YJA Convention 2002 07 NJ Fifth

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

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Ratnakar Pachissi
Sadhvi Shri Shubamji
D atnakar Pachisi is a prayer to God and allows the importance of the Navkar Mantra and the power it I listener to know oneself and to improve one's moral holds, instead he devoted his time to learning other values and to free oneself from the want of material mantras (by this we mean mantras that was in sync possessions.
with Jain virtues and beliefs) as well ignoring the
supreme Agam scriptures. He also did not observe The session is designed to develop awareness amongst the vow of celibacy and thus the beginning of the participants of ways of recognizing one's own bad destruction of his soul. Doesn't that sound harsh? deeds and confessing them in front of God & requesting This poem illustrates introspection as to what one's for wisdom and right vision to be able to attain liberation. motives in life are. He continues to confess that he Ratnakar Pachchisi is a 25-verse poem which has lot of didn't fulfill his role as a saint therefore indulging in practical application for young and old alike.
passionate actions of acquiring wealth, sex and
power. He understands that with all these Before you encounter this session here is some accumulated sins, he is a failure in his past, present background information about this beautiful poem. The and future lifetimes. Finally, he repents, and urges enlightened saint that wrote this poem was inspired by to God to understand and forgive him. self analysis. He examined his actions through life and confessed to "God" through this poem. Although he The session is designed to develop awareness devoted his life to preaching God's word he still felt amongst the participants of ways of recognizing unfulfilled. When one listens to the poem you hear a sense one's own bad deeds and confessing them in front of turmoil the writer is going through. The saint is caught of God & requesting for wisdom and right vision to in an evil web of passions such as anger, greed, ego, and be able to attain liberation. desire. But isn't he a saint? Yes, however even with right knowledge, faith and conduct gained as a saint, he has This poem illustrates to us that even though we have lost because he was consumed by these emotions. a certain path to fulfill as a Jain that along the way
with temptations we encounter that our ultimate goal He has lost the sense of virtues deemed upon all Jains should not be forgotten. You will have an opportunity especially that one of his stature. He neglected the to listen to the poem and get an understanding why
this is an example of powerful Jain scripture.
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