Paryushan and Dus Lakshan
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Paryushan › Pari+ushana
› Sit nearby with fullness
Das Lakshan Ten Dharma
Celebrate the 10 dharma to come within
Dharma is nature. To come close to our nature.
Last day of Samvatsari is first day of Das lakshan
One starts when one completes- that day is special
Vihāracariyā isiṇam pasatthā
Ascetics life is a life of wanderer Bhagawan Mahavir
Ascetics stay in one place.
Why?
Rainy season- digestion is mild
Water gets polluted
More violence because of dense vegetation
and rain
Swe
tam
ba
r
Dig
am
ba
r
Bhagawan rendered the first discourse
and established the congregation on ekadasi (11th day) in Madhya-Apapa city
Bhagawan rendered the first discourse
and established the congregation on ekam (1st day) in Madhya-Apapa city
the rest of these days for
spirituality
70 days left of rainy
season
• Curb the Travel
• Spiritual engrossment
50th Day of rainy season passed
Samavayanga
The actual day is 50th day
Swetambar added 7 days prior to assist
this process
Digambar celebrate it as later 10 days
› When this evolution took place is to be
researched.
› But this was the need of the day
Wh
at
on
e c
an
do
?
Wh
at
on
e s
ho
uld
no
t d
o?
Practice ekasana
Alternate fasting
Do not travel
Do not excavate land
Do not do oil malish
Quit alcohol and meat
Quit six rasa
Eat with silence
Time cycle
Situations are worst
Time of 6th era, no
vegetation, violence and
cruelty
Rain showers every 7 days for 49 days
Each rain is special
nurturing the land
Evolut ion from
violence to non-violence
Time cycle from decline
to incline
Acharya Kalaka
› Chaturmas in Avanti nagari
King : Balamitra and Bhanu Mitra
› Sister Bhanu shree and nephew: Balbhanu
Balbhanu became an ascetic
› King got angry and created a problem
› Acharya left and reach Pratishtan pur: King
Shatavahan
Both festivals on same day.
With the earnest request of king,
Acharya Kalak celebrated samvatsari on
fourth day of lunar calender
Celestial beings go to Nandisar parvat to
celebrate
Animals, Humans and celestial beings
celebrate
All Ascetics from the tradition of
Rishabha and Mahavir celebrate it
Liberated beings
Intermediate Tirthankar’s disciple do not
celebrate it
First Tirthankar
•Understanding - Difficult (Jad/naïve)
• Implementation - Simple (Riju/simplistic)
22 Tirthankaras
(2nd to 23rd)
•Understanding - Proper (Prajna/wisdom)
• Implementation - Proper (Riju/naïve)
Last Tirthankar
•Understanding - Difficult (Jad/too rational)
• Implementation - Selfish (Vakra/ crooked)
Connect to the self
Forgiveness
Self cleansing
Self control
contemplating on 10 dharma
Discourse for
soul
Pratikraman
Fasting
Meditation
Practice ascetic life for
a day/ paushad
Physical
Fasting
No business
Mental
Meditation
Mantra chanting
Speech
Silence
Speak less
1. 8 days 2. 1 days last day 3. Ayambil / Eat only boiled grain (any one) 4. Nirvigay/ Cut down dairy products, sweets…. 5. Ekasan/One meal a day 6. Ekalthana/ Eat only one meal but with silence and
take the food all for once. 7. Eat after 48 mins of sunrise 8. Eat after paurasi (3.15 mins of sunrise) 9. Eat after 2 paurasi (half day passed by) 10. Divas-charim/ Stop eating one hour before sunset 11. Abhigrah/ resolution when fulfilled
› Limit the items
› Cut down the greens and underground roots
› Limit the food with life (eat only cooked food), boiled or filtered water
› Do not eat after sundown
› Cut down meals in between in the day
Let go incidence
Let go events and actions
Detach from mine-ness of things, people
and projects
Khamemi Savva jive
Savve jiva khamantume
Mitti me savva bhuyesu
Veram majjha na kenai
› Forgive me all beings
› I forgive all
› All are my friends
› Carry animosity with none