Category: Jainism

Acharya Shantisagar Ji- greatest Digambara monk of modern  '''Digambar''' refers to the original and older sect of Jainism. Digambar Jains are the last descendants of ancient ''sramana'' tradition.  Monk The three things a Digambar monk can carry: ''Picchi'', a broom made up of fallen peacock feathers (for clearing the place before walking or sitting) ''Kamandala'',...

Liberty of Soul Written by - Nathuram Dongariya Jain Even the smallest creature also loves his soul as much as a human being. Then what right anybody has that he may knowingly tread upon the weaker creatures than himself inattentively? When milk, butter, ghee and nuts, dry fruits as well as fruits and other energetic...

Sadbodhacandrodaya Rise Of The Moon Of True Awakening -by Acharya Padmanandi-English translation by Manish Modi 1.  Citta {self} is such that even learned preceptors, who know it well, are incapable of describing it in words. Just as the sky cannot be captured in the minds of mortals, citta cannot be expressed in words. Among those...

Happy Sermons Obeisance I bow to the all knowing Lord,By total extinction of all flaws,Who shone forth into purest glow,And paved for all, salvation path. God and Self God is self and self is God,Both are one like ore and GoldThe difference lies in their modes,The pure is one, the other is impure. As ore...

Istopdesh by Acharya Pujyapadh SwamiEnglish translation by Barrister Champatrai Introduction Istopdesh is a didactic poem of 51 Stanzas in Sanskrit by Pujyapada, a great saint of India, born in Karnataka region in the 5th century A.D. He was the preceptor of Durvinit, the then ruling King of the great Ganga dynasty of the Deccan. His...