Tag: Bal Vikas Part-1 [Eng.]

Method Of Devdarshan While entering the gate of the temple, one should utter in loud voice: - OM JAI JAI JAI, NIHSAHI NIHSAHI NIHSAHI’ NAMOSTU NAMOSTU NAMOSTU After standing before the idol of True Divine, you should pronounce with folded hands- NAMO ARIHANTANAM , NAMO SIDDHANAM , NAMO AYERIYANAM , NAMO UVAJJHAYANAM , NAMO LOE...

Three Universe Universe is divided in three parts- 1. Upper part is called Urdhva Lok. It consists of sixteen Heavens, nine Graveyaks, nine Anudish & five Anuttars. On the top is Siddhashila (the salvation point). 2. Middle part is called Madhya Lok. It consists of numerous islands & oceans. The first island is Jamboodweep in...

Reward For Devotion To Spiritual Saints After the holy death (Samadhi) of Shrutkevli Shri Bhadra Bahu, his disciple Maurya Emperor Chandragupt, as a Jain saint lived and worshipped the consecrated feet of his Spiritual Teacher for twelve years in the jungle, with the result that the deities established a city there and served food to...

Punishment For Insulting The Idol Of God(True Divine) Once upon a time Queen Kankodari,who was proud of being the Emperoress got angry with her step queen. She got a Jain idol brought from the temple of her step queen and threw it out in the open. On the advice of Aryika Sanyam Shree the queen...

Reward For Devotion To True Divine Once upon a time a frog took a petal of lotus in its mouth; with great pleasure it started its journey for the darshan of Lord Mahavir. In the way it was trodden under the foot of the elephant of King Shrenik.It died with holy thought and was born...

Qualities Of True Divine True divine: he who is free from all attachment & malice (Veetragi), has infinite knowledge (Sarvagya), gentle in speech (Hitopdeshi) and known as Arhant, Tirthankar or Jinendra. TRUE SCRIPTURE: Which is preached by the Worthy Soul, written & taught by the spiritual teachers (preceptors) is the true scripture. It is pure...

Kinds Of Living Beings There are two kinds of living beings (souls)- 1) Worldly souls 2) Liberated souls I am a worldly being, cycling the universe and suffering the miseries of deaths and births.I am bound by all eight Karmas, therefore I am a worldly being. Human, Divines (Deities), Hellish beings (Narkis) and animals, all...

Living Being-Non Living Being I am a living being. I am able to know and see. I was living, I am living and I will live, therefore I am a living being. Human, animals(beasts), birds, worms, trees etc. all are living beings. Toy is lifeless. It does not have the senses to know and see....

24 Tithankars There are 24 Tirthankars. Out of them Lord Rishabh Nath is the first and Lord Mahavir Swami is the last Tirthankar. Their names and symbols (identification) are given below: 1) Rishabh Nath Bull 2) Ajit Nath Elephant 3) Sambhav Nath Horse 4) Abhinandan Nath Monkey 5) Sumati Nath  Chakva 6) Padma Prabh Lotus...

Greatness of Namokar Mantra Once upon a time prince Jivandher recited Namokar Mantra to a dying dog and due to its effect the dog became a heavenly deity called Sudershan Yakshendra . From there he came down to Jivandher and greeted him with much respect. AISO PANCH NAMOYAROSAVVA PAVAPPANASANOMANGALANAM CHA SAVVESIMPADHAMAM HAVAI MANGALAM The meaning...