Wave of Bliss

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

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THE WAVE OF BLISS
principles and their day to day practice and the significance of the synthesis thus brought about.
Chetna faxed a message in November 1992 from Egypt on the miracle of Namokar Mantra:
"I have now taught the Namokar Mantra to a group of Coptic Christians and we chanted daily after we went into the great pyramid at Giza and chanted the mantra in the King's & Queen's chamber. The energy became so magnified and powerful that the Group Leader John Davis said that in all of his 12 visits to Egypt he has 'NEVER' had such an experience, in all the times he was there before. He wants me to teach about chanting at a Coptic Conference this summer. While we were in the Pyramid you came in with a big smile and said — 'very good'. Chetana you have brought the mantra and teachings into Egypt and are putting the energy into the Pyramids."
Celebration of Paryushan Parva and more particularly Samvatsari or Kshamavani or 'Festival of Forgiveness' has been taken up with great enthusiasm by American Jains. In a wide ranging discourse, Chitrabhanu explained the purposeful orientation of the concept of forgiveness at a big gathering of devotees at Doral Hotel in New York city on August 19, 1992. Here are excerpts later widely circulated by the Light house Center Inc. in their paper. 'The Lighthouse Beacon':
“Today we are going to meditate on the celebration of forgiveness. Generally people think to forgive is difficult. One has to make a lot of effort to forgive somebody because it becomes part of your thinking and goes deep into the emotions. So forgiveness is considered very much religious. The philosophy I teach and share is that
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