JAINISM--MAHAVEER JANMA KALYANAK--2019---!!!

Friends, as we all know 17th April 2019 is 2617th Janmakalyanak of Bhagwan Mahaveer. A 10 days celebration Gurudeo inaugurated with this lecture. Here is the related brief coverage of it for readers.

 "Devanupriya devotees, Chaitra Sudhi Teras is being falling due on shortly. In month of Chaitra, trees start blooming after absorbing the shocks of autumn. There is slow arrival of green leaves as a gift of

spring. Similarly, the world witnessed arrival of a peace messenger on this day 2617 years ago. The world from centuries going through

shocks of violence in various forms like wars, robbery and slavery.

Janmakalyanak and Nirwankalynak days are meant for outer world to memorize Mahaveer. For Jain- it is 24x7 "Mahaveer" till his last 

breath. For him even a full life falls short to worship Mahveer. Now

what Mahaveer has gifted the world so that even after gap of 2617

years, world keep His memory alive-?There can be so many replies.

 Today, I will discuss His biggest gift to world .Gift Mahaveer gave

is acknowledgement of value of  life for all living souls having one to five organs. For any president or ruler, it is too easy to order use of nuclear weapons or air strike or military actions against his enemy.

But it is too difficult to digest post devastating results of wars. One
can only imagine the immense pain the victims were going through.
Killing requires too little time and thought but to save a single life
can be a most difficult job .A surgeon in I.C.U. can confirm this fact.

By simple logic, if we cannot give birth or create a living thing ,how

we are authorized to deprive him his life ?. Friends, it is a myth that a couple can give birth to a kid. They are only the intake providers

for a kid to build body and organs. Unless there is arrival of a soul into the womb of a mother there cannot be birth. Only exception are

the Sammuchhim category- like mosquitoes getting birth in ponds.
Now let us discuss the case of animals and plants. Mind well, they
also have mind. Can one imagine pain of the family of goats or hens taken out for killing for food. Mahveer's main emphasis was on non
-violence ,leading to a coexistent living. If one has a security feeling that- I will die only natural death, imagine his mental peace. It is  
because everyone loves his life irrespective of his issues. Even you
ask a person who has completed 95th age, he will like to see next day and it's sunrise. Nobody like to loose his life at whims of others.

Mahaveer informed violence to be by- 3 tools and 3 methods. Three
tools are mind ,speech and body while 3 ways are direct, indirect and
through consent .He advocated absence from all tools and methods of violence to all of his followers to most maximum possible extent.

We may have failed to follow his path fully as a human race. But
unless one recognizes all living souls at par with our own soul. there
cannot be a permanent peace in world. Years may keep on adding
but note it for sure, that there cannot happiness and peace unless the world learn to value lives of all. My Jain devotees are trying best to

follow Mahaveer's guidelines for non violence. One can vouch it
from their actions and conduct. Not plucking flowers, to use cloth
filtered water for drinking, not eating after sunset like small things
can be quoted as their efforts for taking care of other living ones.
In bigger one, they stay away from food containing roots, eggs and
non vegetarian contents. They are generally peace loving people.

I do hope more people from all spheres of life will join them shortly.
Gurudeo concluded the lecture with a short rhyme as follow.
 " Ek Din Eisa Aayega. Jab Nagar Nagar Mein, Jinwani Ho, Nagar
Nagar Mein Tapasya Ho, Har Nagar  Ek Dharmasthal Ho, Hum Yahi
Kamna Karte Hai, Mahveer Aapka Path Hamesha Samne Ho ".---!!!.

JAI JINENDRA---------!!!------ JAY MAHAVEER---------------!!!.

JAINISM--GURUDEO'S UPSET MOMENT----------!!!.

Friends, herewith I am sharing recent incidence during my visit to Gurudeo. Usually, I always see Gurudeo in cheerful and motivating
spirit. But that day. he was upset for few minutes. Since the event has
some hidden message. I try herewith to pen it down for blog readers.
At the end of lecture and Manglik, few young devotees raised some
slogans in praise of Gurudeo to read as "Xxx Gurudeo Ki Jay Ho---!.
Gurudeo tried unsuccessfully to stop them by raising his hand. After
some time when peace was restored Gurudeo asked permission for
extending the lecture for further 10 minutes. Here is the brief of it.

 "Devanupriyo devotees ,I can acknowledge your respect, love and
affection towards me. But most humbly, I wish to state that, I do not
posses qualities meant for such slogans. There are numerous souls
like Siddha and Kewali Bhagwan along with Arihantbhagwan who
only deserve such victory slogans. Myself is nothing when compared
with such noble and pure souls. Myself is just a particle of sand in
a desert, drop of water in ocean and lamp before sun. As a human,

we all inherit flaws .I am trying to overcome them but so far till date
could not do it. There is a danger of personification when one put 
Guru above Lord Mahaveer. It may lead to more sub- branches and
divisions labelled with name of different Gurudeo. Such partitions
will be harmful for next generations. They may not regard Jinwani
as source of all teachings, will recognize it by name of Gurudeo. The
spirit of such nature is harmful for unity of Jain community.

The branches divides religion and society. It gives birth to a habit
which tend to points fingers at others ignoring good qualities. May  
it cause to sow seeds of ego in a soul who gets worshiped. As such every Jain must keep in mind that nobody is above our last 24th
Thirthankar Mahaveerbhagwan. If raising slogans is felt as  a must
necessary, then only three slogans should be permitted. They are---
1-Mahaveer Bhagwan Ki Jay Ho-------------!!!.
2-Jain Dharma Ki Jay Ho----------------------!!!
3-Jai Jinendra------------------------------------!!!.
Uniform slogan can ensure everlasting unity among all Jain, I feel.

I feel you all will definitely catch my feelings. There is absolutely
no hard feeling of mine towards any of you. There is no need to stamp one particular monk or Sadhu as our Guru. Tomorrow if my
conduct or faith get even slight variation, you need not to follow me

Any one who is walking  on path of Mahveerbhagwan is our Guru. Bhagwan has informed to have minimum 2000and maximum 9000 
crores Sadhu in this universe at any given point of time. So please  
take care to have a correct and broader vision." Gurudeo ended his lecture.There was a stunning silence in hall. Every one seemed to
agree with broader vision of Gurudeo. It's a timely noble thinking.

JAI JINENDRA----------!!!-------- JAY MAHAVEER---------!!!.

  

JAINISM---BEWARE OF MAYA-----( DECEIT )----------!!!.

Friends here is the summary of Gurudeo's lecture in series of soul improvement. "Maya" means actions carried out or planned with
intentions of committing fraud or cheating. It may be undertaken for
monetary gain or otherwise .As a human ,very few can claim to be free from such severe sin numbered at eight in 18 sins. Maya may
cover- half truth, false or misleading representation, breach of trust

,indirect tactics or smartness for immoral gains and distorted facts.
It's ambit may cover hiding facts, false promises, biased or impartial judgment and favoritism. Maya gets generated by greed and may end up with backstabbing. Many of us live with having two facets.
Real one may be different than as seen by outer world. 

 Many of you present in hall might have heard story of " Eklaya "-
from Mahabharat .He was denied training in archery or science
called as "Dhanurvidya " by Donacharya. But Eklaya forgot his
insult and done self practice of it in presence of statue of Gurudeo Dron. When Guru came to know Eklaya's excellent skill in it, he
got fear for his beloved disciple "Arjun". To protect Arjun's future
Guru with fraudulent intentions asked thumb of Eklaya in token of
Gurudakhina or fee. Eklya smiling fulfilled it even knowing that
from next second, he will not be able to shot arrow and has to give
up the skill. Brothers, we can guess havoc this Maya played in life
of Gurudrona in later stage on battlefield of famous Mahabharat.

Now let us leave ancient time and turn to modern times. With new
education, we have developed new tools of Maya. Yesterday one
devotee has shared this news with me. He said "Gurudeo now after
20 years of medicines, I turned out to be free from diabetes and 
blood pressure. On inquiry he told that as International Standards of
 both disease are changed, my blood reports are in new normal norm
He suspected malpractice in setting standard to achieve higher sale of medicines. He termed it as game of corporate lobby. Friends I do not know the truth, but if it is correct it falls in high Maya tool used
against masses. I quoted two cases for reference but you many be knowing more cases of this severe sin Maya from day to day life.

 As a Jainism devotee, one is expected to revisit contribution of
Maya in accumulated wealth. Agony of life is that one accumulate
wealth for son and his heirs, but the same son lit the fire of dead body. So just give the sin a thought and try to keep away from it to
most possible extent. Maya causes female gender fixation. In worst
 cases it may be in hated animal category like crow, lizard like one.
 As a human we all  cover this sin. Politics, bureaucracy, legal,
medical, construction ,jewelry, business are high risk zones .Thus 
 give it a thought and try to avoid it. Try to mold soul in a straight and simple attitude and behavior " Gurudeo concluded.

JAI JINENDRA---------!!!-----------JAI MAHAVEERA--------!!!. 

JAINISM---MANAGEMENT OF ANGER----PART-2------!!!.

"Brothers and sisters in earlier session ,we have studied the general
nature and harms an anger does. Now we will study how to control it. It can be useful to you for self and while upbringing kids. One has to analysis after status of anger one posses. Bhagwan has informed
it to be of following four type. Let me explain it with chart below.

1-Never forget--It is like a line in rock------------Anatanubandhi.
2-Take some time to forget-It is like gap in soil.----Apratyakhan.
3-Take short time to forget-It is like gap line in dust--Pratyakhan.
4-Easily forget and become normal- Line in water ------Swajalan.
First type one falls in danger zone and may end up in birth in hell.
Others can be cut down with due thoughts and review. Do not make
your brain cells to store bad memories for ever, just wash them as
soon as possible. Think there are so many good things left to do.
First just check if you are one of the angry mob. Take care not to add fuel to happenings. Mob frenzy can be very dangerous. I share 
a story- One time a forest cached fire. Every one was running here

 and there to save life. A little sparrow was collecting water in her
mouth and putting on fire to calm it down. When one fellow ask her whether she believe that her efforts can extinguish fire------------- ?
She answered that when someday history of forest will be written,
she wants her name in the list of person who tried to close fire and not in the black list of persons who set the fire on. Just pray that
never you will be part of mad crowd or mob lynching .In India it is
very common in various agitations to burn public transport, throw
milk and vegetables in anger on roads out of fury and anger.  

 Now let us study second part on individual note. Note following
1-Try to avoid hasty reaction. Think for a minute. Allow the storm  to pass by.See your voice volume is normal or low. Keep yourself
away from heated arguments.Better if one can keep silence

2-See if you can logically evaluate the case emerged. Impartial case
review by self is not always possible. Mind needs to be trained for
tolerance. neglect-ion and forgiveness from childhood. Try to see
the case with eyes of opposite one. The wearer know if the shoe is
pinching. Training mind needs more efforts. Reading religious books, company of holy personalities like monk or parent can help.

3-If one knows "Anekantwaad" theory of Bhagwan Mahaveer. then
he can easily agree for basic right of all to have own opinion.
4-Similarly knowing Karma theory can tell you that whatever you
have thrown to others will certainly hit back you in reverse swing.
5-If one know basic truth that anger is a silent killer and harms more to practitioner than opposite part, he can easily gave it up immediate.
6-For more anger prone people, the advice of Mahaveer Bhagwan
to Chandakoushik cobra snake can be more relevant. The snake was full of poison and known as "Drishtivishaa" snake. It means his
glance was sufficient to kill a passing person. Nobody dared to enter the forest. One day Mahaveerswami was passing by the forest way.

Furious cobra made a bit to his toe. Bhagwan said to him calmly.
"Buzza Chandkaushik,buzza"-Calm down please, you don't know
such anger will take your life where ?".It made the serpent to know
his fate if he continue with same anger. Now changed one Kaushik
gave up and became heavenly god after completing current term.
7-Business related anger can be reduced if one reduces love for money. If one is working in high position, knowing truth behind his
appointment can make him to reconsider his anger. Management sit
at distant place. They hire experts on high salary and high targets
with low paid staff. If one know this fact, he can avoid extra anger.
8-Take out time for Samaik. Samaik gives the spare time to soul.
It increases concentration and thinking power. With meditation in 
other point of time, one can look back and think properly. Anger
deprives one from logical thinking, meditation can restore it.

9- Spare time availability or unfinished task can also make  anger prone. Just search for right things like Jainism for engagement.
10-As a last resort, discuss your problem with mother ,father or
Suguru. They can only, provide you with proper solution.
 We are heirs of such a great soul none other than Lord Mahaveer Definitely remembering his name on such desperate moments can help us" Gurudeo concluded his final part.  

JAI JINENDRA------!!!-------------- JAI MAHAVEER-------!!!.

JAINISM---MANAGEMENT OF ANGER---- PART-----1---!!!.

Gurudeo has arrived in town for "Holi Chaturmas" due on the 20th march 2019 full moon day. I am covering his first lecture in brief in his series of personal improvement for my blog readers.

"Brothers and sisters as a fact very few people on earth can claim that they are free from anger. We as a majority possess this bad element with variation of degree level. Anger is a reaction of soul to certain happenings. Initially it may be termed as a natural reaction.
With it's analysis, we can say it is a own creation out of ignorance.
Once you know it's consequences, soul can be trained to control it.
 Bhagwan Mahaveer Swami has ranked anger and it's associates
from 6th to 11th sin. They being read as anger pride, cheating, greed,
love and hate .In Uttaradhyansutra's 23rd chapter Bhagwan termed
it as a dangerous burning fire within soul. In Bhagwatisutra 12/01
chapter, Bhagwan said to Shrawak Shankapushli that anger is the
root cause to strengthen 7 Karmas so as to delay salvation. It is the
prominent one in all Kashay. One must starve hard to nullify it.

Anger may be generated out of various reasons. Few of them are---.
1.-Obstacles in various personal gain or pride or insubordination.
2,-Actions against own faith or moral code of conduct adopted.
3.-Feeling insult or injustice towards self or surrounding circle.
 The anger may be expressed bye red eyes or similar facial or shaken bodily expressions. It may not remain to an individual. It's
 fire  may catch masses, class or nations in it's orbit. Both world wars
 and ongoing wars can vouch for it. When the anger is generated,
out of pride of caste, religion or nation it's devastating adversities
can be felt worldwide. It's results may be carried to generations

Anger is a twofold sword. It's losses cover both physically and
spiritually. High blood pressure, high blood sugar levels, nerve injury
 loss of mental peace etc. can be of first category. The spiritual loss
as told by Bhagwan himself ,we have seen in initial paragraph. Anger makes one blind so as to forget relations or seniority. One may be physical or prompted to use abusive and foul languages. Cut
of relations or knocking to doors of courts may be possible .So for
 sake of soul we have to learn how to control or nullify it. In next
second session ,I will cover story of "Chandakoshik" snake who got
chance to gave up it on advice of Mahaveerswami together  with anger control points Gurudeo has concluded his first session.

JAI JINENDRA----------!!!-------------- JAI JINENDRA-------!!!.

   

JAINISM-----THE REAL WELL-WISHERS----------!!!.

Friends, with lecture of Gurudeo, I discovered new and real meaning of well wisher. Just sharing it with you to give it a thought process.
" Devanupriyo, all of you gathered in this hall must have number of
well wishers. They may be mother, father. siblings, spouse, children,
relatives, friends teachers, doctors and so on .From time to time you may be receiving careful advice from them for you to be well being.
Most of them are for one's heath or knowledge, skill developments.

  Let me share few quotes from them for quick recap in two sets.
 A.1.Please take food and medicines on time it can be good for you.
2.Do your homework and study sincerely to top in examination.
3.Have a regular walk or exercise to control your health and diabetes.
4.Why don't you join some club or group for relaxing to brain.
5.Don't get overloaded with work or tension. It can be harmful.
6.Just take a break, we will visit a beautiful hill station for a change
This is just a illustrative list. There can be so many versions of  this
list. These are all originating from direct or indirect selfishness. Do
you remember any one asking you for following things to be done ?

B.-1- Have you done Samaik today- ?. Just try for a minimum one .
2.----Just see you don't miss Pakkhi Pratikaman today.
3.----You have to do fast on Sawastari ,Astami,Chodas and Pakkhi.
4.----Can you join me for lecture of Gurudeo.
5.----Just try to have dinner before sunset or avoid roots.
Second set of question is an exceptional one. It can come from only
real well wishers. They can be parents, Gurudeo or Shrawaks .First 
set is care related to body. Second set is for improvement of soul. As
a parent just check if you are acting as a real well wisher for kids. If
you are a Shrawak, Dharmaprabhavna can be done with such efforts

With acquaintance with Jainism one can improve his knowledge
and can move towards correct faith. Everyone from president to a
layman, we get a day full of 24 hours. From birth to death how we

utilize this available span of 24 hours of each day passed shape our
destiny and path of salvation .If we can recognize the real well -wisher as early as possible ,we can do much better for cleaning our
soul. Own self can prove a best well wisher if one takes shelter of
Jinwani of Lord Mahaveer through Aagams. Then one easily decide
what is good for soul over body. Caring for soul can definitely be
more useful for early salvation. See if you can impart second set of
care towards yours's dear one and self. " Gurudeo concluded lecture. 
I wondered our behavior for not motivating real and necessary one.

JAI JINENDRA-------------!!!--------- JAI MAHAVEER--------!!!.

JAINISM---LIFE AFTER DEATH------------------------!!!

Friends, participating in question/answer session acts as a tonic for my spiritual development. One such recent experience ,I try to share
with you through this blog. Here is summary of Gurudeo's answer to
one devotee's question for life after death in eyes of Jainism.

"Brothers as a human we are always fascinated by this sort of query
Unfortunately even with advanced science till date with our current limited knowledge ,we neither know both where from we came and where will go. But with help with "Jinwani "made available to us by
kind gesture of Mahaveer Bhagwan,we can guess it.
Friends Jainism firmly believes in life after death. In fact it can be
lives unless one gets salvation. Jainism rejects the theory which say current is the only one life and there will be no life after this. To
support Jainism theory, I will discuss it with you. My references are
based on two chapters of "Bhagwatisutra".They are chapters with number 05/03 and 12/07. Let us discuss them in brief.

 In 05/03 Shatak Bhagwan has informed three basics as a fixed rule.
1.-All lives of a soul are interconnected as a chain. A new circle to said chain is being added by current actions of soul mind & organs.
It is a ongoing process till actions of a particular life cut off all
possibilities of adding new Karmas and by nullifying all Karmas.
Actions of last life add it's carry forward of positive and negatives
Karmas balance to it's Karman Sharir ( body) of current life.

2.-New life and it's place is being determined by overall actions of
current life. The time is unknown to the individual. Said fixed life
term, out of four Gati (class), begins immediately when the soul
leaves current body by the process termed as death. The life fixation
moment is being termed as "Aayushyaband Aakarsh".
3-Soul gets same Leshya (sentiments, feeling or emotions) in which
it leaves body at the time of death. A calm. peaceful and quite facial expressions of deceased gives the indications of  high class birth. It
probably may be in Jyotishi or Vemanikdeo Gati.

4-12/07-It says a soul has done countless cycles before current life.
It gives five reasons for it. Permanent universe, universe without a
beginning (Anandi),permanent nature of each and every soul, many
and numerous ways of fixing of Karmas. Such numerous fixing of Karmas, makes life cycles unlimited. Since as a rule no Moksha
or salvation is possible without their full clearance by a soul.

5.-In 01/08 chapter Bhagwan has classified all souls in three class.
They are Bal, Balpandit and Pandit. Bal means who do not follow
Jainism. They can go to any one of 4 Gati. Balpandit mean Shrawak
.They can go only to Vemanikdeogati. Pandit means a Sadhu who
follow Bhagwan's Jainism in Toto. They can get either salvation or
can take birth in Vemanikdeo ,It is regarded as best position.

 Friends so do not get trapped in wrong faith. Your any tiny action is
responsible to shape your destiny and future lives Just think, if one life is sufficient to give rewards and punishments for good deeds and bad deeds ? . No it cannot be. So take shelter of Jinwani and try to live current life. Otherwise there will be a long much difficult
transformation from one to other Gati. No one like to have births of goat, fish or hen where brutal death is certain. We are fortunate to have known the reasons which add to further cycles of life and death. So avoid it and plan for early salvation " Gurudeo concluded.

JAI JINENDRA----------!!!-------- JAI MAHAVEER-----------!!!.