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THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF JAINISM

JAINISM, ORIGINALLY CALLED NIRGRANTH DHARMA IS SOURCED FROM AAGAMS (SUTRAS), BASED ON DESHNA OF BHAGWAN MAHAVIR.

AACHARANG SUTRA

पुरिसा | तुममेव तुमं मित्तम, किम बहिया मित्तमिच्छासी?

Purisa ! Tumameva Tumam Mittam, Kim Bahiya Mittamichchhasi?

Man! You Are Your Own Friend it is useless to look for a friend outside yourself! – Aacharang Sutra

TATVARTHAADHIGAMA SUTRA

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निगण्ठं पावयणं सच्चं

Nigantham Pavyaanam Sacham

NIRGRANTH

Who is Nirgranth?

Etymologically ‘Nir’ means ‘without’, ‘Granth’ means ‘knot, ties, attachment’.

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Nirgranth Ahimsa StoryINSPIRATIONAL STORY

JAINISM, ORIGINALLY CALLED NIRGRANTH DHARMA IS SOURCED FROM AAGAMS (SUTRAS), BASED ON DESHNA OF BHAGWAN MAHAVIR. IT IS ROOTED IN SPIRITUALISM. THE EMPHASIS IS ON INCORPOREAL AND UPLIFTMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S SOUL.

FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE IS THE ESSENCE- NIRVANA.

LITERAL WORDS OFTEN MENTIONED IN THE SUTRAS ARE:

ANTHYIE DHAMMO- ADHYATMIK DHARMA
ANJU DHAMMO- PRECISE/ EXACT/ STRAIGHT DHARMA
AKHAATH DHAMMO- HOLISTIC DHARMA

NON-VIOLENCE AND NON-ABSOLUTISM (ANEKANTH) IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE EGO IS EXTINGUISHED (APPANAM VOSIRAMI).

BY PERCEIVING THE VIRTUAL (DELUSIVE-MITHYATVA), AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE REAL (SAMYAKTVA), ONE DISCOVERS THE ACTUAL (SOUL).

CESSATION OF ACTIVITY OF MIND, SPEECH AND BODY REMOVES THE CAUSE OF BONDAGE- IS ITS QUINTESSENCE.

BEING EKALVIHARI AND SALEKHANA SANTHARA (AS MANORATH) IS THE PRESCRIBED ULTIMATE GOALS WHICH IS INTRINSICALLY SPIRITUAL IN NATURE.

“ANNAAE MAMAGAM DHAMAM”- ORDER WITHIN ONESELF IS DHARMA WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE SPIRITUAL PATH.

JAINISM AND SPIRITUALISM ARE INSEPARABLE!!

-SRIKUMAR MENON

THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF JAINISM

It is assumed that one is aware of the traditional and other translations of this sutra available:

Who is Nirgranth?

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