Wave of Bliss

Author(s): N P Jain
Publisher: Jain Meditation International Centre

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THE PRACTICE OF RELIGION
Jane Hein (Jagruti) has been fascinated by shlokas and loves to memorize: “It is amazing how the recitation itself gives the gist, and when I recite so many sutras in a row from Shri Samayika Sutra as well as Chattari Mangalam, Om Punyaham Punyaham, Mangalam Bhagawana Viro and some others, I feel very fortified and substained from within and all around by Siddha-substratum consciousness."
Catherine Florida organised a seminar for the festival of Forgiveness (Samvatsari or Khamavani). The statement below which thirty six persons signed reads as follows:
“I ask to have my consciousness raised above any unforgiveness that may be housed in my consciousness known or unknown to me — either from this life time or another life time.
I ask that I may be forgiven by those people, places or times that I have known or unknowingly caused pain in the lifetime and from all other life times.
I ask that I raise my consciousness to the level where I can forgive myself".
Trude Fontana writing from Germany declares faith in Jain philosophy while at the same time raises interesting questions which came up in the mind in a natural and logical way:
“The Jain religion is a wonderful one; I love it very much, it is according to my feelings, I love it with all my spiritual force but I know it makes human life very complicated in view of all the difficulties connected with the idea of non-violence. There are in India too many insects, dangerous animals, and many dogs everywhere to be
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