PRACTICING DEVOTEES Age Group 26+ Years
PRATIKRAMAN
In this ritual, we have maintained the traditional flavor of original sutras along with their essence and meaning. Pratikraman means to go back, to reflect and review, to confess and atone for transgressions of mind, body, and speech in one’s daily activities. It also means returning to and reaffirming the path of nonviolence, truthfulness, and non-attachment. The English Pratikraman Book includes the sutras from various Shvetämbar traditions. The meaning of each Pratikramana Sutras is explained in simple English, which covers six essentials. This way youth can perform this ritual with proper understanding. theory of multiplicity of view points, six fundamental truths, Jain history, and Jain Ägam literature are explained in detail with Jain terminology and its meaning. This book will be very useful for advanced study of Jainism for a high school or a college student.
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PRATIKRAMAN SUTRA
This book covers the Jain sutras of Samayik, Chaitya vandan, and Pratikraman rituals of Swetambar tradition. It contains original sutras, their English transliteration, and simple meaning of each stanza of the sutras in American English. It also provides the brief history and purpose of some of the sutras.
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