, scriptures, help monks and good people, Swadhyaya (reading and understanding of scriptures), Giving up pride, and attachments, and doing Meditation.
6. Daan (Give out to needy). Aahar daan, Knowledge/ equipment daan, Medicine daan, and
Abhay daan/ giving space to live. Giving washes the sins - (Ratnakaran Shravakachaar) - Swami Samant Bhadra
Highest quality is to give to monks. Scriptures mention many instances of amazing positive results of giving to monks. It also says giving to bad Patra (person) or cause amasses sin.
In precious 48 minutes of Samayik, Stuti, Vandana, Paschaatap, Pratyakhyan, Kayotsarga, Dev Puja, and Swadhyaya can be all be done together. Incorporate these into daily routine you would have earned your day for a very brighter future.
I hope following the above guidelines from our scriptures will enrich you spiritually every day.
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