Jain Society Houston TX 1995 11 Pratistha

Author(s): Jain Society Houston TX
Publisher: USA Jain Society Houston TX

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MAJOR TAPASYA (YOUTH)
EKASANA VARSITAP
MEHTA
MEHTA
SUTARIA
Celebrating Jain Society of Houston Pratishtha Mahotsav 1995
TAPASYA LIST Youth Tapasya
BESANA VARSITAP
SHINGAVI
16 DAYS UPWAS
DOSHI SANGHANI
11 DAYS UPWAS DOSHI
SANGHANI
SANGHANI
8-10 DAYS UPWAS
DEDHIA
DESAI
MEHTA
MEHTA
MEHTA
PAREKH
SHAH
SHAH SHINGAVI SUTARIA
PRITI SAPNA
SANGEETA
PREETAM
SUDHA NIPA
SEEMA
PALU RUPAL NEHA
PRITI SAPNA SHARMI SONAL ZARNA
AVNI
DIMPLE
PREETAM SANGEETA
S
wholeness of all things.
Aum is the seat of the five benedictions, salutations or supreme beings. The word is made up of five letters i.e. a+a+a+u+m = Aum in Sanskrit.
AUM
Aum or Om means completeness; it is really a symbolic word, meaning infinite, the perfect, the eternal. The very sound is complete, representing the
The first letter 'a' is for Arihanta. The second letter 'a' is for Ashariri without body (Siddha). The third letter 'a' is for Acharya. The fourth letter 'u' is for Upadhyaya. The fifth letter 'm' is for Muni. In this way all the five letters put together constitute Aum or Om.
The tradition has it that when the Arihanta (Jina) attains absolute knowledge or omniscience, all the parts of Arihanta emanates a loud sounda mega utterance of 'Aum'called the Divine Sound. It is an involuntary, spontaneous, melodious sound which emanates form the Tirthankar because of the catalystic presence of the positive vibrations of the people. Thus the power of purity and silence of heart is evident from the above phenomena.
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STUF
HRIM
It is a seed mantra. It is a mystical symbol-representing the invisible sound, infinity and divine energy of 24 Tirthankars. Meditating on Hrim, one experiences subli
mating energy of Tirthankars.
"It's difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try"
(Stephen Covey)
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