मेत्तिं भूएसु कप्पए
Be friendly with all living beings
Be friendly
Anger, pride, deceit and greed – these four passions make the soul sulky, restless; not only this, but against whom these are used they also become sullen and restive. They become our enemy because of show of our passions and keep the enmity alive. In response, we also nurture hostility against them and thus, this antagonism becomes stronger and stronger. Continue reading “Be friendly” »
Jay Taleti
Jay Taleti – the worshipable part of the holy basement, the beginning of holy hill Shatrunjaya.
Chetan! Here you see small deharis, containing marble foot prints of Lord Adinath, who visited here 99 purva times; of Lord Ajitnath and Shantinath, who stayed here during the Chaturmas- a period of four months stay at one place; Lord Abhinandan Swami, by whose inspiration the eighth great resurrection of the Holy Shatrunjaya was performed and the likewise footprints are there. Its left and right sides too are full of miscellaneous small deharis with different foot prints. Continue reading “Jay Taleti” »
Abhinandana jina! Darisaṇa tarasī’ē
Śrī Abhinandana Jina Stavana
Rāga: Dhan’yāsiri-sindhu’ō – “āja nihējō rē dīsē nā’īlō rē…” Ē dēśī
Abhinandana jina! Darisaṇa tarasī’ē,
darisaṇa duralabha dēva;
Mata mata bhēdē rē jō ja’ī pūchī’ē,
sahu thāpē ahamēva.
…Abhinandana.1
Otherwise No Moksha
कडाण कम्माण न अत्थि मोक्खो
Liberation is not possible without reaping the consequences of your actions
Take no interest in enmity
वैराइं कुव्वइ वेरो,
तओ वेरेहिं रज्जति
तओ वेरेहिं रज्जति
An enemy nurtures enmity and takes interest only in that
Kamalshri took birth as a dog and monkey
There were two brothers named Shivbhuti and Vasubhuti. Shivbhuti’s wife was attracted towards her husband’s younger brother Vasubhuti and tried to seduce him. Vasubhuti was agitated by her obscenity and thought, “Alas! these passions and attachments claim unworthy demands. I will not surrender myself to them.’’ With the feeling’s of asceticism, he took vows. Kamalshri came to know about this. She still longed him and didn’t confess her verbal and mental sins. Therefore, she had to take birth as a bitch after death. Continue reading “Kamalshri took birth as a dog and monkey” »
Suraj Kund
This place itself is a history book with its every page a golden leaf.
King Mahipal was diseased with leprosy. Taking bath in this water reservoir his leprosy was cured and it disappeared as if in thin air. Continue reading “Suraj Kund” »
