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Forgiveness Prayers While walking, I may have pained living beings; While coming and going, I may have crushed living beings,
animate seeds, green grass and plants I may have crushed beings living in the dew, in the anthills,
live moss and in water particles,
live earth, webs of spiders;
I may have harassed or crushed them. Whoever may have been caused pain, tormented or hurt by me -
beings with only one sense, the sense of touch [1]; beings with two senses, the sense of touch and taste [2];
beings with three senses, of touch, taste and smell [3];
beings with four senses, of touch, taste, smell and sight [4]; beings with five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing [5];
Whoever may have been struck by me while coming or going,
or may have been covered by dust, rubbed, or bumped; Whoever may have been collided accidentally with one another;
Whoever may have been tormented by being touched;
Whoever may have been afflicted;
To whomever I may have given agony and frightened; Whomever I may have shifted from one place to another; Whomever I may have separated from life and made lifeless; May all of them who suffered because of me forgive me.
May the ignorance in me, which caused pain to other beings cease and be brought to an end.
May all be forgiven and forgotten. Comment: I, S
Book of Jain Prayers
