Samarpan Dedication Badi Diksha of Sadhvi Sanghmitraji

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: Veerayatan

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What is Badi Diksha?
Acharya Shri Maa Chandanashriji
There are mainly two things in this world that hold a person back from experiencing spirituality:
1) A personal attachment to family and friends,
2) The attachments to positions and material objects. Unparalleled freedom cannot be experienced by any person unless one overcomes all attachments and material possessions. So, when a person steps into the life of an ascetic (monkhood), he or she gives both of them up. This is the reason the experience of an ascetic's life is very different from that of an individual's life. An aspirant, therefore, first spends 4-6 months as a renunciate before deciding whether he/she would like to move forward in this direction or not. The time between the initial Diksha and the Badi Diksha is the time for the aspirant to test one's own resolve, dedication, and determination. During this time, the aspirant decides if he/she is ready to follow the path of the Jain order. At the time of Badi Diksha, the aspirant seeks the Guru's permission to dutifully and faithfully follow the path of knowledge, devotion and spiritual practices. An aspirant's strong commitment to dutifully follow the Guru's instructions on this path is called Badi Diksha.
“Just as you do not like misery, in the same way others also do not like it. Knowing this, you should do unto them what you want them to do unto you."
Mahävira (Bhagavati Aradhanä, 780)
SAMARPAN- DEDICATION
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