I am thinking of all the fairy tales, I read growing up. A Western export. These were balanced by stories of Indians who fought wars for the sake of their country and land. Today, I realized one of the messages of the Fairy tales. I heard it on the radio: Do all Fairy tales end … Continue reading Mom musings: Cancel Princess Tales?
Friday, was the first day of Das Lakshan Parva. The first in the series of the facets of the soul is Uttam Kshamaa. Uttam means Supreme and Kshamaa means forgiveness. All souls with 5 senses and a mind can cultivate these soul facets. The Tirthankars, Siddhas and Kevalees have perfected these to reach their Supreme … Continue reading Das Lakshan diaries: Day 1: Uttam Kshamaa
Yesterday was day 8 of Paryushan and Day 1 of Das Lakshan MahaParva. Most followers of Jain path do one or the other. A few years ago, I decided that I will do both. I think of one as the extension of the other. With one, I get structure and with the other, I get … Continue reading Paryushan Diaries: Day 8
On to day 7 of this journey. My nephew came to spend time with us from San Luis Obispo where he is studying to be a computer science engineer. My DD is delighted, her brother is having a sleepover with us! I spoke to my friend at length. We talked about our kids and how … Continue reading Paryushan Diaries: Day 7
Day 6 of Paryushan was a busy one. I have been slipping in creating and posting, can not explain why, but school is time consuming, even when my daughter is the one in school. I have a daily list of things I have to finish for the home, my daughter and myself. My morning was … Continue reading Paryushan diaries: Day 6
Yesterday, was day 5. My daughter was home from school for Teacher Learning Day. So, she had a 4 day weekend. We started the day, with feeling miserable. She was nervous and excited, about the Violin class, she was starting, later, in the day. I tried to help her to calm down, maybe I do … Continue reading Paryushan Diaries: Day 5
Day 4: Monday was Labor Day in the US. The day started pretty good. All of us were ready by 10 AM. A record for us, a slow moving family! We were going on a hike to Rancho San Antonio. My daughter was especially delighted since her friend would be joining her. I was happy, … Continue reading Paryushan Diaries: day 4
Yesterday, was day 3 of Paryushan. We had a day planned to finish some shopping for the home. Shopping is a No No, during Paryushan, since one is distracted by the material world, during a time of focusing on one’s Soul/ Atma. Anyways, shopping it was. We needed to buy a nightstand for my daughter’s … Continue reading Paryushan Diaries: Day 3
Yesterday was day 2 of Paryushan. We had a busy day ahead. Not with Paryushan activities, I am sad to say. We woke up to making rava dhokla, I forgot to put salt in them, and they have yogurt, so definitely, not a Paryushan item due to dairy. Next, we made Coconut almond laddoos for … Continue reading Paryushan diaries: day 2
Jai Jinendra! Yesterday was day 1 of Svetambar Paryushan. Jains all over were immersed in Paryushan activities of starting new helpful habits and letting go of old unhelpful ones. For many, it may have been attending Swadhyay for the first time or even something as simple as saying Navkar Mantra 3 times on waking up. … Continue reading Paryushan diaries: Day 1
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