Jain Thoughts And Prayers English Gujarati

Author(s): Kanti V Mardia
Publisher: Yorkshire Jain Foundation

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2. The Booklet
The main emphasis in Jainism is on the simple principle that you - and only you are responsible for every aspect of your life. You score negative or positive points through your activities which in turn affect your future; your present life is partly due to your past scores. There is neither a Creator God nor any external power to intervene in this process.
The Group meets once a month. The meeting begins with a few prayers followed by open discussions on Jain values and contemporary thoughts. In particular, the younger members participate actively in these discussions.
We have divided the booklet into two parts:
(a) Jain thoughts in English and Hindi (b) Prayers.
The prayers in Romanized script appear face to face with English translation. Prayers in the original script (Devanaagari) can be found in the last section. It is to (xvi)
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be noted that the "Aaraties" of Aadinaath and Mahaavira highlight their biographical accounts so that we can reflect upon their qualities. We have translated the Aaraties, so that their real spirit may be captured. Furthermore, the prayers enable one to reach the inner higher self. Diacritical marks have been excluded from this edition as proper pronunciation of Indian words needs some instruction, specially for prayers.
The third edition follows the same pattern as in the second edition, except that this edition now replaces the Hindi version with the Gujarati version.
Excerpts from the second edition
We have now added the Hindi translation of every section on "English Thoughts", for which, we are grateful to Dr. N.L. Jain of Jain Center, Rewa (India). In addition, we have also added one Aarati "Panch-Parmesthi" which is commonly used by the Digambars. We have also added the "Baarah Bhaavanaayen" - "Twelve Reflections" in this edition which are very popular, and these highlight the guidelines in practice.
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