Special Articles

Unique Disciple of A Unique Guru

March 22, 2023jambudweep

Unique Disciple of A Unique Guru Presented by - Aryika Swarnmati Lots of Affection, Deeply Rooted spirit of Gurubhakti, Encouraging Mutual Understanding & love between others, Inspiring towards the eternal path of Salvation by adopting Restraint and many others are the characteristic attributes of the noble personality of Pujya Pragyashramni Aryika Shri Chandnamati Mataji, the...

Panch Parmeshthi

March 22, 2023jambudweep

Panch Parmeshthi Jain Om represents Panch Parmeshthi Arihantas The word Arihanta is made up of two words: 1) Ari, meaning enemies, and 2) hanta, meaning destroyer. Therefore, Arihanta means a destroyer of the enemies. These enemies are inner desires known as passions. These include anger, ego, deception, and greed. These are the internal enemies within...

Indian Culture

March 22, 2023jambudweepDo You Know

INDIAN CULTURE Pragyashramni Aryika Chandnamati Every nation has its own culture. All of you have come to India from western countries for Jain studies and to know about its culture. In this period of your stay on Indian land, you will certainly feel Indian virtues.I want to tell you some points about this virtuous Indian...

Jainism In India

March 21, 2023jambudweepJainism in Indian

Jainism in India Presented by - Rajnish Jain , Delhi Jainism is the most ancient community of India. Unlike others, the Jain community have their own separate religious belief, their own philosophy and ideology, they have their own unique worship, texts and rituals and they too have their own customs and traditions distinctive from the...

Lord Bahubali

March 21, 2023jambudweep

Lord Bahubali VICTORY OVER THE VICTORIOUS King Nabhiraj, after meeting Lord 'Vrishabh Deva', happily and respectfully speaks to him thus-'O Lord, you are the chief commander of this world. Being 'Yugadi Purush' you are 'Brahma' (Eternal God). In your creation I am only a very small creature. Even then, I make a humble petition and...

Vegetarianism & Lord Mahavira

March 21, 2023jambudweepVegetarianism

Vegetarianism and Lord Mahavira Dr. Jyoti Prasad Jain Definition Vegetarianism is the theory or practice of a ‘vegetarian’, a term derived from the Latin root Vegetare* and coined for the first time in 1842 A.D. to mean ‘One who abstain from the use as food of flesh, fish and fowl, with or without the addition...

Dash lakshan Dharma

March 20, 2023jambudweepDaslakshan Parv

Dash lakshan Dharma (Ten Types of Observances) Aryika Swarnmati (Sanghasth) Jain Religion is the religion of soul. Practice of Anuvratas and Mahavratas lead on the path of salvation, at the apex of which infinite qualities (attributes) of the soul are manifested. Various festivals in Jain tradition aim at the purification of the soul. Among these,...

The Festival of Rakshabandhan : The Jain Vew

March 20, 2023jambudweepRakshabandhan Parwa

The Festival of Rakshabandhan : The Jain view Aryika Swarnmati (Sanghasth)''' Indian culture is full of festivals. All these festivals aim at the establishment of human relations and eternal cultural & spiritual values. ‘Rakshabandhan’ is also one of these festivals and in present times, it is mainly associated with the sacred relation of brother &...

Astral Deities

March 19, 2023jambudweep

Astral Deities According to Jain scriptures, there is the general human-shaped occupied universe 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. Occupied Universe, which is called as 'Lok' has been divided into 3 parts- (i) The Lower...

Five Anuvratas & Sallekhna

March 19, 2023jambudweep

Five Anuvratas AND Sallekhna presented by - Aryika Chandnamati According to Jain tradition, there are four types of destinities i.e. gatis in the world. These are Manushaya (human), Tiryanch (sub-human), Naraki (hellish-beings) and Dev (celestials). Out of these, Manushaya Gati i.e. human beings are the best because they have the power of thinking and so...

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