2.  Paryushan
› Pari+ushana
› Sit nearby with fullness
 Das Lakshan
 Ten Dharma
 Celebrate the 10 dharma to come within
 Dharma is nature. To come close to our nature.
 Last day of Samvatsari is first day of Das lakshan
 One starts when one completes- that day is special

3.  Vihāracariyā isiṇam pasatthā
 Ascetics life is a life of wanderer
 Bhagawan Mahavir

4.  Ascetics stay in one place.
 Why?
 Rainy season- digestion is mild
 Water gets polluted
 More violence because of dense vegetation
and rain

5. SwetambarDigambar
 Bhagawan rendered the first discourse
and established the congregation on
ekadasi (11th day) in Madhya-Apapa city
 Bhagawan rendered the first discourse
and established the congregation on
ekam (1st day) in Madhya-Apapa city

6. the rest of
these days for
spirituality
70 days
left of
rainy
season
• Curb the
Travel
• Spiritual
engrossment
50th Day
of rainy
season
passed
Samavayanga

7.  The actual day is 50th day
 Swetambar added 7 days prior to assist
this process
 Digambar celebrate it as later 10 days
› When this evolution took place is to be
researched.
› But this was the need of the day

8. Whatonecando?Whatoneshouldnotdo?
 Practice ekasana
 Alternate fasting
 Do not travel
 Do not excavate land
 Do not do oil malish
 Quit alcohol and meat
 Quit six rasa
 Eat with silence

9. Time cycle
Situations are
worst
Time of 6th
era, no
vegetation,
violence and
cruelty
Rain showers
every 7 days
for 49 days
Each rain is
special
nurturing the
land
Evolution
from
violence to
non-violence
Time cycle
from decline
to incline

10.  Acharya Kalaka
› Chaturmas in Avanti nagari
 King : Balamitra and Bhanu Mitra
› Sister Bhanu shree and nephew: Balbhanu
 Balbhanu became an ascetic
› King got angry and created a problem
› Acharya left and reach Pratishtan pur: King
Shatavahan

11.  Both festivals on same day.
 With the earnest request of king,
Acharya Kalak celebrated samvatsari on
fourth day of lunar calender

12.  Celestial beings go to Nandisar parvat to
celebrate
 Animals, Humans and celestial beings
celebrate
 All Ascetics from the tradition of
Rishabha and Mahavir celebrate it

13.  Liberated beings
 Intermediate Tirthankar’s disciple do not
celebrate it

14. First
Tirthankar
• Understanding - Difficult (Jad/naïve)
• Implementation - Simple
(Riju/simplistic)
22
Tirthankaras
(2nd to
23rd)
• Understanding - Proper
(Prajna/wisdom)
• Implementation - Proper (Riju/naïve)
Last
Tirthankar
• Understanding - Difficult (Jad/too
rational)
• Implementation - Selfish (Vakra/
crooked)

15. Connect to the
self
Forgiveness
Self cleansing
Self control
contemplating
on 10 dharma

16. Discourse for
soul
Pratikram
an
Fasting
Meditatio
n
Practice
ascetic life for
a day/
paushad

18. Physical
Fasting
No
business
Mental
Meditation
Mantra
chanting
Speech
Silence
Speak less

19. 1. 8 days
2. 1 days last day
3. Ayambil / Eat only boiled grain (any one)
4. Nirvigay/ Cut down dairy products, sweets….
5. Ekasan/One meal a day
6. Ekalthana/ Eat only one meal but with silence and
take the food all for once.
7. Eat after 48 mins of sunrise
8. Eat after paurasi (3.15 mins of sunrise)
9. Eat after 2 paurasi (half day passed by)
10. Divas-charim/ Stop eating one hour before sunset
11. Abhigrah/ resolution when fulfilled

20. › Limit the items
› Cut down the greens and underground roots
› Limit the food with life (eat only cooked
food), boiled or filtered water
› Do not eat after sundown
› Cut down meals in between in the day

22.  Let go incidence
 Let go events and actions
 Detach from mine-ness of things, people
and projects

23.  Khamemi Savva jive
 Savve jiva khamantume
 Mitti me savva bhuyesu
 Veram majjha na kenai
› Forgive me all beings
› I forgive all
› All are my friends
› Carry animosity with none