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DINESH AND SAROJ VORA

JAI JINENDRA

CELEBRATION OF DASLAKSHAN PARVAYEAR 2014

Tirthankar Lord Mahavir SwamiDivya Dhwani of Keval Gnaan of entire universal and spiritualScience.

Gautam Ganadhar, creator of twelve Jain Agams, the knowledge lord tirthankar gave us.

Shree KundKundacharyaAuthor of the greatest Jain Paramaagam Samaysaar in Ardha Magadhi Language

Param Pujya Gurudeve shree Kanjiswami the translatorand explainer of Samaysaar and other parmaagams inGujarati and Hindi languages in depth.

Shree Amritchandraacharya the translator and explainer of Jain Paramaagam Samaysaar in Sanskrit Language

Shrimad Raj chandra explainer of Samaysaar in Gujarati language.

The Dashlakshan Parva Period

This year the Dashlakshan Parva begins from Saturday, 30th August 2014 till Monday, 8th September, 2014. The day of Kshamapana is on Tuesday, 9th September 2014, the 11th day. The first day of Daslakshan parva 30th August is also in coincidence with samvatsari day of paryushan parva.

Jain Daslakshan Parva or the Festival of ten virtues is the Paryushan festival celebrated by the Digambar Jains annually for self-purification and uplift.  This  parva ultimately leads the soul to its true destination of ultimate happiness and freedom i.e. niravana or salvation or Moksha. All Digambar jains celebrate the Dash Lakshan Parva religiously, enthusiastically and devotedly.

The Das Lakshan parva is the Jain festival for the observance of ten universal virtues listed next page.

Jain Dashlakshan ParvaDays and Description

(1) Uttam Kshama - Supreme Forgiveness To observe tolerance whole-heartedly, shunning anger. Saturday, 30th August 2014

(2) Uttam Mardava – Supreme Modesty, Tenderness, Humilty To observe the virtue of humility subduing vanity and passions. Sunday, 31st August 2014

(3) Uttam Arjaya - Straight-forwardness or Honesty To practice a deceit-free conduct in life by vanquishing the passion of deception. Monday, 1st September, 2014

(4) Uttam Shaucha - Contentment or Purity To keep the body, mind and speech pure by discarding greed. Tuesday, 2nd September, 2014

(5) Uttam Satya – Truthfulness To speak affectionate and just words with a holy intention causing no injury to any living being. Wednesday, 3rd September, 2014

(6) Uttam Sanyam - Self-restraint To defend all living beings with utmost power in acosmopolitan spirit abstaining from all the pleasures provided by the five senses - touch, taste, smell,

sight, and hearing; and the sixth - mind.Thursday, 4th September, 2014

Jain Dashlakshan ParvaDays and Description (cont’d)

(7) Uttam Tapa – Penance, Austerities To practice austerities putting a check on all worldly allurements.Friday, 5th September, 2014

(8) Uttam Tyaga - Renunciation To give four fold charities - Ahara (food), Abhaya

(fearlessness), Aushadha (medicine), and Shastra Dana (distribution of Holy Scriptures), and to patronize social and religious institutions

for self and other uplifts.Saturday, 6th September, 2014

Jain Dashlakshan ParvaDays and Description (cont’d)

(9) Uttam Akinchanya - Non-attachmentTo enhance faith in the real self as against non-self i.e.,

material objects; and to discard internal Parigraha viz. anger and pride; and external Parigraha viz. accumulation of gold, diamonds, and royal treasures.

Sunday, 7th September, 2014

(10) Uttam Brahmcharya – Supreme chastity or celibacy To observe the great vow of celibacy; to have devotion for

the inner soul and the omniscient Lord; to discard the carnal desires, vulgar fashions, child and old-age marriages,

dowry dominated marriages, polygamy, criminal assault on ladies, use of foul and vulgar language.

Monday, 8th September, 2014

(11) Kshamapana Day - The eleventh  day is the day of kshama yachna, kshama vaani or kshama exchanges. Tuesday September 9th, 2014

Jain Dashlakshan ParvaDays and Description (cont’d)

JAIN PRAVACHAN LINKScopy and paste or click the links below

(1)Songadh Pavachan: Samaysar Gatha 17-18http://www.youtube.com/user/AdhyatmikPravachan?feature=watch

(2)Songadh Website http://vitragvani.com/eng/home.asp

(3)Sumat Prakashji all Pravachanshttp://www.4shared.com/folder/sowVqIOF/Br_pt.html

MICHCHHAAMI DUKKADAM

DINESH AND SAROJ VORA

11/11

WISH YOU ALL THE SPIRITUALLY VERY BENEFICIAL DASLAKSHAN PARVA OF 2014

WITH  THE UPCOMING SHUBH JAIN KSHAMAPANA DAY MAY ALL LIVING BEINGS GRANT ME FORGIVENESS.AND I HUMBLY GRANT FORGIVENESS TO ALL LIVING

BEINGS, NO ONE IS ENEMY TO ME, ANDI AM ENEMY TO NONE.

MY FRIENDSHIP IS WITH ALL LIVING BEINGS.WHATEVER WRONG I HAVE DONE BY

MY THOUGHT, WORD OR DEED,I HUMBLY ASK FORGIVENESS AND ABSOLUTION.

MICHCHHAMI DUKKADAMDINESH AND SAROJ VORA

JAINAM JAYATI SHASANAM