Jain Spirit 2004 03 No 18

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

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YOUTH 39
SPORTING SPIRIT
Jainism is just like a sport - you need time, commitment, determination and a teacher
with the knowledge to guide you. Kavit Haria finds that being a good sport awakens spirituality
playing any sport, you also have a goal in With all kinds of sports finding their way to your best potential. Simultaneously, mind - victory! This can only be done by into the public eye with increasing
you begin to overcome the inner passions, good practice, good teamwork and having frequency, it is interesting to question and thus avoid binding negative karma a good strategy. Similarly, in Jainism we how the players, world media and
(paap) - you help yourself move along the must get rid of the karma that we have general populace view them. For most path of self-realisation.
bound to our souls in order to move people, sport is usually a hobby, an
Flow is a quality that every good towards our ultimate goal, moksha. The activity to while away the hours between sports coach tries to encourage in their strategies involved, including daily rituals, work and other daily tasks. However, players or team. But why do some people play a huge part in helping us move sport in some cases has grown far
find it easier than others? Because they towards that goal. To my mind, Jainism is beyond this and become a way of
find focus and synchronicity that allow just like a sport - you need time, enhancing spiritual values.
them to achieve more. If you interpret commitment, determination and an able When playing team sports such as leisure as finding pleasure in being idle, it teacher with the knowledge to guide you. cricket, football, hockey or basketball, you becomes inadequate. The best recreation In sport, practice is essential to be able to work together with your teammates to is doing something in which you lose strive for excellence. Both Jainism and sport build up a good strategy in order to play yourself; by losing yourself in the task, are alike in this respect - once you have the the perfect game. During training
you find that it becomes pleasurable. knowledge, you must put it into practice. If sessions, you rely on sound friendship When this happens, you have found flow, you have the knowledge but do not infuse with your coach and teammates. Having which does not come from physical your conduct with that knowledge, it is a such friendship helps you play a smoother strength, hurt, revenge, desire, destruction total waste! Use your skills and knowledge to and more strategic game than playing or domination, but from helping each guide you further and improve to help one where people do not talk and there is player reach into her/himself, control yourself on your spiritual journey. no good relationship between them. their consciousness and then consider Forging good relations helps get rid of themselves in the service of the team. Kavit Haria is an 'A' Level student in any anger, greed or ego, and results in the Flow is a language of concentration, London. He is actively involved with team playing a much fairer game. By focus and, ultimately, of pleasure.
Young Jains UK and has a vision to playing this way, you see the best in
In Jainism, our principal goal is to develop his soul and those of others by others and can use their strengths to play attain moksha. In the same way, when applying the principles of Jainism.
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