Jain religious functions

1. JAIN TIMES AND INFORMATION
[JTAI] JAIN INTERNATIONAL EMAIL DIGEST
DINESH AND SAROJ VORA
JAI JINENDRA
CELEBRATION OF DASLAKSHAN PARVA
YEAR 2014

2. Tirthankar Lord Mahavir Swami
Divya Dhwani of Keval Gnaan
of entire universal and spiritual
Science.
Gautam Ganadhar, creator of
twelve Jain Agams, the
knowledge lord tirthankar
gave us.
Shree KundKundacharya
Author of the greatest Jain Paramaagam
Samaysaar in Ardha Magadhi Language

3. Shree Amritchandraacharya
the translator and explainer
of Jain Paramaagam
Samaysaar in Sanskrit
Language
Param Pujya Gurudeve shree Kanjiswami the translator
and explainer of Samaysaar and other parmaagams in
Gujarati and Hindi languages in depth.
Shrimad Raj chandra explainer of
Samaysaar in Gujarati language.

4. The Dashlakshan Parva Period
This year the Dashlakshan Parva begins from
Saturday, 30th August 2014 till Monday, 8th September,
2014. The day of Kshamapana is on Tuesday, 9th
September 2014, the 11th day. The first day of Daslakshan
parva 30th August is also in coincidence with samvatsari
day of paryushan parva.
Jain Daslakshan Parva or the Festival of ten virtues is the
Paryushan festival celebrated by the Digambar Jains
annually for self-purification and uplift. This parva
ultimately leads the soul to its true destination of ultimate
happiness and freedom i.e. niravana or salvation or
Moksha. All Digambar jains celebrate the Dash Lakshan
Parva religiously, enthusiastically and devotedly.
The Das Lakshan parva is the Jain festival for the
observance of ten universal virtues listed next page.

5. Jain Dashlakshan Parva
Days and Description
(1) Uttam Kshama - Supreme Forgiveness
To observe tolerance whole-heartedly, shunning anger.
Saturday, 30th August 2014
(2) Uttam Mardava – Supreme Modesty, Tenderness, Humilty
To observe the virtue of humility subduing vanity and passions.
Sunday, 31st August 2014
(3) Uttam Arjaya - Straight-forwardness or Honesty
To practice a deceit-free conduct in life by vanquishing
the passion of deception.
Monday, 1st September, 2014
(4) Uttam Shaucha - Contentment or Purity
To keep the body, mind and speech pure by
discarding greed.
Tuesday, 2nd September, 2014

6. Jain Dashlakshan Parva
Days and Description (cont’d)
(5) Uttam Satya – Truthfulness
To speak affectionate and just words with a holy
intention causing no injury to any living being.
Wednesday, 3rd September, 2014
(6) Uttam Sanyam - Self-restraint
To defend all living beings with utmost power in a
cosmopolitan spirit abstaining from all the pleasures
provided by the five senses - touch, taste, smell,
sight, and hearing; and the sixth - mind.
Thursday, 4th September, 2014

7. Jain Dashlakshan Parva
Days and Description (cont’d)
(7) Uttam Tapa – Penance, Austerities
To practice austerities putting a check on all worldly
allurements.
Friday, 5th September, 2014
(8) Uttam Tyaga - Renunciation
To give four fold charities - Ahara (food), Abhaya
(fearlessness), Aushadha (medicine), and Shastra
Dana (distribution of Holy Scriptures), and to
patronize social and religious institutions
for self and other uplifts.
Saturday, 6th September, 2014

8. Jain Dashlakshan Parva
Days and Description (cont’d)
(9) Uttam Akinchanya - Non-attachment
To enhance faith in the real self as against non-self i.e.,
material objects; and to discard internal Parigraha viz. anger
and pride; and external Parigraha viz. accumulation of gold,
diamonds, and royal treasures.
Sunday, 7th September, 2014
(10) Uttam Brahmcharya – Supreme chastity or celibacy
To observe the great vow of celibacy; to have devotion for
the inner soul and the omniscient Lord; to discard the carnal
desires, vulgar fashions, child and old-age marriages,
dowry dominated marriages, polygamy, criminal assault on
ladies, use of foul and vulgar language.
Monday, 8th September, 2014
(11) Kshamapana Day - The eleventh day is the day of kshama
yachna, kshama vaani or kshama exchanges.
Tuesday September 9th, 2014

9. JAIN PRAVACHAN LINKS
copy and paste or click the links below
(1)
Songadh Pavachan: Samaysar Gatha 17-18
http://www.youtube.com/user/AdhyatmikPravachan?fe
ature=watch
(2)
Songadh Website
http://vitragvani.com/eng/home.asp
(3)
Sumat Prakashji all Pravachans
http://www.4shared.com/folder/sowVqIOF/Br_pt.html

10. MICHCHHAAMI DUKKADAM
DINESH AND SAROJ VORA
11/11
WISH YOU ALL THE SPIRITUALLY VERY BENEFICIAL
DASLAKSHAN PARVA OF 2014
WITH THE UPCOMING SHUBH JAIN KSHAMAPANA DAY
MAY ALL LIVING BEINGS GRANT ME FORGIVENESS.
AND I HUMBLY GRANT FORGIVENESS TO ALL LIVING
BEINGS, NO ONE IS ENEMY TO ME, AND
I AM ENEMY TO NONE.
MY FRIENDSHIP IS WITH ALL LIVING BEINGS.
WHATEVER WRONG I HAVE DONE BY
MY THOUGHT, WORD OR DEED,
I HUMBLY ASK FORGIVENESS AND ABSOLUTION.
MICHCHHAMI DUKKADAM
DINESH AND SAROJ VORA
JAINAM JAYATI SHASANAM