Jain Prayers

Author(s): Sima Sheth, Vastupal Parikh, Anne Vallely, Prakash Mody
Publisher: Prakash Mody

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I spend sleepless nights wondering,
Whether the gods and the trees,
will give me happiness upon request. Then I realize that upon gaining true knowledge, One does not need to ask for happiness,
He already possesses it. I, S
Comment:
No worldly relation or possession can offer the soul real happiness. Only by resorting to right faith, knowledge and conduct can one truly liberate himself and
attain enlightenment. This understanding can lead to the realization that only true religion can provide happiness and
freedom from the miseries of cycle of life and death.
The Enlightened Consciousness or Soul
sees clearly its own Self
with its own light the moment it comes out
of the veils of ignorance. The nature of Self is none other than right knowledge, right perception and right conduct experienced as one unity.
Comment: Source:
IS Yogshästra by Great Hemchandrächärya (11th century)
If a good teacher comes along
And awakens me, This attachment induced
Sleep shall vanish. Only then will the continual Thievery of karmas cease.
Comment:
J.IS The endless cycle of birth and death can only cease with the end of karmic influx. This cycle can only be stopped by turning away from delusion, attachment and aversion and becoming absorbed in the nature of Soul by following true religion. Until the soul controls its emotions, it can never attain enlightenment.
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