YJA Convention 1996 07 San Francisco CA

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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and bestowers of wisdom, endowers of religion, teachers of religion, heads of religion, charioteers of religion and spiritual Sovereigns terminating the four states of life, holders of infallible supreme knowledge and perception; overcomers of imperfection, conquerors and inducers of conquest, salvaged and saviors, enlightened and enlighteners, liberated and liberators, omniscients and omnipercipients and procurers of liberated state which is blissful, stable, painless, endless, indestructible, unobstructed and irreversible. My Obeisance to all the omniscients who have overcome all perils and also all the souls that have been liberated in the past, are being liberated at present and will be liberated in the future. ||51|
I salute the Jina idols in all three worlds. |16|| I offer obeisance to the lord Jinesvara and Ksama-Sramana. |17|| I offer obeisance to all the Sramana's present in the regios of Bharata, Airavata and Mahavideha. 18|| I offer obeisance to the Panca Paramesthi. 1911
I bow to Lord Parshwanath who is attended by the affliction removing Parshwa deity, who is liberated of all Karmas, is the destroyer of the poison of the snakes etc. and is the abode of bliss and well being. If anyone always holds in the neck the charm of VISAHARFUMING, his evil planetary effects, disease, plague and severe fevers are calmed down. Let aside that charm, obeisance to you would be highly fruitful; (thereby) humans and animals too would not get misery or evil state. By gaining right perception that is superior to the Chintamani jewel or desire yielding tree, soul easily attains the unaging, immortal state. Oh graceful Lord, I have thus adored you with the heart flowing with devotion hence Omniscient Parshwa Lord, bestow the wisdom to me in every life. ||10||
(Note: In place of the Uvasaggaharam Sutra, the devotee can sing a devotional song of his preference.)
Victory be to the detached Lord. Oh God, the Guide of the universe, by virtue of your grace, let me have: Disaffection for worldly life; following the path directed by you, procurement of the desirable ends, renouncing what is against the public interest; Worship of the preceptors and elders, benevolence; accessibility of true Guide, and following their precepts. Let me have these up to the end of life. (This above portion is by way of solemn pledge and is therefore to be recited with folded hands touching the Agna Chakra. The remaining part is uttered by brining down the hands in front of the nose.) Detached Lord! Even though your scriptures forbid invoking specific reward for the good deeds performed. Yet let me have the servitude of your feet birth after birth, Lord! obeisance to you let me get elimination of miseries, destruction of Karmas, rapturous death and benefit of your precepts. Jain order of faith, which is the most blissful, is the cause of all well being and is the foremost of all religions, is victorious. ||11||
(After uttering the Jai Viyarai Sutra, the devotee stands up to undertake a Kausagga)
Oh Lord, I am giving a description of many emotions while performing the kaussagga for the adoration of the Jina idols. ||12|
I undertake Kausagga in the presence of omniscients for the sake of obeisance, worship, receptivity, reverence, true wisdom and unafflictedness, I stay steadfast in Kausagga with faith, intelligence, patience, contemplation, and increasing concentration subject to the limitations of the following movements: inhaling, exhaling, coughing sneezing, yawning, belching, passing gas, movement due to dizziness or faints, minute movement of the limbs, minute movement of cough within and minute movements of eyes. Subject to these and such other limitations, let my Kausagga remain unbroken and unobstructed. Until I terminate it by uttering Namo Arihantanam, I leave my body and mind in complete concentration and meditation. ||13||
(The devotee stays in Kausagga for the duration of one Namo Arihantanam. Then he/she recites a short devotional stanza of his/her choice. In the end, the devotee kneels down again, uttering the Khamasaman Sutra.)
I offer obeisance to the lord Jinesvara and Ksama-Sramana. ||14||