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
For Svetambar Jains, Paryushan starts tomorrow, Sept 3, and it ends on Sept 10. Das Lakshan for Digambar Jains, starts on Sept 10 and ends on Sept 19. Many are deciding what to give up and where to focus their attention during this time for internal contemplation Many are looking to see how to tweak … Continue reading Paryushan Diaries 2021: day 0
“Ba, I met Veer at school today and he was talking about Pary…um….shan starting. What is Pary…shan?” “Nihir beta, Veer was talking about Paryushan. પ is for Paryushan. And according to Sanskrit grammar the underlying idea of the festival and its interpretation is given below: “Parismantadushayante dhante karmani yasimannasau paryushnm” a.k.a. the celebration through which … Continue reading Paryushan MahaParva, what is?
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