6 - 13th September 2018
Swadhyay - Video recordings.
Day 1 - 6th Sept - Morning - Verse 105
Day 1 - 6th Sept - Afternoon - 105
Day 2 - 7th Sept - Morning - Verse 106
Day 2 - 7th Sept - Afternoon - Verse 107
Day 3 - 8th Sept - Morning - Verse 108
Day 3 - 8th Sept - Afternoon - Verse 109
Day 4 - 9th Sept - Afternoon - Verse 110
Day 5 - 10th Sept - Afternoon - Verse 110
Day 6 - 11th Sept - Afternoon - Verse 111
During the holy festival of Paryushan, we are inspired to reflect, seek forgiveness for transgressions and spend 8 days in quiet inner stillness.
Dushkrut Garha - sincere repentance for ones transgressions. The Jain religion summarises the desire of seeking forgiveness in two beautiful words, "Michami Dukkadam". Param Pujya Bahishree often descirbes these words when explaining the 'Panch Sutra nu Pehlu Sutra' sacred Jain text -
MICHAMI DUKKADAM
MI : Stands for gentle at heart. One should cultivate a tender and humble heart.
CHA : Stands for giving up of transgressions
MI : Stands for always remaining within the boundaries of dharma
DU : Stands for cursing one's soul for all the offenses that it has committed in the past.
KKA : Stands for renouncing all the four passions (anger, ego, deceit and greed)
DAM : Stands for adopting equanimity and tranquility and thereby overcoming worldly existence.
મિચ્છા મિ દુક્કડં
મિ : મૃદુમાર્દવપણા ના અર્થમાં છે, હૃદય કોમળ અને અહંભાવ વિનાનું કરવું
ચ્છા : દોષનું છેદન
મિ : મર્યાદામાં રેહવું, ધર્મની મર્યાદામાં રેહવું
દુ : દુગંછા કરું છું, દુષ્કૃત્યો કરનાર મારા આત્માની દુગંછા, ઘૃણા કરું છું
ક્ક : મરાથી કરાયેલા તે પાપ કષાયનો ત્યાગ કરી
ડં : ઉપશમભાવથી આ સંસારને ઉલંઘી જઉં છું
