The Jain 1992 04 Special Issue

Author(s): Natubhai Shah, Vinod Kapashi
Publisher: UK Jain Samaj Europe

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14. LAST (SECOND) ABHISHEKA
O man and wife! Your marriage has taken place by the unavoidable fruit of your previous karmas. It cannot be altered. It cannot be avoided. You have gone through this because of previous karmas. May you obtain unbroken, undisturbed peace, happiness and all-round joy.
O children! You two have been married. Now you two are equal in love, experience, happiness and good conduct. You are true friends in happiness and misery, in virtues and faults. May you become equal in mind, speech and action, and in all the good virtues.
15. KAR-MOCHAN
Manta for the release of hands
AUM ARHAM. You are the life. You are bonded by Gnanavamiya, Darshnavarniya, Vedaniya, Mohaniya, Ayu, Nama, Gotra, Antaray Karma, (the kinds of karmas). Your karmas are bound by their character of quality, quantity, peace and binding power. May you obtain moksha by way of progressing on the fourteen gunasthan (stages of spiritual ascent). ARHAM AUM.
You have released your hands but your love is unbroken.
(Hands released).
(Bride's father gives a symbolic gift to the groom).
16. BLESSINGS
Blessing is given:
"We congratulate you on your marriage".
"May the gods of heaven grant you the blessings of prosperity, joy, wisdom, and love for evermore".
"Whatever gods we have invited, we say farewell to you and request that you return when required for a similar auspicious occasion. If we have been guilty of any faults in these rituals, please forgive
us".
After this, the bride and bridegroom are given a sendoff by their relatives, and return to the bride's home, visiting the temple on the way.
(It is the custom to hold a reception and dinner for the guests before the bride and groom depart, when individual congratulations are given to the couple).
INTERIOR OF JAIN CENTRE LEICESTER CARVING ON PILLAR, JAIN CENTRE LEICESTER
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