Jainism For Beginners Level 03

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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he ultimate goal of all life and conduct in
Jainism is to realize the free and blissful state of our true being. True philosophy should result in removing all bondage (karma) in the process of purifying the soul.
The central theme of Jainism considers religion as a science of ethical practice. The conduct of the present life should be aimed to attain liberation (Moksha), the state of eternal bliss from which there is no return to the cycle of life and death. Every soul can attain liberation and a supreme spiritual state by realizing its intrinsic purity and perfection.
LIBERATION
Jainism lays down a definitive course of practical moral discipline, contemplation of the highest truth, and reorientation of life for attaining ultimate reality or truth. Lord Mahavir and the other Tirthankars have shown the effectiveness of spiritual progress by putting it into the practice in their own lives. The prominent Monk, Umasvati, around the 1st or 2nd century A.D. reminded us of it again in the very first verse of his Tattvartha Sutra.
Jain Prayers
It reads: "Samyag darshan jnan charitrani Mokshamargah".
This prescribes a path to liberation (Moksha), which consists of the following trinity (Ratna-Traya):
ज्ञान
चारित्र
तप
• Right perception - Samyag Darshan • Right Knowledge - Samyag Inan • Right conduct - Samyag Charitra
मोक्ष के चार मार्ग
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