The word brahmacharya is derived from the word brahm – pure soul within and charya – to dwell or be immersed in its experience. It is like pure meditation
Yesterday we talked about giving. Today we will advance further and talk about developing non-attachment to our material possessions. Let us understand the difference between penance, giving up and
Today, we shall talk about giving. Why? Because for the first seven days, we talked about our virtues, some practices to reduce our pain and now the time has
Literal meaning of tapa in Hindi is to heat profusely to purify. For example, purifying gold by melting it and removing its impurities. As a spiritual virtue, it means
Today is the fifth day and is celebrated as the day of supreme truthfulness. The first four, i.e. forgiveness, humility, straightforwardness and cleanliness are our nature and psychic/ mental
The first was forgiveness day, the second was humility day. Today is the third day of Dashlakshan parva. It is the day of being straightforward and avoiding crookedness /
Today is the second day of Dashlakshan parva. The first yesterday was forgiveness. The second virtue i.e. today is Humility, or to avoid/minimize arrogance /ego and to keep our
Parva means festival. Dashlakshan parva is the holiest annual festival of Digambar Jains that starts from a day after Ganesh Chaturthi and lasts ten days. Jain festivals are like
Today we shall talk about Cleanliness (Shauch) as the fourth spiritual virtue. Cleanliness here is different from the external cleaning of the body we do almost daily by taking
Birth as human beings is the highest blessing one can get. Only we, the human beings, can exercise self-restraint to achieve our objective. Look at mosquitoes who fly to
