भावणाजोगसुद्धप्पा जले णावा व आहिया
One whose soul is pure of thoughts, he is like a boat in the water
Pure soul
A dacoit uses knife and a doctor also; one wants to loot someone’s wealth by killing him and the other wants to cut the man’s sick or rotten organ through operation so that he can become healthy. One is a sinner, other a virtuous man; one is a killer, other a savior. Continue reading “Pure soul” »
Pushpachula purified herself by Confession
In Pushpabhadra town there lived king Pushpaketu with his queen Pushpavati. She gave birth to twins named Pushpachul & Pushpachula. Pushpachul & Pushpachula grew up and couldn’t live without each other. The king thought that if I marry daughter Pushpachula then the twins will be separated. As such he called the meeting of his subjects & asked them, “If any precious stone comes into existence on my land then, where should it be related?” Continue reading “Pushpachula purified herself by Confession” »
Accumulate not
बहुं पि लद्धुं न निहे
One should not accumulate even if more be available
Renunciation
वंतं इच्छसि आवेउं, सेयं ते मरणं भवे
Want to drink the vomited? It is better for you to die
Birth Ceremonies
Then eight Dikkumaris living in the lower world, their thrones being shaken at once, came to the birth-house. Bhogankara, Bhogavati, Subhoga, Bhogamalini, Toyadhara, Vicitra, Puspamala, Abhinandita. After they had circumabulated three times the first Tirthankaras and his mother, and had paid homage to them, they said, “Reverence to you, Mother of the World, Giver of the Light of the World. We eight Dikkumaris, living in the lower world, have come here by his power to make a festival to him, knowing by clairvoyant knowledge the purifying birth of the Tirthankara. Continue reading “Birth Ceremonies” »
Essence of knowledge
एवं खु णाणिणो सारं,
जं न हिंसइ किंचणं
जं न हिंसइ किंचणं
Non-violence or compassion is religion but it is essential to have knowledge before its application
Consider With Particular Reference
विभज्जवायं च वियागरेज्जा
Words with many meanings must be used
Firmness in the man of right perception
से दिट्ठिमं दिट्ठि न लूसएज्जा
An aspirant with right perception should not complain
Give generously to receive generously
Blessing are in abundance where elders are respected
