Jain Spirit 1999 10 No 02

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

Page 42

Dot... to... Dot
Kid's
by Narendra Shah
Korner
Hidden below is the symbol most International Jain organisations have adopted to represent the Jain tradition. The symbol is built from Jain principles and belief. The overall outline shape represents the Jain view of the cosmos from the spiritual point (it does not represent the physical universe). Its outline is in the shape of a person standing with legs spread wide and hands on the waist. The bottom part, up-ended triangle, represents the seven 'hells', the waist the middle world where our world is situated and the top hexagon represents the 'heavens'. At the top of the heavens, in the shape of a crescent, is the sidh Shilla where liberated souls who have shed all their karma reside. Within the hexagon are three circles representing the Jain path to purity through the 'three jewels' i.e. through Samyag Darshan(right perception), Samyag Gnaan(right knowledge) and Samyag Charitra(right conduct). Below that is the Swastika, the four arms of which represent the four realms- types of life- (gati) in which the worldly soul, which still has karma attached to it, takes birth in a body. These four types of
life are Hellish beings, Animal beings, Heavenly beings and Human beings. In the upended triangular section is the palm of a hand, with 'Ahinsa' written in the middle, representing friendliness. The palm signifies that 'I fear no one and I do not create fear in others'.
Sidh -----
This must be the top. called ----------, where the Sidh bhagwans live
These three circles must represent the three jewels, 1) Samyag -------
2) ------ Gnaan & 3) --------
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I wonder which gati this is? It must be -----
I think this is the ------ gati
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I know this one. It is the ---- gati
This must be the ------ gati
On the left is an incomplete diagram of the Jain symbol. To complete it, join the
black dots in the following order:- a)1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1
b) 9,12,13,14,17
c) 11,10,13,16,15. Then fill in the blank spaces. All the information can be
found from above.
Happy Diwali
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