JAINISM-THE MAGNETIC POWER OF KARMAS-------!!!

The questions and answers session was in progress. Gurudeo was answering questions of Shrawaks ( devotees). One question came--We never invite Karmas,then how they can come and fix to our soul just like an invited guest---------?, a devotee asked Gurudeo.

Gurudeo smiled " It is very good question but before  knowing the answer-please try to note following basic six elements for better understanding. It explain the modus operandi of Karma doctrine.
1--Eight type of Karma Particles- ( Parmanu) exists  in universe -
Oadarik. Vekriya. Aaharak. (used to builds body and shape) Tejas,
Language,breathing,mind and Karman. Known as"Karmanvargna. "
First three particles are attracted for body as per his Gati involved. Karman particles consists of eight Karmas being-explained in 3rd.
4 Ghati ( easier to clear ) and 4 Aghati Karmas (difficult to erase).
2--Five types of Kriya (action)----Kayiki (with body),Aadhikarni (with tools.organs,weapons and possessions).Pradweshiki (love and hate),Paritapaniki (giving trouble) and Pranatipatik (killing)
3-Eight types of Karma particles- knowledge,faith,Vedniya (sufferings),Mohaniya ( love and hate).Aayu ( life term or span)
Naam,Gotra (Shape caste like) and Antaray ( prohibitory).

4-Eight components of Soul--Dravya, Kashay. Yog, Upyog(use),
knowledge ,faith ,conduct and Virya ( human power).
5-Three types of Yog (tool for action)--Mind, speech and body. Yog does the job to attract and fix Karma to soul. Kashay and it's severity involved in catching it decides period and it's severity.
6-Four types of Kashay--anger ,ego, Maya (tactics) and greed.
   The universe from bottom to top ( seventh hell to Siddhasheela) is full of  above eight types of Karman particles. The same particles as of earth are also present in Siddasheela, They are not attracted by soul of Siddhabhagwan since they do not have Yog (tools for action & Kashay (negative components of soul).

Karmas have magnetic power-they are non living and visible (not to ordinary human). Soul is living and invisible. Karman particles do not  get fixed automatically to soul but it a result of own action.

Our tiny action caused by transactions of mind, speech and body mixed with various levels of feeling attract them and got fixed to soul. Wrong faith Non-Pachhakahn .Pramad.Kashay and Ashubhyog associated with particular action decides the period of continuation of such particles with soul. However with Nirjara the period can be reduced except for Nikachit (fixed frequently) Karmas.  We have to face Nikachit Karmas as built. No changes can be made into nature.

Thus one may not invite Karmas orally but your smallest action is enough to attach them to soul. Soul carry it, till their clearance.
Now it is clear they are not invited guest but just invited by us knowingly or unknowingly. Just imagine following  common actions of human being usually undertake knowingly or otherwise in practice
1-Laughing at disability of some one.
2-Scolding subordinates.
3-Becoming sad with memories of near ones.
4-Praising beauty of opposite gender.
5-Expressing joy for taste of food, quality of construction and similar situations. All emotions also attracts Karma particles. One can blame that reacting to such instances is normal human behavior but to try to control feelings is a way taught by Jainism. One must be neutral in

all circumstances to the maximum human possibilities, Such control act as a barrier to incoming Karmas saving us from future trouble..
One may think it is ordinary reaction but mind well, you are inviting  Karmas. Now you can not say Karmas are  non invited guests" with it Gurudeo concluded answer. In a nutshell and moral story of it---
Be beware of your tiniest action if you want not to attract Karmas.

JAIJINENDRA---------!!!------------ JAI MAHAVEER--------!!!.

JAINISM-- KARMA-------THE REAL MASTER--------!!!.

I had been to Aurangabad to offer respect and to meet Gurudeo On the day Gurudeo was explaining  ninth and 20th chapter of  Aagam
Uttaradhyansutra titled as Namipravajya and Anathimuni-(no Nath).
( Mahanirganthiya )The chapter were related to helplessness of organs Gurudeo asked the listeners " Do they think their organs are under their full control ? Amidst  initial silence initially with deep

thought Most listeners answered positively. Gurudeo asked to rethink their answers with reference to future keeping following  various situations in mind. There was anxious waiting in hall for questions.
1-Will the hair will remain black for ever--------------?
2-Can eye can perform without spectacles for ever --?
3-Why a person struck by paralyses find it difficult to move certain part of body----?. The body is same and used by him frequently .
4-Why suddenly skin start to have white patches.----?

5-Why in later years one may have to carry on with less or teeth--?.
6-Why one may  advised to use hearing aids for proper listening---?
7-Why our legs in old age needs wooden stick for support ---------?.
Gurudeo further added that from above, it is clear that your organs will not be under control of  you or your brain for all times.
If one think he is master and organs will carry out his orders for ever is  totally false belief. Let us come out of this fallacy.
With ageing and various diseases organs tend to loose original vitality. Soul is creator of body using sperms of parents and other inputs in womb of mother. But with various comforts and
misconceptions over time, we make the creator slave of organs.
Thus we forget the creator in the process.

If you agree with it then just think how much your time ,money and energy, you spent for decorating your body and organs. Lavish bath- rooms. plenty of water for bath, high quality of soap .oil, added by
perfumes, rich dresses. sunglasses, skin lotions--------all you use to decorate body. Women usually give more attention to present them themselves. Just look at the end result. It must be a  an eye opener.

I leave to your imagination. If this is the fact you have to decide for what you shall care more ---body or soul. Gurudeo questioned.
Soul is utmost important than body. Body and organs can cheat you but soul will never deceive you. So do not make your soul slave of organs. Soul can ensure salvation for you. Don't make him slave.

If you are doing fast, you are controlling tongue, if you are deciding not to see movies you are controlling your eyes. 
Thus with various Pachkhans ( promise to self ) you can control various organs making them to work for soul.
With reading Aagaams, visiting Gurudeo, holy places. Samaik Poshadh one can make the soul strong leading to road of salvation.
If you can spare some time and observe Jain Sadhuji/Sadhviji you can know the real meaning of simple living with minimum possessions. Just decide to give minimum attention to body and organs and have focus on uplifting of soul. Gurudeo concluded.

JAI JINEDRA----------!!!---------------- JAI MAHAVEER------!!!.

JAINISM--GURUDEO'S MESSAGE FOR YOUTH------------!!!.

On the eve of saying good bye to 2014, I attended camp for youth organized by local Jainism group. The advice of Gurudeo is being shared herewith so that youngster can give it a decisive thought.

1--Best way of life is to take Diksha by becoming Jain monk. For it one has to leave home and domestic affairs. Many of you will not like this idea at this stage of life. For such reason let me discuss some other points with you. You can follow it remaining in home.
2--You all have struggled a lot in life to have better education and  opportunities of career. Such efforts rewarded you the current status.
3--With your life style you can decide your earnings methods,
spending and savings .I wish to share it's impact on you.

4--Always remember money attracts money. Rich class of society have so many model to attract your hard earned money. Basic needs like house, eating, conveyance, entertainment all are made available with a eye on your pocket. You are just a commodity which create
demand for their branded products. Big corporate houses and other

powerful class of society constantly working towards attracting your savings. With it they can meet their profit and return on investments targets. Hence you are their target class bear it in mind forever. 
5--You can have loan from bank or lenders with interest and opt for lavish apartment ,premium cars. eating at five star hotels ,branded clothes and shoes, entertainment in casino. brawl, pub, Hukkah Shoppe. drugs, race course, forward trading, cards etc. Once you exhaust your money you will be ignored. All electronic and electrical gadgets are waiting to add to your comforts at a price.

6--For five days you are working beyond your capacity to be in race at cost of your health. Such hard earned money you are spending to take care of your status and wrong beliefs of relief to body and brain. If money proves insufficient then manipulative ways are followed to meet the requirements. It makes one to adjust with our moral values.
It indirectly creates a guilty feeling in us and conscience. It is always better to opt for honest earning and spending within limit than to go  for show off with borrowed funds with aim to show higher standard.
7--Just note wishes are unlimited and no amount of money can quench the thirst unless you learned to be satisfied and happy with limited and honest sources. This can help you for ever in your life

8--If you are born with golden spoon in mouth then do not waste your wealth in building skyscrapers and forts. Please decide to act as trustee of society and try to return to it as much as possible. Mind well, good fortune is a result of past and present good deeds .
Take care not reduce such positive balance in  show off business.
After death people do not remember you for wealth left but how it was put to use during your life time. A smile on face on living one can offer you more peace than investing in non-living things.
9--Just have calculation ,how minimum money is required to have a reasonable life when most of essential things like air. sunlight and water are free. You can decide % for charity out of your income.

10--You are a free soul and can very much decide what is good for you. But  remember what is seen as good may not be so in a long run. It will carry repercussion for years to come. So do not follow others. give more weight age to needs of soul than body or prestige. In such ways you can create moral wealth .I t is more important.
At the end of session Gurudeo offered Manglik to welcome year The youngsters were seemed to be happy to discover correct way to live. How they change life, only time can tell.

JAI JINEDRA----------!!!----------------- JAI MAHAVEER-----!!!.

JAINISM--SEQUENCE OF NAVKAR MANTRA-----------!!!

Recently I attended Jainism camp for kids.It meant to introduce meaning of Navkar Mantra and some preliminary basics of Jainism. Gurudeo delivered the lecture and shared some information. Lastly it was questions and answers session. Two questions impressed me most. I share them with readers of this blog  to enhance knowledge.
1-Q.--Why we bow to Arihant Bhagwan before Siddha Bhagwan though achievement wise Siddhas have reached their ultimate goal of salvation and Arihant have still some more time to get salvation?
2-Q--Why all (Savva) word is used only before Sadhuji and not other four deities  in Navkar Mantra ?.Is there any specific reason behind it

Gurudeo's answers which were based on 01 Shatak of Aagam book
Bhagwatisutra's introductory part are shared for addition to our Jain -ism basic knowledge of this great and unique Mantra in this blog.

   1-A--It is true that Siddha Bhagwan are senior to Arihant Bhagwan with reference to goal obtained but we have more obligations to

repay for Arihant Bhagwan. The reason being they have introduced us to Jinwani and Siddha Bhagwan. More over Arihanta Bhagwan is founder of Thirth having four components--Sadhu, Sadhwi. Shrawak and Shrawika. Some of fortunate human being ( like presently in the Mahavidehakhetra ) can worship Arihant Bhagwan physically while only Kevaldyani can see Siddha Bhagwan. The reason being that Siddaha are in body less form and Arihants have bodily presence.
With the same logic first bowing is not done to Aacharyaji since he is reproducing Jinwani of Arihant Bhagwan who is first original preacher. Upadhyaji has expert knowledge of all thirty two Aagams.

What we hear from Suguru was first told by Arihant Bhagwan only. 

   2-A-Savva word is used in fifth Padha because here Sadhuji covers all Sadhuji from all corners of universe. All Sadhuji term cover soul falling in 6th to14th Gunsthan irrespective of any gender or caste. It
is bowing to soul possessing all virtues of those specified Gunastan and marching on road as per Jinawani. The respect is not limited  to monks in specified white dress or without any dress.

All Siddha Bhagwan reside at one place only, known as Siddhalay or Siddhasheela. Hence there is no need for all word. On the other hand number of Arihant Bhagwan is always fixed, it may be minimum 20 or maximum 160/170 depending upon the particular period involved.
Thus for first two Padha all word is not required. Aacharyaji and Upadhyaji are covered by term Sadhuji, Number  of Sadhuji- monks is comparatively high which is minimum 2000 crores and maximum 9000 crores at any given point of time. Hence "Savva" used to give

emphasis that no deserving soul is excluded from bowing down.

The delight on the face of kids with satisfactory answer by Gurudeo bought smile on my face . I left the venue with due bowing to Gurudeo. A curious kid  can be a great source of knowledge indeed.

JAI JINEDRA---------------!!!------ JAI MAHAVEER-----------!!!.

JAINISM-SEARCH OF GOD---------!!!.

Friends, I read  very interesting poem on net today. With due thanks to The unknown poet, I am sharing it's meaning with you. The poet says that today God has taken leave and is not present in Temple or any other holy places due to His prior undefined commitments. The poem was titled as "Today God is not in Temple."

In case you have urgent need to meet him, he is available with some spots. These spots covers-----Hospitals, old-age homes, Schools for blinds, orphans. He is also available at places of flood. earth quakes, refugee camps ,droughts and like natural tragedies if one needs Him.
   The poet further tells that once you visit these spots and offer your services there ,you will forget your personal complaints and will give up your plans to meet God and come back with more determination to serve less privileged ones with full vigor and enthusiasm. I feel he is correct in many ways .His different line of thinking is too beautiful

The entire faith of our planet earth can be divided in two main parts. One is believers of God and other being non-believers. The believers in God can further be classified as believers in statue as a symbol and otherwise. There are so many sub sections for believers as to form of God ,His location, His functions and His behavior towards all of his devotees as per various religions. Surprisingly exact truth is missing.

It is very difficult to go into each details and  to draw a common conclusion. But we can draw a common link that if He exists, he must have shown the correct path of good conduct so that one can remove all sorrows and can have permanent solution for happiness .
Clear understanding of God is very much essential otherwise there is risk in following in trap of self proclaimed God is very much evident from so many fraud cases detected from our own country India.

As I know some basics of it from Jainism which I try to summarize in following lines. As per Jainism there is God. One is in human body form known as Arihant Bhagwan and second one in only soul form known as Siddha Bhagwan residing at top of this universe.

The Universe is self created without beginning and end. The Karma doctrine governs entire on going of Universe. One's Karma and right conduct ,faith and knowledge leads to salvation in form of pure soul. Such souls are free from cycles of life and death for ever. Jainism treat God as guide ,mentor and philosopher for salvation and does not treat him as controlling authority showering blessings or curses.

Which ever faith one carries right conduct in form of service to the living creatures is utmost important to get salvation as told by above poet. No doubt one can visit the holy places to gain positive energy, inspiration and motivation to serve the humanity in a better ways.
Naturally one must be free from asking some thing or other for self  The visit shall also be free from complaining only for noble vibes.
As per one saying if one prays for others, there remains no need for prayer for self. So let us try to find real meaning of God which can end the related search for real God. We can all worship him

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

JAINISM-THE BEST FORM OF CHARITY---ABHAYDAAN--------!!!

Abhaydaan means to protect the soul who seeks our shelter. As per Jainism in all types of donations/charities, Abhaydaan ranks first as mentioned in Puchhisunam ( Veerstuti).It require own scarification.

A-Bhay means do not fear, I will take care of you more than myself.

With offering Abhaydaan to pigeon 16th Thirthankar Bhagwan Shri Shantinathji set a noble example in his birth as King Meghrath as given in 18th chapter of Uttaradhaynsutra titled as" Sanyatiya ".Let us study the related story of 16th Thirthkar ShantibathBhgwan .

This story goes as following lines. King Megharath was son of King Dhanarath who was ruling Pudarikini in Mahavedehakhetra. Once in fine morning while King Meghrath- was engaged in his prayer, a frightened pigeon hunted by a hawk rest down on his feet to take

shelter. The hawker asked for it's possession to quench his hunger but the king refused saying that he will protect it at any cost since the bird has sought his shelter. The hawker said he can allow it only if the king- parts with equal amount of his flesh to arrange for his food. King instantly gave his consent for it. A balance was called for for weighting. The weighing process go on in presence of  both of them,

While weighing, the weight of pigeon started to increase. Lastly the King sat on the balance to equal the weight of pigeon. The hawker and pigeon returned to original form of heavenly God and praised the king for his noble intention to protect the innocent bird anyhow.

Whenever I think of lives I found-------- Goat, Hen and Fish most unfortunate category of creatures courtesy to our foodie co brothers and sisters. These  animals have most shorter span of life due to non vegetarian people. But we forget that we may have next birth same of them. Certainly we will not like life punishment for taste. It is too surprising that even some Jain take eggs as a vegetarian food. It is nothing but fetus from womb of hen. One can ask Jain monk for it.

Thus the moral of  the story by all means ,we shall protect the lives of souls seeking our shelter. Since every one loves life and do not want to die at least by unnatural death. I hope people will review.
The Jainism doctrine 'Live and Let Live' is of immense importance.
Some of us guided by excessive greed. They milk the cows in her prime time and sell to butcher in her old days to get rid of taking care. Just give it a thought. Is it really justified on moral ground ?.

Let us being  supreme among all living souls on this planet  offer the animal, birds and others speechless creatures-Abhaydaan. With it, we will be certainly on salvation path without a slight doubt. We
may be calling ourselves as a civil society. Still riots are common in
the world everywhere. Sometimes it may color, class or sometime it
may be for caste. In such times very few bad elements are involved
but majority is protecting  other side. This is nothing but saving of
lives, Jainism terms it "Abhaydaan".Really it is best charity form.

 JAIJINEDRA---------!!!---------JAI SHANTINATHJI----------!!!.

JAINISM-DISCOVERY OF TRUTH OVER OLD FAVORITES-------!!!

In my college days ,I used to stick two wall papers in my study room for motivation. One is Sir Abraham Lincoln's letter for his son to Principal and second one was Footprint. Former has taught me very essential good qualities of conduct in life and basic true essence of becoming a good human being. Even today I do it's reading fondly. 
Second one assured me -there is some invisible force to take care reducing my examination and other worries. I am very grateful to writers of those masterpieces which provided me positive energy in my sad moments. I used to find peace by reading those composition

 Slowly with passage of time and experiments with life showed me that one has to face the difficult time with destiny with self struggle. There is no one to carry you on lap as told in Footprint. Results in life may be positive or negative .It is out of own efforts only. With turning to Jainism ,I firmly started to believe that only your Good deeds ( Punya) whether accumulated or current ,Nirjara (cutting of old or current bad deeds) and absenteeism from sins acts as invisible force to protect you when ever situation warrants silently.

Karma theory which involves around your deeds is the only one invisible force acting as God for you. Real God that is only Arihant Bhagwan and Sugurudeo can show you only right path of living and salvation. But you have to walk it yourself. One can not outsource such job to others or wait for heavenly help. Ratnatray is  precious.

 All our decisions have more than one options at a given point of time. How we select the option has far reaching effects on our lives. At this crucial juncture ,we are guided by our inner voice which is the result of Karma theory. This is what I believe now onwards.

Career, home, marriage. settlement and other numerous like major decisions are indirectly affected by this theory. So always take care of action of mind's speech and body which is shaping our Karman  body. What ever we sow will give the fruits after due time. So have the strong faith in Jainism and march to salvation. Weak person seek
heavenly help. If we have sowed the seeds let us prepare for the
resultants fruits. This basic truth I discovered from Jainism. 

JAI JINEDRA-----------!!!---------- JAI MAHAVEER---------!!!.