HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 03.14 Taranagar – Darga Haveli
27.02.2007
We stepped out, and the view of the road reminded old friends to Karuna, the family who had hosted her seven years ago. She even remembered the direction we had to go, and after some minutes, we were in front of ‘Darga Haveli’, her hosts’ beautiful family seat, which Aparigraha admired already in the morning, when Yuvacharyashree went for alms there.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 03.15 Taranagar – Streets & Juice
28.02.2007
When we left Darga Haveli, our eyes got breath-taking impressions, what beauty of a light! How bright are the colours in StarCity and how friendly people! We retraced how we would have felt to arrive in StarCity after having travelled in the desert on a camel chariot for some days – the meaning of the word oasis had a deep impact on us this late afternoon in Taranagar.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 03.16 Taranagar – Evening Darshan Of Sadhvi Pramukha
01.03.2007
In the evening, we planned to go for Darshan of Sadhvi Pramukha. Sadhvi Pramukhaji and the Sadhvishrees traditionally are accommodated separately from H.H., Yuvacharyashree and the Munishrees in a short walking distance, but we ignored the location. Therefore, we went to Oswal Bhawan to ask where to go and fortunately met Munishree Kumar Shramanji who gave the latest details concerning start of Ahimsa Yatra to us for next morning.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 04.01 Ahimsa Yatra : Taranagar - Mahatma
02.03.2007
Ahimsa Yatra! These two words woke us up without alarm. We were happy to join Ahimsa Yatra for some days and eager to know what it is like to follow H.H. Acharya Mahaprajna on his march for non-violence. We supposed not to be the only ones, were nevertheless more than astonished to watch which different activities were linked to it.

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Rajkot - Workshop On Preksha Meditation - Reversal Of Heart Disease
28.02.2007
From 17th to 24th February 2007, Dr. S.C. Manchanda and Swami Dharmananda held a workshop in Rajkot, Gujarat, on the benefits of Preksha Meditation and reversal of heart disease.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Articles/Rajkot-WorkshopOnPrekshaM.htm

 

Pujyashri Chitrabhanuji Comes To London 6th - 11th March 2007
28.02.2007
From Tue 06/03/2007 - Fri 09/03/2007 - Pujyashri Chitrabhanuji is guest of: Mahavir Foundation - Oshwal Association of the UK - Navnat Vanik Association - Jain Sangha of Europe - Young Jains.....see daily events....

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JVB London - Blessings and Message Of Acharya Shree Mahaprajnaji
03.03.2007
Pujya Acharya Shree Mahapragyaji has assigned Samani Prasanna Pragyaji and Samani Manan Pragyaji to London for another year.- Blessings of Acharya Shree to UK  Shravak samaj. - Discussion on Sunday 4th March 1030 - 11:30 "Practical ways of implementing Gurudev's message."

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ISSJS Progress Report
Dr. Sulekh C. Jain
03.03.2007
Starting from scratch in 2005, by the end of 2007, we will have 42 international Scholars exposed to Jainism. This is a remarkable success story in such a short time. I am sure, not in distant future we all will be able to celebrate the 50th and the 100th Scholar who would have graduated from ISSJS.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/ISSJS/ISSJSProgressReport.htm

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Abstract Thinking [17.02] Bhavana Of Indifference - How to Create A State Of Indifference
25.02.2007
A question was raised, How to bring about indifference? I said: "Indifference results from the control of the senses. The man, who has established control over the senses, becomes indifferent, objective and impersonal. When the feeling of like and dislike is absent from the mind, matter is looked upon as mere matter, and a living being as a living being. We may say that we are attached to all that is good and are averse to all that is evil but this is an illusion. As a matter of fact, a thing appears to us to be good and interesting because we are attached to it; another thing appears to us to be evil and uninteresting because of our aversion to it.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/17/AbstractThinking17.02Bhav.htm

Abstract Thinking [17.03] Bhavana Of Indifference - Consummation Of Discretion - Indifference (Objectivity?)
26.02.2007
The first fruit of a glimpse of the self is - discretion. It forms the preliminary groundwork for the awakening of consciousness and the consummation of discretion is - indifference, which forms the second foundation for the awakening of consciousness.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/17/AbstractThinking17.03Bhav.htm

Abstract Thinking [17.03] Bhavana Of Indifference - Seeing Itself is Objectivity
27.02.2007
Being established in the middle path, 'holy' indifference, objectivity, is a form of preksha (feeing') itself. He, who sees, keeps equanimous. He is not attached to what is pleasant, nor averse to what is unpleasant. He is indifferent to both the pleasant and the unpleasant - looks at them closely and is thus able to keep his poise, established, in the middle, not running to extremes, objective. Indifference or objectivity cannot be separated from preksha. The man who is indifferent to this great world, sees it from near, goes about merrily with all his senses awake.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/17/AbstractThinking17.04Bhav.htm

Abstract Thinking [17.05] Bhavana Of Indifference - Second Stage Of Equanimity - Indifference
28.02.2007
Equability, equanimity, means indifference (to pleasure or pain, the pleasant and the unpleasant, etc.). Keep steadfast, unmoved. Do not lean to any one-ism of belief. Something pleasant or unpleasant is always happening in the world. Sometimes, what we wish for comes to pass and at other times, things happen contrary to our wishes. Sometimes the desirable, what you want, transpires, sometimes, the unwanted comes off. If, with all this, the wheel of our mind also goes on revolving, it creates so many problems that in the end, there is left no option but to commit suicide. When something wished for happens, a man is very much elated; when something unwelcome transpires, he is greatly perplexed. At times, he comes to look upon suicide as the only means of getting rid of the terrible complications in which he finds himself caught.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/17/AbstractThinking17.05Bhav.htm

Abstract Thinking [17.06] Bhavana Of Indifference - Fruit Of Noble Indifference - Mental Health
01.03.2007
There is a criterion of mental health. A person, whose mind is healthy, conducts himself well towards those who do him good, and also towards those who do him ill. He is good for both the well-intentioned and the evil-minded. That the person confronting one is sick is no reason why one should become sick oneself. Should one start vomiting oneself it one sees another person vomiting? A person, who possesses a healthy mind, cannot do so. Only that person indulges in hostile conduct, whose mind is weak, sick. Those who coined the maxim, 'Tit for tat", were mentally unhealthy. Had they been healthy, such maxims would not have come into vogue. If the person confronting you is mentally unhealthy, it is all the more reason that you should present before him in yourself an example of good health and provide him with an opportunity to distinguish for himself the difference between a sick and a healthy mind.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/17/AbstractThinking17.06Bhav.htm

Abstract Thinking [18.01] Anupreksha Of Dutifulness
02.03.2007
Dedication to duty is the inspiring power behind good conduct. The man, who is alive to his obligations, saves himself from undesirable action. Whenever he finds himself caught in remissness, his sense of duty becomes his saviour, and he is strongly resolved to follow the true path.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/18/AbstractThinking18.01Anup.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 2.10 Mutual Connection - Anekanta Is Life's Philosophy
27.02.2007
Nothing is independent. Everything is connected. Always a difference or always a similarity, always opposition or always synchronization, always one's own or always somebody else's... these are all just illusions, not reality. If we want to live in reality then we have to develop the anekantic view in our practical life. The biggest mistake is that we have mistaken anekanta for philosophy. That only in discussions of truth does one use anekanta. This is a mistaken belief. That explanation which does not apply to real life does not apply to the quest for truth either. Life is also a truth. It is a great truth and all explanations derive from it. All principles, streams of thought and arguments originate from it. No truth or discussion can be located away from life.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/02/AnekantaTheThirdEye2.10Mu.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 2.11 Mutual Connection - Dualism And Non-Dualism
01.03.2007
There is mutual connection between everything. Nothing is totally independent. Though from the outside things may look separate, from inside they are all inter-connected. We do not know the unity underlying the diversity. Similarly we do not know the multiplicity that lies beneath unity. Our perceptions are divided. Therefore it is that even in philosophy if non-dualism developed so did dualism along with it.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/02/AnekantaTheThirdEye2.11Mu.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 2.12 Mutual Connection - Transcendental and Pragmatic (Nischay and Vyavahar)
03.03.2007
Anekanta has defined both the subtle and the gross and presented their respective perspectives. The two perspectives are the nischay naya or the transcendental perspective and the vyavahar naya or the pragmatic perspective. To know the subtle truths the nischay naya helps and to know the gross truths, vyavahara nayq helps.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [4.11] Raison d'etre of Preksa Dhyana - Lesya Dhyana - Self-Awareness and Self-Realization
25.02.2007
Modern physics has already made many discoveries about matter and still continues to do so. It has been able to penetrate the atom and to analyse the structure of the atomic nucleus. But the object of its quest is the ultimate particle of matter and not the conscious reality - the psyche of the soul. Physics, in its quest, employs scientific equipments - apparatus and instruments which are themselves made from matter. Hence, it can have access only to matter. The spiritual existence could never enter the range of their investigation and become the object of their quest. That is why science has not, so far, positively accepted the separate existence of soul.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Preksa_Dhyana/04/PreksaDhyana-TheoryAndPra-14.htm

Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [4.12] Raison d'etre of Preksa Dhyana - Lesya Dhyana - Developing Insight
01.03.2007
Insight, i.e. the ability to see one's own self, means freedom from the emotional experience of joy and sorrow. Until and unless one frees oneself from this tinted outlook, one cannot realise the truth. One may become very learned, an erudite scholar, or may acquire proficiency in theoretical philosophy, but one cannot obtain insight.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Preksa_Dhyana/04/PreksaDhyana-TheoryAndPra-15.htm

Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [4.13] Raison d'etre of Preksa Dhyana - Lesya Dhyana - Self-realisation by Direct Experience
03.03.2007
Is Ultimate Reality consciousness or matter or both? Recent research in sub-atomic physics has answered many questions regarding the structure of matter. But as regards consciousness, there is still much ignorance not only among scientists but also among spiritualists.
Spiritualists tend to solve the riddle of conscious existence on the basis of scriptural knowledge. They base their solutions on the precision of logical processes. They think they can realise the nature of consciousness through philosophical literature. What a pitiable paradox that on the one hand the nature of consciousness is propounded emphatically to be beyond logic, literature and language, while on the other hand, they want to realise the nature of consciousness through direct personal ex­perience. Without experience, no one can comprehend it.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Preksa_Dhyana/04/PreksaDhyana-TheoryAndPra-16.htm

The Quest For Truth - 03.03 - Man And Society (3)
26.02.2007
Jain philosophy does not give the rule for social organization nor does it give the direction for desire and acquisition of wealth. It does not give a vision for a life as a whole and that is why it is incomplete. This argument has been established and yet is not beyond contention. In Jain philosophy the discussion about moksha dominates (moksha dharma). The main objective of a philosophy of moksha is to discuss dharma.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/The_Quest_For_Truth/03/TheQuestForTruth-03.03-Ma.htm

The Quest For Truth - 03.04 - Man And Society (4)
28.02.2007
Dharma being beyond emotions cannot be manifested. It relates to the soul. But since it is a person's attribute, it is also manifested. Morality is an attribute of man and so it is manifested but it is towards others and so it is social. It is social but not different from the social code of conduct. Social conduct is framed with respect to space, time, changing of different societies and their requirements. Morality does not change with space and time; it is the same everywhere and is influenced by dharma.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/The_Quest_For_Truth/03/TheQuestForTruth-03.04-Ma.htm

The Quest For Truth - 03.05 - Man And Society (5)
02.03.2007
Mahavira announced that all men are one. Casteism, disgust and untouchability are all elements of violence. There is no place for them in the dharma of ahimsa. Mahavira gave three characteristics of dharma-non-violence (ahimsa), restraint (sayam) and penance (tap). All three are related to the soul (atma) and the individual. The character evolved on the basis of these three factors is of high moral calibre. Consciousness devoid of attachment and aversion is ahimsa. It is the spiritual form of dharma.

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                                            BEDI-PRATHISHTA-MAHOTSAV                                   

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DATED: - 27^th April to 29^th April-2007

ORGANIZER: - SHRI DIGAMBER JAIN SABHA, PATIALA

                          First ever Digamber Jain Mandir constructed in Patiala, Punjab

Under the supervision of Brahamchari Shri Rajesh Ji disciple of Acharaya 108

Vidya Sagar Ji; Maharaj, Shri 1008 Lord Mahavir Digamber Jain Shikhar Band Mandir

has been completed within 1 year (approx). The Bedi Prathishta of which has been fixed for from 27^th of Aprl, 07 to 29^th April, 07. All are warmly invited.  Sabha will take care of all the Boarding and Lodging arrangements.

Venue Address:- Shri Digamber Jain Mandir- Baba Deep Singh Nagar

Badi Nadi Pul - Patiala (Punjab) Pin-147002

Any devotee capable of donating something and wishing to donate is also welcomed as your cooperation is expected in this noble cause of Dharam Parbhavana.

Kanwar Sain Jain

Gen. Secretary

1239 Phase-II Urban Estate-Patiala (Punjab)

Phone: + 91 175 2285386

+91 9949497987

Hi,

International Summer School of Jain Studies (ISSJS) and All India
Digamber Jain Heritage Preservation Organization (AIDJHPO) announce a
two months scholarship support for qualified applicants to live in
India and study Jainism (months of Jun and July).

Scholarship for Summer School for Study of Jainism in Indian Culture
Please read the full details at:

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Mahavir Sanglikar

HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.01 From Taranagar to Ladnun
16.03.2007
We started about 06:30. In and outside Taranagar it was foggy and we hardly could recognise the landscape. People and animals were shivering, apparently because they were unfamiliar with mist. After one and a half hour journey, we stopped at a tea stand and ate some biscuits. When we got back to the car, the first sunrays came out and burned bright holes into the clouds.
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JVB Orlando - 2007 Schedule
15.03.2007
JVB  Mission  Statement:
To promote the universal message of Jain Philosophy and study of Jainism worldwide.
To promote the value of non-violence, self-discipline and Anekant (multiple perspectives) for spiritual awareness (enlightenment) through Preksha Meditation.
To provide spiritual guidance through the practice of healthy and stress-free living.

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SOAS - 9th Jaina Studies Workshop - Jainism And Modernity
16.03.2007
The Centre for Jaina Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies is organising its annual conference on the ancient and profound culture of Jainism entitled ‘Jainism and Modernity’ on 21st and 22nd March 2007

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Inauguration Of Tulsi Bhawan In Jaigaon
16.03.2007
Inauguration of Tulsi Bhawan Jaigaon 01On 9th March 2007, inauguration of Tulsi Bhawan in Jaigaon, Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, near the Bhutan border, was celebrated in presence of Samani Nirdeshika Sanmati Pragyaji, disciple of Acharya Mahaprajnaji. People expressed their gratitude towards Acharya Mahaprajnaji for sending a group of four Samanis for this program. Tulsi Bhawan is named after the ninth Terapanth Acharya Tulsi.

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Abstract Thinking [18.05.3] Anupreksha Of Dutifulness - Awareness Of Duty In The Youth (3)
11.03.2007
Today's youth has no love of study. I recognize that the implementation of an idea requires first of all intellectual maturity. With an increase in intellectual capacity, come many other things. In today's world, intellectual development has almost touched the ultimate limit. Every day, new dimensions are being opened. There has been much research and deep study on the commonest subjects.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/18/AbstractThinking18.05.3An.htm

Abstract Thinking [18.05.4] Anupreksha Of Dutifulness - Awareness Of Duty In The Youth (4)
12.03.2007
A great deal of discussions on the manifest and the unmanifest is to be found in Indian philosophy. The unmanifest lies below, hidden. The manifest lies before us, apparent. But without the unmanifest, there can be no manifestation. Without the unmanifest, which serves as its foundation, the manifest can find no expression. Manifestation can take place on the basis of knowledge, only when it is allied with action. There is no fruition of action because our knowledge lacks depth. With depth of knowledge, action has an opportunity to flower. A youth should progress in the direction of studies and his studies should be very comprehensive. I believe that the deep study of metaphysics found in Jainism, would be rarely met with elsewhere. Bhagwati sutra is the living proof thereof. I am not saying it merely because I am a Jain; I have arrived at this conclusion after making a comparative study of all the philosophies.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/18/AbstractThinking18.05.4An.htm

Abstract Thinking [18.06] Anupreksha Of Dutifulness - A Woman's Sense of Duty
14.03.2007
At the very outset, we must determine what kind of society we wish to create. After that, we must first of all enlighten our women and imbue them with a vision as to what kind of sons they would produce. This would be something really beneficial. If the mother's will-power is strong, she gets the kind of son she has visualized. Behind the power of all the great men of the world, lies a mother's strong determination. A mother, who forms good resolutions before or after conception, performs good deeds, reads good literature, dreams good dreams-her son turns out to be powerful. On the other hand, a mother who suffers from inferiority complex, is afflicted with evil thought, dreams evil dreams- her son Will never grow to be really great. More often he is born not only a coward, but crippled, too.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/18/AbstractThinking18.06Anup.htm

Abstract Thinking [18.07] Anupreksha Of Dutifulness - Original Thinking
16.03.2007
We should not be attached to the old. We are living in the twentieth century today, bur scriptures, our books, our rules of conduct were made 4-5 thousand years ago. Since then there have occurred changes of time and space, our capacity for thought has increased, many scientific achievements have come up, new books have been written. If we shut our eyes to all these developments and take our present decisions only on the basis of what was done in the past - this one-sided and partial approach, can only lead us to destitution. I think the reason for India's backwardness in many spheres is that she has ceased to take initiative in the field of science and other disciplines. The pre-Mahabharata age was the age of India's great achievements. It was the age of the opening of new dimensions of thought. But, it seems to me for the last two thousand years the door has been quite shut on original thinking.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/18/AbstractThinking18.07Anup.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.02 Relativity - The Weakness Of Language
11.03.2007
Each object has many attributes. In an atom itself there are many attributes and that, too, opposing pairs of them. To explain infinite attributes at the same time is not humanly possible. Through words, only one attribute or one mode of the object can be described in a said moment. The rest remains infinite. If then we accept one mode as the truth then the infinite unsaid ones will be falsified. Infinite truths get cancelled and only one is accepted. If this is accepted as the whole truth then it is a misconception.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.02Re.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.03 Relativity - The New Meaning Of The Word Syaad
13.03.2007
Only the enlightened, God or the Omnipotent knows the infinite truth, but even they or He does not have the capacity to be able to express its myriad dimensions in words. It is impossible. A great man, an intellectual, can enumerate some ten or twenty or even fifty aspects. None of us can ever articulate the entire truth. When we accept the few aspects we see as the entire truth and negate any other possibilities, then we are actually moving away from truth itself instead of towards it. It is in this context that anekanta gives a suggestion. Anekanta says that you can escape travelling towards untruth if you take the help of the word syaad. Prefix all that you say with syaad and that will save you from untruth. The essence of the meaning of syaad is, "I am unable to express the whole truth and so present one aspect or mode of truth."

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.03Re.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.04 Relativity - Absolute and Relative
15.03.2007
Let us not talk of absolute truth. We should accept the relativity of truth and that truth can never be absolute. Where there is absolute truth, there can be no discussion about the relative and the absolute. There languages cease. Only truth remains, no relativity or absolutism. That is why Bhagvan Mahavir has said, "Where there is indeed (real) truth, from there language returns. Neither intellect, nor thoughts nor even the mind goes there. All of them return. They are not able to reach there. All our alternatives stand on language and the intellect. The one who accepts the reign of language, of the mind, the intellect and thoughts, he has actually accepted the invitation of untruth."

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.04Re.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.05 Relativity - The Primary Is Only One
17.03.2007
One of the most dominant rules of this world is that the primary is always one, never two otherwise problems crop up.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.05Re.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [00.01] Introduction
08.03.2007
The question of health is related to life. It is not the question that concerns any particular community or sect. For Bhagvan Mahavira, the soul was of the highest importance while the body was of secondary importance. For him, the body which cooperated in the development of the soul was of value. The body which created obstacle in the upliftment of the soul was worthless. The chetana or consciousness which revolves round the ahimsha from the beginning till the end can attribute value only to that health which has the innate memory of the soul in its every pore.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/00/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [00.02] From The Editor
Muni Dhananjaya Kumar
08.03.2007
The most significant question of life - How to keep the healthy body - Healthy thoughts, healthy mind - Solve the intricate problem of health - Have health as companion - For all times.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/00/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-3.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.01] Existence And Health - (Astitva and Svasthya)
09.03.2007
Man has always cherished the dream of attaining the state of arogya (health), bodhi (enlightenment) and samadhi (bliss). Man's foremost desire is to be healthy. Desire to be healthy has always found expression in Sanskrit literature and it has been regarded as the basis of success in general. A number of diverse systems relating to health and medical treatment have come into vogue. Mahavira's ideology is neither directly related to medical science nor to the science of health. But compartmentalization of knowledge is never acceptable to the Non-absolutism philosophy. In fact, knowledge is relative.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/01/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.02] Existence And Health - The Body (Sharira)
09.03.2007
When we apply the non-absolutism, one aspect may be of secondary importance and the other may be of primary importance. But we cannot consider them as entirely different.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/01/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-2.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.03] Existence And Health - The Senses (Indriya)
09.03.2007
The senses are the second constituent of human existence. Even if the body is healthy, the senses may be unhealthy. The senses will get diseased if they are overused. On the other hand, the senses will become useless if they are not used..

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/01/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-3.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.04] Existence And Health - Respiration (Shvasa)
09.03.2007
Respiration is the third component of human existence. It affects everyone. There is a mention of delhi deepak nyaya in Nyaya Shastra (Jurisprudence). It means that the lamp kept on the doorsill throws its light in the interior as well as on the exterior. The breath affects the body and the senses both. It also affects the mind and the emotions. The breath is the main factor that affects everything.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/01/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-4.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.05] Existence And Health - Vital Energy (Prana)
10.03.2007
The fourth component of existence is the vital energy. It is fundamental to existence.
The vital energy is the basis of the life of a human being or any living being.
In prekshadhyan, when perception of breathing is practised, the instruction is to perceive the breath and perceive the vital energy along with the breath.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/01/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-5.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.06] Existence And Health - Vital Energy And Health (Prana and Svasthya)
11.03.2007
The practice of breathing of vital energy is very important for human existence. Since health is closely related to the equilibrium of the vital energy it is important to maintain the vital energy in the proper state.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/01/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-6.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.07] Existence And Health - Mind (Mana)
12.03.2007
The fifth component of human existence is the mind. The mind is everything and yet it is nothing. There is no permanent existence of mind. When the mind is in existence, it is everything. It is nothing if we do not make use of it. The mind is not something permanent like the enduring emotions. The mind is created and it also vanishes. We can create the mind any time we wish, and also give it rest whenever we want. The mind has several states. The mind can be fickle, restless and it can concentrate. This is the samanska (Sanskar) state. But when there is the mind, lots of things happen. Therefore, health is related to the mind. If the mind is healthy, then the body is healthy too. If the mind becomes unhealthy, then the body becomes unhealthy too.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.08] Existence And Health - Emotion (Bhava)
13.03.2007
The sixth component of human existence is the emotion. The body is paudgalik; sense structure and breath are paudgalik. The mind and the vital energy too are related with paudgala. The emotion is related to soul or consciousness. Our emotions come from within. They have no relation with outside. The world of emotions is the internal world. It acts like a key for health. Why does the mind have bad thoughts? Why does it have good thoughts? Why does it absorb desirable components of matter? Why does it absorb undesirable components of matter? What regulates and governs the mind? It is emotion that regulates the functioning of the mind.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [01.09] Existence And Health - Language (Bhasha)
14.03.2007
The seventh component of existence is the bhasha, which is very closely related to health. Vibrations of sound are linked to our health. When a person is angry, his lips would flutter when he speaks, his body would quiver, his speech would be unsteady. The emotion influences the language to a very great extent. When a person utters powerful words, their sounds would influence the emotion and also the mind. On this basis, the sound therapy was developed.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [02.01] Psyche, Mind And Health
15.03.2007
Mahavira, who possessed excellent health, had a very strong body with Vajra rishabhanaracha Smhanana. Due to his extremely sturdy and healthy body, he was able to face so many hardships, problems and calamities. One can face many difficult situations if the body is strong and healthy and one's consciousness also functions well.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [02.02] Psyche, Mind And Health - Many Facets Of Chitta
16.03.2007
Bhagvan Mahavira said, "This man's chitta has many facets, which is not one but many. If we define the many facets of the chitta, they would be four...

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [02.03] Psyche, Mind And Health - Concept Of C.G.Jung
17.03.2007
Freud confined the chitta to the mind, but Jung regarded the mind and the chitta as divided into two. Freud conceived of the mind as conscious and sub-conscious. Jung add the concept of two sections of the mind: conscious and unconscious; the two together as a unit form the chitta. Jung has analysed the chitta very nicely. There was a very great learned scholar named Bhavanishankar Upadhyaya at Udaipur. He wrote a book about Jung called The Analytical Psychology of Karl Gustav Jung. As a matter of fact, while considering in detail Jung's concept, it seems that he had reached very close to the chitta.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [4.17] Raison d'etre of Preksa Dhyana - Contemplation - Knowledge Must Replace Ignorance
11.03.2007
The essence of contemplative meditation is, first, to get rid of one's traditional belief and superstitions and then perceive and experience the principles of eternal truth. The raison d'etre of contemplation (anupreksa) in the system of Preksa Dhyana is to abolish the myths, legends and superstitious beliefs and to realize and accept what is really true. Thus the main objective of con­templative meditation is to replace ignorance and superstitions by knowledge and wisdom. It is a process of realizing the truth and adhering to it.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.01] Technique - Preparation For The Practice Of Preksa
15.03.2007
For a successful practice of meditation, steadi­ness of the body is essential. Posture, therefore, is an important feature of the exercise. The practitioner must remain motionless, quiet, and alert for the duration of the exercise. Obviously, there­fore, a posture which produces any kind of distracting discomfort is ruled out. Strain or discomfort must be avoided during the session. An advanced practitioner may adopt a standing posture. In exceptional condition a recumbent posture may also be used. A sitting posture is most convenient for learners and novices, and is most commonly adopted.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.02] Technique - Preparation - Standing Posture
16.03.2007
In a standing posture, stand erect with the spine and neck in a straight line but without stiffness.
Keep your feet parallel to each other with a distance of about 10 cms. between them.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.03] Technique - Preparation - Other Postures
17.03.2007
If a practitioner is unable to adopt standing or a sitting-on-the floor posture, he may sit on a chair.
An armless chair is to be used. Keep your back and neck in a straight line without the back rest.
There should be no stiffness.
Keep your feet parallel as in the standing posture.
Assume one of the two mudras given below.

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The Quest For Truth - 05.01 - The Value Of The Independence Of Man (1)
12.03.2007
If this world were advaitic (monistic) - there would be only one reality. Then there would be no discussion on independence and dependence. This world has many realities. They influence each other. They have a cause and effect relationship also. Under such circumstances, a discussion on dependence and independence becomes necessary. The second aspect is that every aspect of reality is changeable. Change is intrinsic to reality. Change occurs at every instant of time. Time, defined by the sun and the moon, is not uniform. The time that is intrinsic to reality and becomes the stimulus for change is multidimensional. It is an internal mode of reality.

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The Quest For Truth - 05.02 - The Value Of The Independence Of Man (2)
14.03.2007
Western philosophers have deliberated a great deal on the issue of governance and independence. Philosophers like Aristotle, Locke and Mill and others have established individual freedom as the base for independent governance. On the other hand philosophers like Plato, Machiavelli, Hegel and Bach and others have given greater importance to independence in governance.

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The Quest For Truth - 05.03 - The Value Of The Independence Of Man (3)
16.03.2007
As man's knowledge grows, his capacity for work increases. In the early stages of creation, man's area of knowledge was still not developed. The tools for acquiring knowledge were also limited and so the resultant human exertion was less. In comparison to stone-age, man's knowledge has indeed grown in the atomic age. His tools are strong and the capacity for work has also increased tremendously. The primitive man was solely dependent on nature. If it rained, crops would grow, as much as an acre of land could grow; as much time as was required to ripen it, so much time it would take. Today's man is not dependent on all this. Having developed different means of irrigation he has removed his dependency on the rains. Having developed fertilizers man has increased the per acre yield and through efficient tools is also trying to reduce the time for ripening of crops.

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17 th Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelean at Akluj (Dist Solapur) Maharashtra

Maharashtra Jain Sahitya Parishad has announced the dates and place of
17 th Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelean. The sammelan will be held at
Akluj in Solapur District of Maharashtra on 26th and 27th May 2007.

Akluj is a stronghold of Jains, who have a rich literary, religious,
social and educational background.

More details about the sammelan will follow soon.

-Mahavir Sanglikar

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Lecture and Slide Show on the Occasion of Mahavir Jayanti

You are cordially invited to the special program arranged by
Arihant Jagruti Manch, Pune On the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti  on
31st March 2007.

Agenda
Slide Show on Ancient Jain Sculpture
By: Professor Srirang Bapat, Pune
Lecture: The Antiquity of Jainism
By Dr. Ravsaheb Patil, Solapur

Time & Venue
Saturday, 31st March 2007, 5.30 P.M.
Duration 2 Hours 30 Minutes

at:Bharat Itihas Sanshodhan Mandal
Near Bharat Natya Mandir
Sadashiv Peth, Pune 411030

Invitee
Arihant Jagruti Manch, Pune
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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.02 Ladnun: Interview with JVBI’s VC Dr. Samani Mangal Pragya
Editors
19.03.2007
Dr. Bhattacharyya had urgently to go back to the conference he was attending when we arrived. Members of the university sat together with the vice-chancellor in discussion on university matters. After some minutes, Samani Ritu Pragya invited us to follow her, as Samani Mangal Pragyaji was about to finish the conference. After a heartily welcome, we spoke with her for one hour.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.03 Ladnun: Reunion With Muni Kishan Lalji
Editors
22.03.2007
After lunch in the university guesthouse, we met again with Muni Kishan Lalji. Our last encounter seemed yesterday only and not nearly two years ago. Only few people enjoy the present and are neither preoccupied with remembrances of the past, nor imaginations of the future. Apparently, one has to live the life of a saint to dwell in and enjoy the present.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.04 Ladnun Mumukshu Training Centre
Editors
23.03.2007
Since 58 years, Sadhvis and Samanis are prepared for their spiritual task in Mumukshu Training Centre Ladnun. It was then, when Acharya Tulsi started to teach them and gave the inspiration for that institution, as he and his predecessor Acharya Mahaprajna held and hold the view that without education initiation is incomplete. Acharya Mahaprajna had deputed Samani Malli Pragyaji to take care for the Mumukshus for one year.
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Shrutpragya Swamiji's USA Program For 2007
18.03.2007
USA Main Contact: Kanti Shah 918-369-3163 cell# 918-269-0932  Email: kshah4@...

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JVB London - Vision & Values Seminar on Sunday 01.04.2007
19.03.2007
Mr Bajrang L Jain will lead the seminar.
It is our great pleasure to invite you, your family and friends to the Vision & Values Seminar organized by Jain Vishva Bharati London with the blessings of Acharya Mahapragya and under guidance of Samani Prasanna Pragya and Manan Pragya. The beliefs and values we hold inside ourselves are reflected in our behaviour and dealings with the outside world. How do we share the values we have for harmonious relationship? The seminar will deal with Personality Development, Self Development and Our Day to Day Relationships.

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JAINA - Mid Atlantic Leadership Conference - Planning & Leading Organization Vision For Year 2020
20.03.2007
Saturday April 7, 2007, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm, Hampton Inn, 9670 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD, 20740.  phone: 301-345-2200
Invitation Letter

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Foundation Ceremony of Sukhi Parivar Dham at Kavant, Gujarat
Lalit Garg
20.03.2007
Adivasi Project, Gujerat, India 01Editor in chief of "Shri Vijay Inder Times" and secretary of Sukhi Parivar Foundation Lalit Garg reports on launch of Sukhi Parivar Dham at Kavant, Gujarat, a social and spiritual programme for the upliftment of tribal and rural people. Sukhi Parivar moment aims to remove poverty, illiteracy and immorality.

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JAINA - West Coast Jain Leadership Summit
21.03.2007
Saturday, May 5th, 2007.
Jain Center of Northern California at Milpitas, CA
Invitation Letter

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The Antiquity of Jainism - Lecture By Dr. Ravsaheb Patil, Solapur
21.03.2007
You are cordially invited to the special program arranged by Arihant Jagruti Manch, Pune
On the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti on 31st March 2007, 5.30 P.M

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Articles/TheAntiquityofJainism-Lec.htm

 

Mahavir Foundation - Mahavir Jayanti Programme & Navkara Mantra Poojan
22.03.2007
Mahavir Jayanti Programme
Navkara Mantra Poojan

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Jainism for Business People
23.03.2007
Over the years Jains have enjoyed much success in business. What is the recipe for this success? Can it be applied to religion and will it deliver spiritual wealth in equal doses?
Answers by Mehool Sanghrajka:  28th March 2007 - Edgware, UK

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Spiritual Therapy For Heart Trouble
Samani Malli Pragya
23.03.2007
The heart is more important than the brain. It is a vital organ of our body. It acts as a bridge between the fundamental unit, cell and other systems of the body. Every organ of the body needs energy for function, which gets ready in the cell due to the oxidation of the food. Either the heart or the circulatory system takes in glucose from the digestive system and oxy­gen from the respiratory system, and then reaches the cells, and, moreover, helps us get energy for functioning.

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To keep in mind for the current day
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Abstract Thinking [18.08] Anupreksha Of Dutifulness - Dedication To Duty
18.03.2007
The first condition of dutifulness is - devotion and wakefulness. A person, who is devoted to the observance of duty, will never be remiss, do anything unjust or become a social parasite. One reason for the lack of dutifulness is the absence of love for the nation. If one's heart is filled with lofty patriotism, no room is left for remissness or negligence to arise. A person has also a duty to his family and to the development of his own character.

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Abstract Thinking [19.01] Anupreksha Of Self-Reliance
20.03.2007
Meditation is the ultimate object of human pursuit until this is distinctly seen; no good can result for the individual, the society or the country. In the successful completion of any work, clarity of vision is a point, which no person can overlook if he wants to make any progress. Energy accumulates through meditation and with this accumulated energy individuality is formed.

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Abstract Thinking [19.02] Anupreksha Of Self-Reliance - Self-Dependence And Effort
22.03.2007
The second flowering of our individual life is self-dependence. But where is self-dependence to be found? On the contrary, we find dependence upon another increasing day by day. You may have heard of an “amarbel" ('the ever-green creeper'). Although its name sounds so pleasant, it is a very dangerous creeper. The plant, upon which it starts growing, is as good as finished. It is not self-sufficient; it seeks support outside itself. And the most remarkable thing about it is that it starts consuming the very plant, which serves as its support.

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Abstract Thinking [19.03] Anupreksha Of Self-Reliance - Man And Manliness
24.03.2007
Man himself is the creator of his joy and sorrow. He himself is the architect of his fate.
The ruler is not the deity. He is not the incarnation of god. He is a man. Do not call him a god, simply as a prosperous person.
A book is created by a man. First the man, then the book. No book is divine.
The Order of the Universe is self-directed through the combination or mutual inter-action of eternal substances. It is not conducted by some omnipotent entity.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.06 Relativity - Relativity Is A Great Science
19.03.2007
The word syaad informs us of relativity. Without it we cannot know the truth nor can it be explained. This truth had been propounded two thousand five hundred years ago but our philosophers could not hold on to it. We should confer monkhood on the contemporary scientist who proved that without relativity truth cannot be explained. He got idea the of relativity so adroitly that today the scientific world looks towards it for all explanations. All science and scientific beliefs that developed before the idea of relativity now stand annulled.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.06Re.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.07 Relativity - The Method Of Thinking And Its Many Pictures
21.03.2007
In the Jain agamas there are five kinds of knowledge explained. Among them the fourth is manahaparyavagyan. The one who has this knowledge reads other people's minds. He is able to know how the other person is thinking. In Nandi sutra this knowledge has been discussed at length. In the discussion, the writer has posed many questions and given their answers too. The question: "Can manahaparyavagyan look into the mind of a person who lived ten thousand years ago?" In the text of the reply it is said, that, yes, it can be known very clearly. Another question asked is, "Can manahaparyavagyan know the mind of a person to be born fifty thousand years hence?" Time has become one. There is no past or future everything has become the present.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.08 Relativity - Dispersion Of Rays
23.03.2007
As a person thinks, his thoughts are turned into pictures by the mind. The picture is an exact translation of the thought. As soon as the second picture comes in, the first one vanishes from the head and moves to the atmosphere. This keeps happening. The picture that goes into the atmosphere may remain there for a million or billion years. So then why are we surprised to think we may be able to see Mahavir giving us his teachings? Why should it surprise us to think we may be able to see the person of Mahavir, Rishabha or Buddha.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [02.04] Psyche, Mind And Health - The Other Side
18.03.2007
If these types of chitta alone had been related to our life, we would never be successful in anything. This has the other side too, resulting from the pure vibrations of the subtle body. This side in the anavarana chitta. There is not just the cover; there is the exposure as well. It is only because of the exposure that we are able to develop our knowledge. Our consciousness is not completely covered.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [02.05] Psyche, Mind And Health - Enduring Chitta
19.03.2007
'Aman’ or absence of the mind is an important word. The mind passes through various states. One of the states is also that in which the mind ceases to be. That is the state of 'Aman’. The distinction that the chitta is enduring and the mind is the creation should be clearly understood. There is the mind if we create it. Where would the mind be if we do not create it? The mind, the speech and the body are the three factors. Among them the case of the mind and the speech is the same. The body would continue to exist so long as man is alive. In the case of the speech and the mind, we may create them when we wish and give them rest when we wish to do that. That is why the mind is not situated anywhere. We create it. If we do not create the mind, the state of Aman' will prevail. That is not the case with the chitta.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [02.06] Psyche, Mind And Health - Chitta, Mind and Bhava
20.03.2007
Let us understand the relationship between the chitta, the mind and the bhava. From the point of view of meditation, the subtle body adhyavasaya, leshya (Aura colouration), the chitta, the bhava and the mind form a complete chain, a total system linking the subtle world and the gross world. Whatever happens in the subtle world is expressed through the mind.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [02.07] Psyche, Mind And Health - Health And Purity Of Mind
21.03.2007
In the context of health, it is very important to discuss the chitta and the mind. It does not have to be a philosophical discussion. While having a philosophical discussion, we should make a definite statement about the form of the mind. Let us also consider the chitta and the mind in the context of health. The person who wishes to be healthy should think about having the proper diet to ensure the supply of vitamins, minerals, proteins. It is altogether an illusory idea to think that he would be healthy by having delicious food.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.01] Emotion And Health (Bhava And Svasthya)
22.03.2007
It is easy for us to know and understand the gross world since we live in it. Ours is a world the world of subtle. The subtle world is invisible so it is also unknowable. It cannot be easily known. The body is gross. The mind is subtle than the body. We are even able to understand the mind. The world of the bhava is very subtle.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.02] Emotion And Health - Emotion Is A Form (Svarup Hai Bhava)
23.03.2007
The concept of the influence of the bhava on our health is still not clear. The reason is that the mind and the bhava have been regarded as one. In reality, they are completely different. We have created a whole lot of problems by recognizing them as one. It is necessary to understand the form of the bhava in order to understand the distinction between the bhava and the mind.
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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.03] Emotion And Health - Original Source Of Emotion (Bhava Ka Srota)
24.03.2007
It is necessary to understand the definition of the bhava in order to understand it and to know its original source to know its definition. There are a large number of subtle centres inside our body. The original centre is the soul. The soul is encircled by kashaya. Kashaya vibrates with the soul. The vibrations of adhyavasaya influence the leshaya (Psychic colours). The vibrations of the leshaya into the body and give rise to the bhava. This is the long series and long process of the creation of the bhava.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.03] Technique - Preparation - Other Postures
19.03.2007
Recitation ofArham
Arham is a Sanskrit syllable (mantra). It has unique sound and its loud repetition has many beneficial effects, not only on the physical level but also on psychological and spiritual levels.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.05] Technique - First Step Of Practice Of Preksa - Relaxation (Kayotsarga)
21.03.2007
For a successful session of meditational practice, it is necessary to relax the whole body and eliminate muscular tension. Relaxation and meditation are not identical, but the latter cannot be performed properly unless the body becomes motionless. As long as the body is tense and the muscles contracted, the free flow of energy (prana) is inhibited and mental steadiness and concentration is not possible. Kayotsarga is thus an essential precondition of meditational practice.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.06] Technique - Second Step Of Practice Of Preksa Internal Trip (Antaryatra)
23.03.2007
Internal trip (antaryatra) follows kayotsarga.
This exercise promotes better generation of the nervous energy which is neces­sary for the subsequent meditation practice. It directs the flow of your spiritual energy in an upward direction, thereby weakening the force of psychological distortions such as cruelty and fear.

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The Quest For Truth - 05.04 - The Value Of The Independence Of Man (4) - The Doctrine Of Karmavad
18.03.2007
The common perception of karmavad has deeply influenced the Indian mind. Thrown into the mould of fatalism. Its influence has reduced the capacity for effort.
Mahavira propounded the principle of human effort (purushartha). His principle of purushartha was not against the principle of karma. Karma is the result of purushartha. That which is the resultant can also be the one to bring about change. By bringing to light the possibilities of karma ripening before time and transformation of karma, Mahavira made the law of karma second to purushartha. There is also the possibility of curtailing or increasing the duration of karma and also its power of fruition.

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The Quest For Truth - 06.01 - The Doctrine Of Karma - Background
20.03.2007
Some beings have physical experience but do not mentally perceive them. Some beings have perception but are not able to experience the sensations. Some beings have both perception and experience. The insentient neither knows nor experiences. These are tour alternative states. In the first case there is the ability to experience sensations but no perception (gyan). This is the lowest form of the sentient beings. This is the level of traits. Life can be lived at this level but consciousness cannot be developed. The other state is of pure gyan. There is no power of experience of sentiments here; there is only gyan. The medium of experience is the body. The emancipated soul does not have a body. That which does not have a body cannot experience that which is good or bad...does not come into contact with either of them.

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The Quest For Truth - 06.02 - The Doctrine Of Karma - The Cycle Of Karma (1)
22.03.2007
The soul has two states: that of acceptance of negative particles and that of non-acceptance of negative particles. To be in a state of pure knowledge is a state of non-acceptance. Knowledge is the nature of the soul. When it is in its very nature then falsities cannot enter and cause exchange of karmas or influence it.

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The Quest For Truth - 06.03 - The Doctrine Of Karma - The Cycle Of Karma (2)
24.03.2007
Karma is paudgolik or material and so insentient. It cannot be one who motivates action. The soul as a substance, acquires a certain state in the form of passions (attachments and aversions). Because of this, karmic matter gets attracted to it. It feeds the kashaya. This is how the process of kashaya begetting karma and karma begetting kashaya goes on. Perverted views, cravings, absence of self-realization are the three states that cause the influx of karma.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.05 Ladnun: Meeting Samanijis
Editors
28.03.2007
We next went to Samani Niyojika Akshay Pragyaji to deliver a message to her from Samani Nirmal Pragyaji who was in Mahatma. We were happy to meet again with Samani Akshay Pragyaji. In autumn 2001, she was in Berlin with Samani Parimal Pragya for some days in the week of Paryushan on her way to London. She explained the meaning of Paryushan festival to us, which inspired us to fast for 24 hours, our first fast ever.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.06 Ladnun: Meditation And Evening Activities
Editors
30.03.2007
Munishree Kishan Lalji guided us through a wonderful 30-minutes meditation. After relaxation, we were instructed to concentrate on breath, imagining it in the form of a golden column. While inhaling, we were advised to descend the column, while exhaling to ascend. Then we were advised to combine the descending and ascending movement of breath with Ar-Ham, an outline of the first line of Namokar Mantra,’ Namo Arihantanam’ - I bow down to Arihanta, the enlightened ones’.

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JVB London - Chitrabhanuji at Sayer Centre - Samanijis at SOAS 9th Jaina Studies Workshop
29.03.2007
On 10.03.2007 Joung Jains, UK, had invited Pujyashri Chitrabhanuji for a lecture on Walking the Path of a Spiritual Lifestyle at Sayer Centre.
On 22.03.2007 Samanijis were present at the
9th Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS: Jainism And Modernity

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/JVB_London/JVBLondon-Chitrabhanujiat.htm

 

Seminar On Jain Sanskar Vidhi in Raipur, Chhatisgarh
29.03.2007
On 18th February 2007, at Raipur, capital of Chhatisgarh, a seminar was held on Jain Sanskar Vidhi, the effect of actions.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Articles/SeminarOnJainSanskarVidhi.htm

 

Photo Documentation On 5th International Preksha Meditation Camp in Bhiwani, Haryana, India
Editors
29.03.2007
From 23rd to 30th October 2006, 5th International Preksha Meditation Camp (IPMC) took place at Bhiwani, Haryana. 140 participants from 14 countries attended the camp; the majority of 105 participants came from countries of the Russian Federation as Russia, Byelorussia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan; further from Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine and Moldavia. The remaining participants were from: 2 from Germany (originating from Russia), 2 from Italy, 3 from Nepal, 5 from Japan and 23 from India.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Articles/PhotoDocumentationOn5thIn.htm

 

JVB London - Report on Sunday Lectures Concerning Health
Editors
29.03.2007
Samani Prasanna Pragyaji has started on Sunday, 11 th March 2007 the series of lectures on health based on Lord Mahavira's outlook thereof. Her first lecture was titled “Who is ill? “ Second lecture on Sunday, 18 th March 2007, provided means for cure through Leshya Dhyan. In a telephone interview, Samani Prasanna Pragyaji gave a summary on her lectures for HereNow4U readers.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/JVB_London/JVBLondon-ReportonSundayL.htm 

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Abstract Thinking [19.04] Anupreksha Of Self-Reliance - Dependence Upon Oneself
26.03.2007
A prince was getting initiated. His parents said, "Prince! You are so tender, so very delicate. You are seeking initiation. You do not know that in case of illness, you will not be able to get yourself properly treated. For the sadhaks following the path of penance, all medical treatment is taboo. So what will you do when illness comes? Who will bring you food or drink? You will lie sick, tormented by hunger and thirst what will you achieve thereby?"

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/19/AbstractThinking19.04Anup.htm

Abstract Thinking [19.05] Anupreksha Of Self-Reliance - Youth and Self-Reliance
28.03.2007
The youth power has become a problem today. It is moving towards destruction. Look at the situation obtaining in the country. The energy of the youth of India is far more employed in destructive activities than constructive works. Every day we are faced with problems arising there from. The reason is that our energy is not being properly employed.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/19/AbstractThinking19.05Anup.htm

Abstract Thinking [19.06] Anupreksha Of Self-Reliance - The Misuse Of Power Has Created A Number Of Problems
30.03.2007
Acharya Sri Tulsi can serve as a model for the youth. When Acharya Sri was only 22 years old, he took upon himself the leadership of a powerful Order and he started developing it. He employed his energy in constructive works. At the very beginning, Acharya Sri's slogan was:
"We must not put our energy to destructive uses."

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/19/AbstractThinking19.06Anup.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.09 Relativity - Relativity Is Everything
25.03.2007
If our consciousness is able to tear away from the limits of time and space, then there would be no past, no future, it would all be the present and the present alone. Only the consciousness which becomes infinite, remains. Let us not get stuck with definitions of infinite. So much is clear that, to the enlightened, there is no past or future. They can see each event, whether it belonged to the past or is yet to happen, with tremendous clarity in the future. They can see it happening. To them there is only today, only the present. But of course it is worth reminding oneself that when there is no past or future, there is no present either. These three words lose all meaning. All that remains is the event, that which is. It does not disappear even in infinite time. Is this possible without relativity? Anything bound by time and space cannot be independent. Time and space are connected to our events. This is so because no event can be explained without time and space. We take the help of these two measures and explain events. Without them the explanation is not possible.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.09Re.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.10 Relativity - The Two Rules Of Anekanta
27.03.2007
The search for truth should not turn into a labyrinthine one. The man who sets out in search of truth should not get lost in a labyrinth. To grapple with all these problems anekanta has given two rules, which I have explained in detail. The two basic rules are: primary and secondary. Man knows one primary manifested mode, the mode that stares him in the face. But he should not forget that behind it are many unmanifested modes.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.10Re.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.11 Relativity - Why Is Dinner Prohibited After Sunset?
29.03.2007
Once a question was posed to me as to why dinner after sunset is prohibited amongst the Jains? Honestly, can there be a time specified even for hunger? It is practical to eat when hungry. This is the only valid rule. For hunger there can be no day or night. How does light or darkness matter?

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.11Re.htm

Anekanta : The Third Eye 3.12 Syaad Is The Royal Pathway
31.03.2007
Every statement is with reference to something. Absolute statements cannot exist. Anekanta shows us the way to understand this secret. It reduces attachments and aversions. The use of the word syaad is the royal pathway through which we can cross the most dangerous ravines. This is such a royal path that evens out the ups and downs along its way making travel easy.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Anekanta_The_Third_Eye/03/AnekantaTheThirdEye3.12Re.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.04] Emotion And Health - Emotion And Impetus (Bhavana and Samvega)
25.03.2007
The emotion and the impetus (bhavana and samvega) are the two terms used in Psychology. The emotion and the impetus are synthesised to such an extent that it is not easy to divide them. The bhava is the original source. The bhava does not get expressed. It remains within. When the bhava becomes intense, samvega (impetus) arises. It is only impetus that brings man into the state of happiness or misery. The bhava remains in the background.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/03/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-4.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.05] Emotion And Health - Emotion, Impetus And Health (Bhava, Samvega And Svasthya)
26.03.2007
Now let us think about the question of the relation between the bhava, impetus and health. Now think on this question. Ragashaya and dveshashaya these do not influence health directly. When the bhava influences health then it turns into the impetus. These cannot directly influence health. These influence health through the body. The brain is the most important part of our body.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/03/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-5.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.06] Emotion And Health - Physical, Mental And Emotional Disease (Vyadhi, Aadhi And Upadhi)
27.03.2007
Three words are used in preksha dhyan: Vyadhi (physical disease), adhi (mental diseases) and upadhi (emotional disease). Leaving aside mental illness, if we think about health along with physical illness and mental suffering, the problem would not be solved. A gentleman said, "Maharaj, I had got my tests done everywhere, and had diagnosis done through microscopic instruments. The doctors say that I have no disease and I am in the best of health. But the fact is that I am feeling ill. I am in trouble, I am in pain."

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.07] Emotion And Health - Emotion And Aura (Bhava And Abhamandala)
28.03.2007
Actually, that illness which has neither affected the body nor the mind is neither somatic nor psychosomatic. It is neither a physical nor a mental illness. It is an illness related to the emotions. It has got into the world of the bhava. Research in the modern medical science can be a witness to it.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/03/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-7.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.08] Emotion And Health - Detachment Is The Formula For Health
29.03.2007
Mahatma Gandhi used to say, "I shall never fall ill, because I am following the path of detachment and also trying to keep myself away from attachment and malevolence." It is absolutely true that a dispassionate person can neve fall ill. Let us forget about those minor illnesses which come now and then. But the sources of major illnesses are attachment and malevolence, or the emotional impulse resulting from the intent of attachment and malevolence.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/03/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-8.htm

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.09] Emotion And Health - Secrets Of Mahavira's Health
30.03.2007
If we think from the point of medical science or from the point of view of a doctor, Mahavira could never have been healthy. He took no nourishing food at all during the twelve and a half years of his sadhana. He performed only penance and fasted. He took no food and no water. He broke his fast with whatever plain and simple food that was available. His body got no nourishment at all. Still he was no perturbed.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/03/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-9.htm

 

Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.10] Emotion And Health - Bhava And Diseases
31.03.2007
We pay lot of attention to external causes, to virus and germs and consider them to be the root of all diseases. We reduce even the mind to a secondary position and also reduce the bhavas to the same position. Our immunity system, our resisting power against the disease does not depend on these external factors. Its source lies in the purity of the mind, or going beyond, in the purity of the bhava and the leshya. Or going even beyond, it lies in the purity of adhyavasaya. And even beyond this there is a source that is subsidence of kashaya.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Scripture_Of_Health/03/LordMahavirasScriptureOfH-10.htm

Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.07.1] Technique - 3rd Step Of Practice - Perception Of Breath (1)
25.03.2007
Breath is the source of vital energy - source of life. An efficient and easy way to control mental activity is perception of properly regulated breath. Breathing must be regulated to be deep, slow, calm and rhythmic. Complete exhalation and slow inhalation by the use of diaphragm is called dirgha svasa (i.e. deep or diaphragmatic breathing).

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Preksa_Dhyana/05/PreksaDhyana-TheoryAndPra-7.htm

Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.07.2] Technique - 3rd Step Of Practice - Perception Of Breath (2)
27.03.2007
Throughout our daily experience we encounter manifestation and coexistence of two opposing principles such as unity and multiplicity, creation and destruction, positive and negative, hot and cold. Normally the opposing forces are in equilibrium. In our body also, there is normally an equilibrium between the two opposite components of the autonomic nervous system - sympathetic and parasympathetic. For optimum health conditions (called homeostasis), a balanced equilibrium must be maintained.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.07.3] Technique - 3rd Step Of Practice - Perception Of Breath (3)
29.03.2007
In the previous exercise the perception of breathing through alternate (nostrils) was performed without pause between inhalation and exhalation, i.e. without holding the breath. This technique can be made more effective by the modification of the rhythm, by introducing retention of the breath between each exhalation and inhalation. The time of holding the breath is to be adjusted according to the ability of the practitioner and in any case it should not produce any discomfort. This modified technique increases the steadiness of mind and awareness.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.07.4] Technique - 3rd Step Of Practice - Perception of Body
31.03.2007
The technique of Sarira Preksa ( perception of body) is an efficient means to re-establish one's contact with his body and to develop one's ability to trigger beneficial mechanism.
The process is centripetal, that is, from outside to inside. Commencing with the outermost layer of the body, one has to penetrate deeply inside.

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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.07 Ladnun - Hariyal
Editors
02.04.2007
We never will forget this meaning- and in our memory - so colourful ride through the desert from Ladnun to Hariyal with Samanijis Param & Punya Pragya. As announced, we started at 07:30; Samanijis were already at the meeting point. After Mangal Path from Munishree Kishan Lalji and farewell from Munishree Neeraj Kumarji, we witnessed how the Samanijis took their leave. We felt happy and blessed and understood that another auspicious day was about to start.
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HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.08 Hariyal
Editors
03.04.2007
Ahimsa Yatra, headed by Dr. Baid, MD and MLA Rajasthan, reached Hariyal 15 minutes after we had arrived. Yuvacharya Mahashramanji and a group of monks drew Acharyashree’s chariot through the sands of the desert with admirable equanimity and the same speed as on the asphalted pavement from Taranagar to Mahatma. Lay followers chanted Mantras and prayers; everyone gave his heartiest welcome to Ahimsa Yatra.
Update: 6.4.2007: 1 video added.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Living_Jainism_Tour/05/HereNow4U-LivingJainismTo-8.htm

 

HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.09 Arrival in Tamkor
Editors
04.04.2007
In Tamkor, our adorable host was Shri Ratan Lalji Nahata, in worldly relations, the father of Samani Pratibha Pragyaji. When he heard that we planned our ‘Living Jainism Tour 2006’, he submitted the invitation to stay with his family in Tamkor, when H.H. Acharya Mahaprajnaji would visit his birthplace. He and his wife welcomed us like family members.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Living_Jainism_Tour/05/HereNow4U-LivingJainismTo-9.htm

 

HereNow4U - Living Jainism Tour 2006 - 05.10 Tamkor
Editors
06.04.2007
Tamkor was well prepared for the joyful event. The town celebrated its great son with festive ornaments on all streets, Ahimsa Yatra was supposed to pass. Acharyashree’s portrait greeted from walls, maximum-sized placards, and fronts. People highly concentrated were about to polish a decoration here, and to give some last paintbrush there. There was no nervosity in the atmosphere; the calmness of the town was not disturbed by loud voices or hectic action. The event was organised perfectly.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Living_Jainism_Tour/05/HereNow4U-LivingJainismTo-10.htm

Mahavira Jayanti - 2606th Birthday of Bhagwan Mahavira
Acharya Mahaprajna
01.04.2007
I wish to present an idea before the world's government in power – In order to get solution to the problems deliberations are made from political, economic and materialistic point of view. Similarly, deliberations are required to be made from the points of view of non-violence and non-absolutistic approach (that is taking into consideration all points of view).

If “Ahimsa Ayoga” (Non-violence Commission) is set up for such purposes, we can hope for sentimental behavior in human relations.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Press_Reviews/MahaviraJayanti-2606thBir.htm

 

Mahavira's Philosophy Of Absolute Love
Acharya Mahaprajna
01.04.2007
Indiatimes
One may ask: If love is dominated with worldly attachment, then how can worldly attachment and renunciation be made compatible?
We can trace out the source of compatibility between worldly attachment and renunciation by keeping in view the philosophy of Anekant. When there is attachment towards materialism, detachment towards consciousness is created.
When attachment towards consciousness exists, detachment towards materialism becomes natural. Love that is defined by bodily attachment generates problems.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Press_Reviews/MahavirasPhilosophyOfAbso.htm

Quest For Truth
Acharya Mahaprajna
01.04.2007
Deccan Herald
A mind without thoughts, a mind full of thoughts and concrete information based on the senses cannot constitute knowledge. To Kant, both senses-based knowledge and thinking were necessary. Knowledge and truth are definite. Truth comes from the knowledge of the senses and definiteness from thoughts.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Press_Reviews/QuestForTruth.htm

 

Sonia Gandhi Celebrates Mahavir Jayanti At Home
Lalith Garg
02.04.2007
Speaking at a function held at the residence of AICC president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi on occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, she said, bhagwan mahavir immortal teaching of live and let live is as relevant today as it was about 2606 years ago. Sonia Gandhi said, we want peace and harmony because there is no alternative to it. In the age of nuclear bomb, communal violence and terrorism there is no way to resolve problems other than through peaceful and non-violence means. She said people need to adopt the golden principal of non-violence, anekanta, world peace, brotherhood and communal harmony that was proposed by mahavir.

http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Articles/SoniaGandhiCelebratesMaha.htm

 

The Jain Tradition of Meditation
Acharya Tulsi
03.04.2007
The history of meditation is as old as the history of religion. The relation between religion and meditation is such that one cannot be without the other. Meditation is fundamental to religion. Still, a time came when meditation and religion got separated.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Articles/TheJainTraditionofMeditat.htm

 

Worldpeace - Acharya Mahapragya And Non-Violence
Secretariat, Jain Shwetambar Terapanth
03.04.2007
Never before in history did the suicidal evil of violence manifest itself so abundantly as now. Never before did it assume such ugly and varied forms. Morality and spirituality have taken a back seat; brute force and vulgar materialism hold sway over a large number of people who practice unashamed violence in its multifarious forms to seize power and wealth. Violence against living beings and against nature has put a curse on entire universe.
It is in the above context that saints like Acharya Mahapragya assume the status of a likely saviour of mankind.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Press_Reviews/Worldpeace-AcharyaMahapra.htm

 

Jaipur - Munishree Rakesh Kumar Got Medical Support By Dr. Solanki
03.04.2007
On 2nd April 2007, Shri Sampat Kumarji Gadhaiya, Smt. Premji and Shri Balwant Mehta visited Munishree Rakesh Kumarji at Shyam Nagar Bikshu Sadhana Kendra, Jaipur and remarked that he had knee problems. He was injured twelve days ago, when he had fell into a ditch.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Articles/MunishreeRakeshKumarGotMe.htm

 

JVB London - Vision & Values Seminar For The Youth on Friday 06.04.2007
04.04.2007
Mr Bajrang L Jain will lead the seminar.
The visions and values we hold inside ourselves are reflected in our behaviour and dealings with the outside world.
These are easily acquired by youths from the outside influences and that develops their personality for the better or for worse.
The seminar will deal with these issues and how to develop better personality and to have harmonious relationships with the others.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/JVB_London/JVBLondon-VisionValuesSem-2.htm

 

PREKSHADHYAN - An Introduction [ 1 ] The Making of Personality
Acharya Mahaprajna
05.04.2007
An introduction in  8 chapters: - The Making of Personality - Relief from Tension - Time Management - Self Management - Physical Health - Mental Health - Emotional Health - Working Proficiency

There is a profound relationship between an individual and society, like that between a drop and a ocean. The drop and the ocean like the individual and the world cannot be separated and therefore they cannot be viewed in isolation. Two Sanskrit words Pind and Brahmand are very well known. Whatever is in the embryo is in the universe and whatever is in the universe is in the embryo. According to the philosophy of Anekant, the relation between the individual (the embryo) and the collectivity or society is so close that it cannot be severed. There is a saying that shaking a finger results in shaking the whole world. The commentators have put the whole concept instructively thus: whenever a sage or anyone tears a cloth, some particles of the atoms thus released may travel thousands of miles and may cause ripples in a sheet of water if they strike it. This encapsulates the entire theory of the environment. Everyone and everything is so closely related to one another that it is undesirable to harm, obstruct or oppress anyone or anything. We should experience this all pervasive universal interrelatedness. It applies to the individual and society as well.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/PREKSHADHYAN/PREKSHADHYAN-AnIntroducti.htm

 

PREKSHADHYAN - An Introduction [ 2 ] Relief from Tension
Acharya Mahaprajna
07.04.2007
Man is full of passions. The cycle of passions is operating within the definition of doctrine of Karma. Going by the Vedas, Rajogun and Tamogun are active, i.e. the disposition of activity or passion (rajas) and that ignorance, moroseness, inertness or maliciousness (tamas) are at work. Tension is the effect not the cause. There are many causes of tension. In the language of doctrine of Karma the biggest cause of tension is Mohakarma (the fourth deluding Karma out of eight Karmas at whose appearance a soul is subject to attachment, hatred, passion, sexual enjoyment and falsehood), which causes anger, pride, greed, fear, hatred and lust, all of which generate tension. Besides rajogun and tamogun, there are physical cusses also leading to tension.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/PREKSHADHYAN/PREKSHADHYAN-AnIntroducti-2.htm

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Abstract Thinking [20.01] Anupreksha Of Truth - Anupreksha Of Truth
01.04.2007
One important accomplishment of meditation is - movement in the direction of truth, the practice of living the truth. Not to make an attempt to falsify the truth is an achievement of meditation. If, even after passing through the process of meditation, we have not been able to develop a realistic outlook, it means that our meditation has not yet matured. Meditation should lead to a spiritual consummation; spirituality must flower.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/20/AbstractThinking20.01Anup.htm

 

Abstract Thinking [20.02] Anupreksha Of Truth - Statable Truth
04.04.2007
We want to know the eternal, the infinite, the whole truth. This demand is never fulfilled. We only come to know a very small part of the infinite, of the whole. Discontented with what is given, we start struggling for the whole and our struggle never ends. The best thing for a man would have been not to have spoken at all. At least not about truth. Had he used his tongue only for the fulfillment of practical needs, there would have been no wars.
http://www.herenow4u.de/Pages/eng/Sections/Abstract_Thinking/20/AbstractThinking20.21Anup.htm

 

Abstract Thinking [20.03] Anupreksha Of Truth - What is Truth?
05.04.2007
A vision of the real, the actual, may be said to consist in the truth of a point-of-view or the view-point of truth. The enunciation of the real constitutes the truth of speech. The vow to speak the truth is an aspect of character, of behaviour. He who takes the vow of speaking the truth utters only that which is real, the “what is” and “what is alone” conforms to the religion of non-violence.
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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.01 Third Eye 1 - The Philosophical Journey: Travel Guide Of Anekanta
02.04.2007
To the man with right perceptions, all philosophies seem true and to the man with warped perceptions, every philosophy seems baseless or untrue. The truth or untruth of a sastra js dependent on our vision. When the eye of anekanta is opened then everything seems true, nothing is baseless. As long as we see with only the two physical eyes, things get divided into true and false. One person is loved and another not loved. One thing is acceptable and another, not. But when the third eye is opened then there are no likes or dislikes, there is only an entity. When the third eye is opened then nothing is destroyed or created, nothing is permanent or eternal, a third category is formed. This third eye is that of anekanta.
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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.02 Third Eye 1 - The Secret Of Anekanta: The Opening Of The Third Eye
04.04.2007
The Acharyas of anekanta have said that there is nothing permanent or impermanent in the world. The eye that looks for permanence is one and the eye that looks for impermanence is another. But the third eye is that which sees the truth. When that third eye opens, a third category comes into being. That is neither permanent nor impermanent but is both permanent and impermanent. One man sees equality. Another sees the inequality. But with the opening of the third eye, there is no equality or inequality, everything is both equal and unequal… making for a separate category.
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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.03 Third Eye 1 - Truth The Third Category
06.04.2007
When the third eye opens, the existing does not remain the truth, the non-existent does not remain the truth, but a third category comes into being which is a unison of both existence and non-existence. Some say an object can be described, some say it cannot. Some say that a certain thing can be said while some others say it cannot be said. One philosophical view believes that one can describe an object verbally and another believes that one cannot describe an object verbally.
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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.11] Emotion And Health - Aura And Purification Of Bhava
01.04.2007
With the purification of the bhava, one's leshya becomes pure. The aura of the body changes. Concentration on this aura is widely practised during prekshadhyana. Our colours are associated with our breathing. While breathing, we are not aware of the colour we are breathing in. Our breath is sometimes black in colour, and sometimes blue, sometimes green and sometimes yellow and sometimes white.
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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [03.12] Emotion And Health - Question Of Health Related To The Purification Of Emotion
02.04.2007
If we go a little deeper into the question of health, we shall have to go very much further. Whatever has been accepted today and whatever truth we have found is not all that is there. We shall have to look still further.
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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.01] Bio-Potential And Health (Paryapti and Svasthya)
03.04.2007
Some scholars thought directly about health and some thought about other related factors. Therefore, innumerable causes came to be related to the question of health.
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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.02] Bio-Potential And Health - Body And Health (Sharira And Svasthya)
04.04.2007
We are discussing the sermon and health theory as propounded by Lord Mahavira. Mahavira mentioned five types of the body: the gross body - the protease body [capable of transformation at will] - the communication body [created ad hoc] - the luminous body - the subtler body.
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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.03] Bio-Potential And Health - Knowledge - Concordant Parts (Gyana - Samvadi Anga)
05.04.2007
There are five senses of the concomitant part of knowledge. Our consciousness is expressed through these senses. If we go beyond this, there is a centre of consciousness between the sensuous consciousness and the super sensuous consciousness, which is the pratibha chetana or the ingenious consciousness, known as sambhinnasrotolabdhi.
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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.04] Bio-Potential And Health - Bio-Potential, The Vital Power (Paryapti, Jivani Shakti)
06.04.2007
Throat, the thyroid portion of the body, is the centre of food paryapti. Here is a process of chayapachaya (increase and decrease). This is a very important part of the body. The centre of the body potential is the navel, which is the fundamental centre in the structure of our body. Sage Patanjali said, Nabichakre Kayavyuhagyanam "We know about the structure of our whole body through the nabhi chakra". The knowledge of whole body structure is known by concentrating on the navel. The navel has significant role in Yoga as well as from the physiological point of view. The navel is the central point. The nourishment that the body constantly needs comes through the navel. It is through the navel that the particles of matter are continuously absorbed from outside. The function of absorption runs continuously.
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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.07.5] Technique - 3rd Step Of Practice - Perception Of Psychic Centres
02.04.2007
Psychological distortions such as cruelty, retaliation, hate, fear etc. have their origin in the unbalanced and unregulated secretions of adrenals and gonads. They generate negative attitudes and irrational behaviour and result in psychic uncleanliness. It is therefore obvious that to cleanse the psyche, we have to regulate the endocrine output and eradicate distortions from our mental tendencies and behaviour.
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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.07.6] Technique - 3rd Step Of Practice - Perception Of Psychic Colours
06.04.2007
Psychological distortions such as cruelty, retaliation, hate, fear etc. have their origin in the unbalanced and unregulated secretions of adrenals and gonads. They generate negative attitudes and irrational behaviour and result in psychic uncleanliness. It is therefore obvious that to cleanse the psyche, we have to regulate the endocrine output and eradicate distortions from our mental tendencies and behaviour.
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Noted Marathi scholar Professor Shivajirao Bhosale was elected as
President of 17th All India Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan to be held at
Akluj District Solapur on 26th and 27th May 2007.

This is the first time that a Non-born Jain is being elected for the
post.

Professor Shivajirao Bhosale has a vast knowledge of Jain Philosophy
and in personal life he follows the Jain vows (Anuvrata) and do Samayik
every day.

-Mahavir Sanglikar
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Maharashtra Jain Sahitya Parishad Kolhapur Cordially Invites You to

17th All India Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan

The Sammelan Includes:

Various Seminars
Kavi Sammelan
Cultural Programs
Book Exhibition
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Holy Attendance: Param Pujya Bhattarak Laxmisen Maharaj, Kolhapur

President: Professor Shivajirao Bhosale

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Venue: Kantilal Sanskritik Bhavan, Shankar Nagar
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Abstract Thinking [20.04] Anupreksha Of Truth - Seek the Truth for Yourself
08.04.2007
The field of spirituality is a scientific one. It is a field in which everyone has to own a scientific outlook. Whoever traverses this path has to become a scientist. It is not that Acharya Tulsi becomes the scientist, seeks the truth and all others become his followers and exploit the truth realized by him. No, it does not happen like that. Every sadhak has to become a scientist, every sadhak has to experiment for himself and realize the truth on his own.
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Abstract Thinking [20.05] Anupreksha Of Truth - Ignorance Of Truth Is The Problem
12.04.2007
To come to know the truth presents the biggest problem, ignorance of truth is at the root of all our difficulties. If man comes to know the truth, he would be free of all problems. Actually, there is no problem except the problem created by man's ignorance of truth.
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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.04 Third Eye 1 - Anger: Reason And Pacification
08.04.2007
A campaign was launched: Grow more grains. Use chemical fertilizers and improve yield. This order came into being. With chemical fertilizers, the yield no doubt, increased, but the nutrition in the grain decreased. Grain became harmful to such an extent that those who consumed it, even died at times. On the one hand we make attempts to control population. On the other we have medicines trying to improve the longevity of man. And at another level we have the use of chemical fertilizers that takes the lives of people without intending to.
This is a cheap option to reduce the population. Poisonous medicine, poisonous grain and family planning. . . I can see no difference between the three. All three seem to say the same thing. Politicians are very clever. They do not opt for direct killing instead they advocate the use of material that is sweet to taste but meets their ends too.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.05 Third Eye 1 - Third Eye Means Equanimity
10.04.2007
Our third eye is the eye of equanimity. We have two eyes. Our right eye symbolizes attachment and the left, aversion.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.06 Third Eye 1 - The Left Eye Has Some Peculiarities
12.04.2007
As long as the two eyes denote like and dislike, anger will remain. Anger dissolves with the opening of the third eye. The third eye is the eye of equanimity. Then there is no attachment or aversion for matter, but a realistic view, a true view. This is equanimity. Matter is just matter. No matter is likeable or dislikeable.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.07 Third Eye 1 - The Great Maxim For Meditational Practice: Anekanta
14.04.2007
Anekanta is not merely a metaphysical concept. It is our complete guide to practical life. It is a great maxim for meditational practice. As long as passions are not assuaged, likes and dislikes are not reduced, the third eye of anekanta is not available for us.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.05] Bio-Potential And Health - Basic Food Of Life (Jivana Ka Mulbhuta Aahara)
08.04.2007
Paryapti with regard to food and paryapti with regard to body are basic foundation in life. How long a particular  person would live depends on the paryapti with regard to food. Thyroid and the paryapti with regard to food are closely related. Life span of a person would depend on his paryapti with regard to food. Without the paryapti with regard to food, a person would die.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.06] Bio-Potential And Health - Centre Is In The Brain
09.04.2007
The centre of the paryapti with regard to the senses is in our brain. The centres for hearing and seeing are also in the brain. The centre for the paryapti with regard to the respiration is in the brain.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.07] Bio-Potential And Health - Bio-Potential Regarding Food (Ahara Paryapti)
10.04.2007
It has been said that one should concentrate on the throat for an hour and fifteen minutes. This is because it would help the formation of thyroxin or the secretion from the thyroid gland, and the process of metabolism would be proper. Thyroid is related not only with our process of metabolism but also with our instincts. If the functioning of the thyroid is not correct one can start having mental disturbances like fear, depression, etc.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.08] Bio-Potential And Health - Bio-Potential With Regard To The Body (Sharira Paryapti)
11.04.2007
The next question is about the paryapti with regard to the body. Man creates obstruction even in the paryapti with regard to the body. There is an expression in popular language meaning the shifting of the navel. Whether one believes it or not, but it is the fact that, when the navel shifts from its place, the whole system is disturbed. Once it is restored to its place, the person becomes immediately healthy. This is a matter proved by experiment and experience, whether science accepts it or not.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.09] Bio-Potential And Health - Key To Health (Svasthya Ki Kunji)
12.04.2007
This question was considered from the metaphysical point of view. This is the main centre of fire-bearing particles. The portion of the body between the anus and the navel is said to be the centre of apana prana (One of the five pranas which comes out through the anus).

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.10] Bio-Potential And Health - Paryapti Regarding Senses And Health
13.04.2007
In prekshadhyana, one is asked to concentrate on all the five senses. The process of concentration on the paryaptis in also well developed, but no experiments have been conducted in this field so far. It is necessary to pay attention to the paryapti with regard to the senses along with the paryapti with regard to food and the body. You can remain healthy if your senses are healthy. You must concentrate on the eyes for five minutes, on the ears for five minutes and on the nose for ten minutes. You would then be free from many troubles as well as physical ailments. This has been proved through experience.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.11] Bio-Potential And Health - Paryapti with Regard to Respiration and Health
14.04.2007
The fourth paryapti is with regard to respiration. Its relation to health is very evident. Further discussion on the subject does not seem necessary. The person, who has practised proper respiration and kept the paryaptis with regard to respiration in the proper state, has been spared of many troubles.
Proper breathing is the function of the paryapti with regard to respiration.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.07.7] Technique - 3rd Step Of Practice - Practice Of Contemplation
09.04.2007
Practice of contemplation is an important exercise in the system of Preksa Dhyana. As stated earlier the practice of contemplation falls into two categories:
1) To contemplate and reflect on what is eternal, true and real as the thought process concentrates on a single facet of reality, contemplation becomes a real experience and the prac­titioner is face to face with reality.
2) To effect attitudinal changes by the process of auto­ suggestion and repeated recitation. This exercise is a practical application of will-power which has been developed and rein­forced by prior practice and perceptual meditation. In this exer­cise, counter-vibrations capable of countermanding the effects or activators of negative attitude are generated.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.08.1] Technique - Contemplation Of Transitoriness
13.04.2007
Reflect on the basic principle that "what is transient is not permanent"

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.08.2] Technique - Contemplation Of Fearlessness
14.04.2007
Contemplate on the high moral value of this virtue on the following lines:
Fear withers even the developed abilities and does not permit the latent ones to be developed.
I must, therefore, strive to attain the virtue of fearlessness.
Everybody tries to frighten one who is afraid.
Fear makes one a coward.
A coward does neither attract respect nor sympathy.
I firmly resolve to attain fearlessness to develop latent inner strength.
Undoubtedly I will attain freedom from fear.

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Postal Addresses of famous Jains Required for Listing in Jain
Sampark Nirdeshika

On the occasion of 17th Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan to be held at
Akluj in Solapur District of Maharashtra on 26th & 27th May 2007, we
are going to publish Jain Sampark Nirdeshika (Jain Directory). For
listing in the directory, we require postal addresses of famous and
achiever Jains like:

I.A.S. Officers
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Judges
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Postal Addresses of famous Jains Required for Listing in Jain
Sampark Nirdeshika

On the occasion of 17th Marathi Jain Sahitya Sammelan to be held at
Akluj in Solapur District of Maharashtra on 26th & 27th May 2007, we
are going to publish Jain Sampark Nirdeshika (Jain Directory). For
listing in the directory, we require postal addresses of famous and
achiever Jains like:

I.A.S. Officers
I.P.S. Officers
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Politicians
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Writers
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Jain Friends
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Cell: 09890203549

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Abstract Thinking [20.06] Anupreksha Of Truth - Exploration of Truth
18.04.2007
What is truth? This question has been discussed since the beginning of time. That which is eternal and unchanging is truth, but that is not the only truth.

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Abstract Thinking [20.07] Anupreksha Of Truth - Two Aspects Of Truth - Existentialism And Utilitarianism
19.04.2007
Lord Mahavira was a veetaraaga; he had a direct experience of truth. What he said was not based on anything he heard or read, but was the outcome of his own direct experience of truth. Therefore his words naturally came to us as a revelation of truth and of self-realization.

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Abstract Thinking [20.08] Anupreksha Of Truth - Obstacles To Truth
20.04.2007
Truth is not outside the soul. Truth is not to be sought - it is already there. We have only to remove obstacles, which obstruct its manifestation. It is because of obstacles that truth appears to be distant, far off. When the obstacles are removed, no duality exists between truth and ourselves.

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Abstract Thinking [20.09] Anupreksha Of Truth - Truth Is Ever Free And Unconditioned
21.04.2007
Truth is ever free and unconditioned. Every sect maintains, "Our creed alone is true!" This upholding of one's own creed as truth only serves to advance untruth. Lord Mahavira said: "Anekanta (many-sided perception) is true; one-sided perception is not true.' A total, comprehensive view constitutes truth. Yet the aphorism read: "Only unconditioned observation is true."

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.08 Third Eye 1 - Anekanta Is The Real Eye
17.04.2007
One gentleman asked, "Is there rebirth? After death is the soul born again? Is this possible?" I replied that if you know destruction and creation, then rebirth is possible.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.09 Third Eye 1 - Permanence Is The Third Eye
18.04.2007
Origination and cessation are two principles. The third is permanence or dhrauvya. Dhruv means immortal. That which never dies is dhruv. That which never comes to an end. Dhrauvya is the third eye. We have to open this. This is the eye, which discerns the truth. Once this opens the question of rebirth just does not arise.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.10 Third Eye 1 - Man Is Male And Fernale
19.04.2007
A gentleman asked, "Girls become boys and boys, girls. Sex change is brought about. Is this true? Is it possible?”
I said that it was not impossible. If we look at them with only two eyes, then it is impossible. Because till now we have seen that a boy is born as one and dies as one and similarly a girl is born as one and dies as a girl too. Our two eyes are used to categorize a boy as the male and a girl as the female. We have not seen a girl change into a boy or a boy change into a girl. So with our present vision we find it impossible to imagine. To see the reality the third eye is necessary. The eye of anekanta is necessary. If we look through the eyes of anekanta, it will seem possible. No possibility will seem remote.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.11 Third Eye 1 - The World Of Unmanifested Modes
20.04.2007
Think about this on the basis of anekanta. The information gained from gross or manifest modes is not complete. The world of manifested modes is very small. That which is not manifested is a much larger world. Gross modes are few, the subtle ones many more. As long as we do not step into the world of the unmanifested or subtle modes, all decisions will be single dimensional, incomplete. From the viewpoint of anekanta, they would be considered untrue.

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Anekanta : The Third Eye 4.12 Third Eye 1 - Science Benefits Religion
21.04.2007
Common people without hesitation say science has killed religion. I believe that nothing else has fostered religion as science has. If science had not explored and discovered the world of the subtle modes and subtle truths then the many dogmatic philosophers would have turned more violent .and that would have resulted in many more conflicts. The third eye of philosophers is not open yet and so there is constant dialogue and argument. They see only with two eyes.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.12] Bio-Potential And Health - Paryapti With Regard To Speech And Health
15.04.2007
Let us now think about the paryaptis with regard to speech and the mind. Actually, the paryaptis with regard to speech and health do not appear to have a direct relation. But speech also has a great influence on health. If we take too much work from the paryapti with regard to speech, there would be problems. If a person goes on speaking beyond the active capacity of the paryapti with regard to language, his vital energy would be depleted and his health would be affected.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [04.13] Bio-Potential And Health - Health And Self-Restraint (Svasthya And Samyama)
16.04.2007
The paryapti with regard to food needs rest. That is why it is said that we must control our eating and not go on eating day and night. The paryapti of the body also needs rest. Hence we should not work the whole day. The paryapti of the senses too needs rest. Therefore, we should not take work from our senses all through the day. Breathing also needs a respite. Hence, we should not breathe fast. Of course, it is necessary to breathe, because man cannot remain alive without breathing.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [05.01] Who Is Ill? (Rugna Kauri)
17.04.2007
Happiness and unhappiness are the two main phenomena of life. Health is very closely related to happiness. It is said that happiness is of varied kinds. One of them is health. Unhappiness is also said to be of many kinds. One of them is disease. Health is happiness, disease is unhappiness.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [05.02] Who Is Ill? - Illness Affects The Whole Body
18.04.2007
There is an incident mentioned in the Bhagvatisutra, according to which Mahavira once asked Gautama. "Is the wheel of this cart is whole or fragmented? Is it unbroken or broken? Is it part of the umbrella or the whole umbrella? Gautama said, "Lord, which is only a part is not the complete wheel. Which is only apart is not the whole umbrella. When it becomes whole, it becomes the wheel and the umbrella.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [05.03] Who Is Ill? - Who is Unhappy?
19.04.2007
There is third principle regarding this. Mahavira was asked, "Who is affected by unhappiness, the one who is unhappy or the one who is not unhappy?"
Mahavira said, "One who is unhappy is affected by unhappiness. One who is not unhappy is never affected by unhappiness."

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Lord Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [05.04] Who Is Ill? - What Type Of Person - What Type Of Disease?
20.04.2007
Let us try to understand Mahavira's idea of health from these three points of view. The non-absolutism approach lays down that the organ and the one whose organ it is, should not be regarded as distinct. If they are regarded as distinct, they will form separate units. No organ is independent unit. The organ and the one whose organ it is are linked together.

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Lord Mahavira's Scripture Of Health [05.06] Who Is Ill? - Fifth Kind Of Pain
21.04.2007
The Acharyas have mentioned four kinds of pain: natural pain, physical pain, mental pain, sudden pain. The pain on account of an accident is sudden pain. Some one hit you with a stone, and you received an injury. That is a sudden pain. It has no relation either with the body or the mind. There is a natural pain, like the pain resulting from hunger and thirst. There is a Sanskrit phrase kshujjatharagnija pida "which refers to the pain due to digestion is hunger"

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.08.3] Technique - Contemplation Of Forbearance
18.04.2007
Here the word forbearance refers to one's ability for a voluntary self-control that helps one to endure physical pain, mental anguish or any other unpleasant vicissitudes of life with equanimity. It stresses self-controlled abstinence from impulsive action in face of grave provocation such as opposing or hostile action or views.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [5.08.4] Technique - Contemplation of Modesty
19.04.2007
Here the word modesty is used as an antonym of arrogance or haughtiness. It does not imply meekness or shyness but is a positive virtue of being gentle, kind and non-violent (not rough) in one's behaviour.

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [6.01] Benefits - Mental Happiness
20.04.2007
Any wise person, before undertaking an exercise, will think about its result. A practitioner (being wise) will also do the same. He would like to know what the benefits are accruing from the practice of Preksa Dhyana. It is a reasonable expectation. Many benefits on various levels accrue from this practice. In this chapter we shall discuss briefly what benefits one may derive on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels by practising various tech­niques of Preksa system of meditation..

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Preksa Dhyana - Theory And Practice [6.02] Benefits - Evidence of Religiosity
21.04.2007
Every one does desire to protect himself from the miseries accruing from sin, by seeking refuge in religion. That is, one wants to escape the consequences of sinful life. Bad habits, vicious mentality, anxiety, agitation and mental tension - all these result from a sinful life, but one wants to get rid of them. Everyone wants peace, harmony, freedom from tension, sym­pathy and friendship. This is why one desires to take refuge in religiousness.

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