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JAINA CONVENTION 2017
Technique: Close your eyes and contemplate for few minutes Think of your favorite temple and image (Pratima), may it be Mahavir swami or Parshvanath Keep them in front of your mind's eye. Fold your hands, bow your head, and give your homage by tuning your mind and heart. If your mind wanders away, think of their life event-e.g. Lord Mahavir forgiving cowherds for piercing thorns in His ears. Pray that your life becomes like His. Think of and praise their virtues. Ask for their grace.
3rd Essential - Homage to Guru (Vandana) Our gurus renounce amenities of family life, live austere life and help the society by teaching and preaching. We must respect them and take care of all their necessities Technique: Close your eyes and contemplate for few minutes Think of your favorite guru or teacher who helped you in your spiritual endeavor. Imagine he/she is standing in front of you Then bow your head at his feet, and take his feet dust on your head. Pay your respect in your mind and heart. Think that his grace powder (Vaskshep) falling on your head. Ask for forgiveness if you disobeyed any of his wishes or ignored your duty him/her or to any other guru. Pray and promise that next time you are with the guru you will act dutifully and obediently.
4th Essential - Returning to Self (Pratikraman) Pratikraman is supposed to be a cleansing process for all our misdeeds. This is the heart of the whole process. There are many Sutras for this kshamapana, but we concentrate on Eighteen Sin Causes (Adhar Papa-Sthanaka). According to our scriptures there are eighteen primary causes for our sinful deeds. We generally think that a sin is caused by our physical action. In reality violence is even caused by a thought or word. In fact, the degree of violence by thought is considered to be much higher than a reactive physical action, because a thought leads to a pre-meditated action. We lead the participants through discussion of these sin causes one by one giving them time to contemplate and beg for forgiveness for any sin they have committed.
In this article, for the sake of brevity only few examples of the sin-causes are discussed. You
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