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Pisanhari Marhiya- Jabalpur

February 25, 2023jambudweepTeerth Kshetra

1008 Shri Parshvanath Digamber Jain Mandir Pisanhari Madiyaa – Pisanhari Marhiyaa Trust Committee, Jabalpur [M.P.] Situated near the city of Jabalpur on Jabalpur-Nagpur highway at a distance of 5 Km from Bus Stand and 8 Km from Railway Station. Pisanhari Marhiyaa Dig. Jain Atishaya Kshetra Jabalpur is a famous pilgrimage place known since the past…

Tattvarth Sutra Chapter 3 (Que-Ans.)

February 25, 2023jambudweepTatvaarth Sutra Q.A.

Tattvarth Sutra Chapter 3 (Que-Ans.) The Lower World and the Middle World SUTRA NO. 1Ratna-śarkarā-bālukā-paṃka-dhūma-tamo-mahātamah ̣prabhā Bhūmayo Ghanāmbu -vātākaśa-pratishthhāh ̣ Saptā(a)dho(a)dhah Meaning: The lower world consists of seven ‘lands’ one below the other, surrounded by three kinds of strata (of light and dense air and space). Q.III.1.1 How many ‘lands/layers’ (bhumī)’ are there in hell?A.III.I.1...

Immorality And The Down Fall Of The Rich Charudatta

February 25, 2023jambudweepKnow Your Enemies, Stories

Immorality And The Down Fall Of The Rich Charudatta (The prostitute keeps one man in her heart, talks with another; cohabits with the third; and invites the fourth by her gestures. How can you love her? The love of a prostitute is neither steady nor permanent. And how can a man who cohabits with a...

Destruction Of Yadavas Due To Intoxication

February 25, 2023jambudweepKnow Your Enemies, Stories

Destruction Of Yadavas Due To Intoxication Wine ensnares the mind of a man .i.e. wine deludes a man and make him insane. He, whose mind is ensnared forgets his duty -his good conduct; and he who forgets his duty his good conduct commits unrestricted violence and further adopts the course of conduct based on violence....

The Tragic End Of The Meat Eater King Bak

February 25, 2023jambudweepKnow Your Enemies, Stories

The Tragic End Of The Meat Eater King Bak The downfall of King Bak due to meat eating Oh! humans! he, who kills any livingbeing undergoes great sufferings for as many thousand of years as the number ofpores on the body of the killed living being. (Manusmriti) Bak was a prince; he was the only...

Evil Habits – Real Enemies Of Mankind

February 25, 2023jambudweepKnow Your Enemies, Stories

Evil Habits - Real Enemies Of Mankind The whole world with all its mudane souls gets new lease of life, with the rise of the infant sun in the east. The absence of sun rays virtually stops all activities of the living beings and a sort of motionless ness overpowers them; whereas the appearence of...

20. Three Kinds of Votary

February 25, 2023jambudweepJain Bharati

Three Kinds of Votary There are three kinds of votary : (1)Inclined votary (Pākṣika) (2)Pledged votary (Naiṣthika) (3)Aspirant or Last-ritualising votary (Sādhaka) These three kinds are based on inclination, vowal observance and aspiration for holy death ritual.The term ‘Pakṣa’ (inclination) means to observe the eight basic primary virtues or restraints, to renounce seven addictions etc....

19. Eleven Model Stages of The Renunciation (Pratimās) of a Votary

February 25, 2023jambudweepJain Bharati

Eleven Model Stages of The Renunciation (Pratimās) of a Votary Eleven model stages of renunciation have been admitted for votaries. The characteristics of these stages are successive qualitative improvement in their higher stages. They are described below: (1)Darsana Pratimā (Model Stage of Right Faith or Vision) The right-faithed votary is defined as the individual who...

18. Definition Of Religion

February 25, 2023jambudweepJain Bharati

Definition Of Religion Ṡrī Samantabhadracharya has defined the term ‘Dharma’ (religion) in his Ratna-karaṇda- ṡrāvakācāra verse 21 that it is the medium or agency which places the living beings in the supreme (place of) happiness after getting them away from miseries of (physical) world. The Jinas are the Lords of Ratnatraya Religion. They have described...

08. The Universe In General

February 25, 2023jambudweepJain Bharati

The Universe In General There is the general human-shaped occupied universe (or world) with a volume of 343 Rajjus in the major central part of the infinite-times-infinitely extensive non-occupied universe or non-universe space as observed by the Venerable omniscients. This universe - space is pervaded by the five realities (Dravyas) of (1) the living (Jīva)...

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