Jainism For Beginners Level 01

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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If we keep circumambulating around some entity, some day we too attain to the level of that entity or atleast the desire to attain to that level appears in our mind.
First of all, go to the room in the temple where the sandal paste is kept. Make a Tilak with the paste on your forehead, between the two eye-brows, exactly on the spot called Agnachakra, in the form of an almond or the flame of a candle-light. By making that Tilak on the forehead, we vow to carry out the command of the Paramatma and we also make a determination of inaugurating the Agnachakra or opening the pinpoint of pure knowledge through the Darshan of the Paramatma. Among girls and women, the custom is to make a round vermilion mark on the forehead in the place of Tilak
While performing the circumambulation we should not talk on the contrary, we should keep reciting some beautiful and interesting hymns of prayer.
While we are performing the circumambulation whenever we see the image of the Paramatma we should salute the Lord, Perform three circumambulations in this manner.
After this if the idol of the Paramatma is in front of you fold your hands over your head in the form of an Anjali and salute the Lord saying "Namo Jinanam"
Then straight proceed to perform a circumambulation in the circular passage (if it is provided in the temple) and begin this circumambulation from the right hand side of the idol of the Lord. We should perform three circumambulations thus because we desire from the Lord three benefactions namely:
the - method - of having a darshan
1. Samyak Darshan (Right Faith) 2. Samyak Inan (Right knowledge) 3. Samyak Charitra (Right Character)
U hile having a darshan of the lord, if you
stand in the front of the lord, those standing behind you will have difficulty in seeing the lord. Therefore, Stand in a side and have a darshan.
JIN DARSHAN
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