92. Message of letter ‘Da’ ‘Da’ letter has given a holistic message of self-welfare. First meaning of letter ‘da’ is Devdarshan, Dev Puja-worship of Jinendra Lord i.e. worshipping Veetragi deva (God devoid of love and malice) – Arihanta and Siddha or adoration of navdevta. Second meaning of letter ‘Da’ is to have a sense of…
91. Study of self is swadhyaya A person who knows to study his soul by Making it a chapter, he can attain soul perception by any object of the nature. He can do swadhyaya by any thing whether by playing cards or by river, ocean, mountain, forest, caves, palace or even by crematorium ground. (Ikka)…
90. Sapta Sakari Churna In ayurvedic scriptures, the statement of sapta sakari churna is found for health. As dry ginger powder etc. are beneficial for health, similarly sapta sakari churna is necessary for the health of consciousness. There are seven ingredients in Sapta Sakari Churna for consciousness. Those are-first Samyaktva-right perception, second Subodha intelligibility, third…
89. Cause of sorrow expectations are the cause of sorrow for every living being. The deeper expectations one has, the more unhappy he becomes. Where expectations are neglected, the path of happiness begins from there in life. Many times people say that we didn’t expect it from you, we never thought so. The deep attachment…
88. Company of saint If fa drop of sugarcane juice falls on the ground then that soil becomes sweet, if salty water falls in the ground, soil becomes salty. That soil becomes sour by a drop of lemon juice, it becomes chilli by a drop of chilli juice and it becomes astringent by a drop…
87. Effect of Company Just as words become valuable and devalued due to the effect of prefix, in the same way human beings also rise and fall due to the effect of prefixes. The value of words increases with auspicious or good prefixes and it decreases with inauspicious or bad prefixes. For example by putting…
86. What is Aagam, Shastra or Shrutgyana Aagam – ‘Ad’ means uttered by Aapta, Jinendra lord ‘Ga’ means collected by Ganadhara (chief disciple of Tirthankara) and ‘m’ means written by muni (ascetics). Shaastra-‘Sha’ means shaman, which does suppression of passions. Astra’ means weapons by which distorted feelings can be destroyed. Shruta ‘Shru’ means shrota, listener,…
85. What is true worship? Jinendra Bhakti or worship to God doesn’t mean to nurture the ego by placing an idol of God but to have affection in the qualities of God, to discover one’s own nature or to do efforts by three volitions to become God. Adoration of God is to destroy our own…
84. What is the basis of religion Some people say that right perception is religion. Some people consider that right conduct is religion. Some people have considered forgiveness as religion. Some have considered nonviolence as religion. If somewhere benevolence is the supreme religion then somewhere truthfulness is considered the backbone of religion. Somewhere compassion or…
83. Without auspicious feelings Auspicious means the dissolver of sin and giver of excellent happiness. Purest feelings of soul is the best bliss. Auspiciousness of region, place and time cannot be fully meaningful without it. Even the crematorium is a worthy place for meditation for a person with a pure mind. But person with spiteful…