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Jai Jinendra!
Out of the three basic principles of Jainism, Aparigraha is one of them. In order
to understand Aparigraha, first we should understand Parigraha. Parigraha does not
only mean having a collection of things. It is the feeling of being owner of those
things or attachment towards those things. Jain Darshan emphasizes the soul's internal
disposition i.e. the belief towards the nature's truth on how the universe works,
what real happiness is and who am I. The conduct (chaaritra) needs to be consistent
with that samyag belief (darshan) and realized understanding (gyan). So, real aparigrah
is only possible for samyag drishti Jain. For others who have not realized their
soul's intrinsic nature and are on the path to getting there, they learn to curtail
desires and possessions. For one who understands and believes in these kevali told
truths, the wealth and possesssions depend on past karmas but parigrah depends on
the internal disposition of possessiveness towards what are really not his soul's.
However, in the worldly empirical lifestyle, one is custodian of what one owns.The
parigrah can be of people, animals, belief or non-living materials. The worldly
wealth creates attachment which results in greed, jealousy, selfishness, ego, hatred,
violence etc and thus results in the bondage of cycle of birth and death.Non possession
and non attachment are to be observed in speech, mind and deed.
Chandraprabhu Swami is the 8th tirthankar of the Avsarpani kal. He was born to King
Mahasen and Mata Lakshmana in Chandrapuri Nagri. He had 93 gandhars and he attained
Nirvana at Samet Shikhar. He took 3 bhavs to attain moksh after Samyak Darshan.
His topic of first sermon was Ashuchi Bhavna. Asuchi means something that is not
clean or something which is not pure. Bhagwan has referred our body as Ashuchi and
tries to explain us that no matter what we apply on our body it will always remain
dirty. Now if we think carefully, our body contains many kinds of waste and no matter
how much we clean it, it will never get clean or pure. We waste a lot of time in
cleaning our body. We should concentrate on purifying and cleaning our soul by doing
religious practices and following the path of Jainism.
Are you a leader who enjoys making a difference? Do you enjoy community organizing
in meaningful ways? Interested in leaving behind a legacy?
Once upon a time, there lived a poor woman and her son in a small village. One day,
there was a festival in the village and all the kids, including the poor boy, came
together to play. After playing, everyone started to eat kheer, which they brought
with them. This poor boy did not have anything with him. He felt bad and ran back
to his mother. He asked her if she would make him some kheer since all the other
children were eating it. His mother said that she could not make kheer and told
him to eat whatever she had cooked. He started crying and insisted on having kheer.
His mother could not bear to see him cry. So she…
