Author: jambudweep

Bowing To Five Supreme Souls (Spiritual Guides) Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyay and Sadhus are five Supreme Souls (Permeshthis). One is relieved of his sins by bowing before them. Arihant- One who has destroyed the four Ghatiya Karmas, is embodied with forty six virtues and who is devoid of the eighteen faults are called Arihant Parmeshthi...

Filtered Water There are countless (unlimited) lives in a single drop of water; this has been told by Jain Preceptors. Drinking unfiltered water causes not only the killing of countless lives but it is also bad for health. Even modern scientists have found that one drop of unfiltered water contains 36450 lives. Therefore everyone should...

 Kindness for Creatures Once upon a time Mrigsen fisherman accepted a vow from a Jain saint that the first fish caught by him will be freed after tying a black thread. On the same day after catching the first fish, he marked it and left it in the river to go. Throughout the day the...

Sthavar living beings Worldly souls are of two kinds: 1. Tras Jeev 2. Sthavar Jeev Living beings having one sense are called Sthavar. These living beings consist of body only with the touch sense. Sthavars are of five kinds- 1. Prithvi-Kayika (Earth-bodied) 2. Jal-Kayika (Water-bodied) 3. Agni-Kayika (Fire-bodied) 4. Vayu-Kayika (Air-bodied) 5. Vanaspati-Kayika (Vegetation-bodied) 1)Earth-bodied...

Barah Bhavana Twelve Holy Emotions (Thoughts)(Written by-Aryika Chandnamati)(Tune - Chalat Musafir Moh liyo Re......) I'm praying to you Jinavar deva!I'm praying to youPraying to you, I'm saying to you-2 I'm praying to you Jinvar deva.I did not know about my soul,I could not think about myself.So tell me that path deva.......I'm praying to you........ 1.Anitya...

Four Auspicious (Mangals ) There are four auspicious; Chattari Mangalam, Arihant Mangalam, Siddha Mangalam,Sahu Mangalam, Kevali Pannatto Dhammo Mangalam. Chattari Loguttama, Arihant Loguttama, Siddha Loguttama,Sahu Loguttama, Kevali Pannatto Dhammo Loguttama Chattari Saranam Pavvajjami , Arihant Saranam Pavvajjami,Siddha Saranam Pavvajjami, Sahu Saranam Pavvajjami, Kevali Pannatto Dhammo Saranam Pavvajjami.Which destroy sins and give pleasure are called Mangals....