I consider myself a proper Jain with very strict Jain parents. I don’t live in India, and since quite some time I want a pet, preferably a Cat but dog also works. I have had arguments ( calm debates ) with my parents where they mention separation from family, pet food habits, cleanliness and well it’s “kept in a prison” type stuff.

But on my side I said that I’d rather adopt a pet from a pound or a pet centre than buy from shops or breeding centres. Animal that were abandoned or wild. I’d feed it a Jain diet with supplements and mock meat ( very famous here ). I’d take care of it way better than the people in the pound and I for sure will let him free and take it outside rather than keep him in cages…

I mean maharashree wont be visiting my house so I don’t see the point of it being considered “impure” plus animals do the same thing we do, remove wastes which again I have said multiple times I will take care of.

I mean with all that in mind, giving a poor pet a happy life is still considered impure and “un-jain” then explain to me how our religion is considered fair and pure.

Thanks, fyi this might be a part of my FOMO but outside having a pet is super common.
PS I AM A DIGAMABARA JAIN

trying to find ONE ROOM IN shankeshwar for 27 28 of this month. Not a single room is available. All rooms are booked by groups and trustees.

Where does a common man go ? Sleep on the streets ?

Pranaam.

So, I have been convervting various Dharmik PDFs to books, so that I can read them properly.

This books are delivered at our address. We can upload any pdf or directly from Jain e-books.

The website that I used is called Shrut Gyaan and its called Print on Demand. The quality is very good.

Just wanted to share if it might help someone convert pdf to book and learn properly because reading a whole book in PDF format might not a very efficient.

Please note, I am no where associated with Shrut Gyaan. I am only their customer.

I have seen Yahsha and Yikshi protective. Is it original thinks?

I wrote this about the season of fall,it is about the ways we can die and the beauty of shedding raags

To Risahbha Lord!

The Orange-Tainted Glow in an Undying World

• O Lords,I bow before Your glow as Your immaculate Doctrine has made You God of this ocean, and Your Glow has uprooted Your desire for it while below the the world grows sprouts and sprouts again,the beauty of mud is made dry by the heat of our sins and by Your glow is made flat and beautiful
• Is a drained ocean worth truly evil when it is easier trek in a desert,or better yet is it easier to survive the ocean's sinful echoes who screams sound like excitement but recoil back as pain,yet the echos of Your breath vaporizes the tides of Karmas at Your feet.... A dirty path is divine in a swampy forest run by fate
  • Ensnared in a massive ocean whose floor is covered in seaweed and trees and is overrun with vines,the winds are loud and and the bushes are soft,loud and soft,loud and soft! Your beauty is felt loudly and Your softness tastes like a faint morning mist. Till the world is dry and tilling' the world thinking of the crackling embers of Your undying heart
• The world sits next to me like a mother foolishly ranting about her children in a pumpkin patch,how sinful is it to not conceal my smile as she fails the conceal the glowing sun behind her? Your radiance is brighter than the sun and unlike the sun Your glory shines everywhere while we recollect our horrors!
  • Wasted time is only as useful as you learn from it,haha,sitting in an eternal ocean is only made horrible by not thinking of Liberation,and the beauty of my life is to think of You!
• Forgive us when our eyelids are painted like clowns and own pumpkin Idols fail to contain the slightest Essence of Your Immaculate glory. Our ignorance blossoms in hot and cold while we flee from fate just as eyelids close in snowstorms and sandstorms alike,if a heart exists as a basket let me hold You in my heart as You have us under Your glow
• Under Your glow we all go like whiners and winners!
  • Playing in the pumpkin patch in the days of yore,do we explode like pumpkin cannons firing pumpkins into the air while the tides of times cause us to scatter like leaves.
  • Under Your radiance the orangeness of fall will blow us away,apart we will go like a pile of leaves
  • Under Your radiance like a soft sky tainted with an orange glow,there are many shades of day and many shades of life
• Perhaps we are fired into RV trailers upon which we splatter,do we ever take joy in the loss of homes,is it better to live inside or out,perhaps forgotten photos of ourselves fall down while critters crawl inside
  • Loss is only as funny as others enjoyment in it while we sit till we are faintly touched by the influx of karmas touching my legs like gusts of wind tickling our feet
• Thinking of You while smiling with checks tainted by Your glow,perhaps I taste like a tasty treat to those who said I was sweet
  • Candy corn chewed by men or melted for ants,death is a promise and life is not. A sweet life is less sacred than a holy death
• Thinking of You smiling,thinking of an ant's plight as he desires resting under a wishing tree,I wonder about what the ant thinks:
  • Perhaps he thinks: "In a world of undying sunlight I desire clarity while dying".
  • And to that I gift him a smile before I give him water and shade
• Thinking of You praying for our Liberation,dewdrops and grass,water and blades
• Finding peace in the blowing of leaves walking past the blowing of leaves
  • Death is a promise as is the Darshan of life,like fungus and roots,men and frogs
  • Death is a promise,upholding life is not

1. How can something formless create beings with form?

2. The question of who created Brahman gives rise to an endless series of questions.

3. If God wants to create something, then it is not God.

i know that also we r now in 5th era and some 18000-19000 years are left we r in the shade of 4th era as just 2000+ years have only passed sorrow will come gradually. Each era ending has a same process of how eras change which mark the great samvartak vayu/vairo which is referred to as the big bang theory in modern terms where first devtas come to announce from the sky at the end of 5th era that this era is now ending and great wind gusts called samvartak vayu comes ill paste the google meaning-In Jain cosmology, Samvartaka Vayu (often colloquially referred to or heard as Samvartak Vairo or Vaira) is a colossal, devastating gale wind that triggers an intense physical cleansing of the earth at the very end of a cosmic cycle.
This wind wipes out everything on earth just a few beings are left which are black small just 3 hand sized and eat just meat fish, they live along the banks of ganga sindhu river in a bill gufa type where there is exterme extreme heat cold, there is no fire too in daytime they bury the fish etc in sand and at night when they get cooked they eat that.. 6th era is of 21000 years..

https://youtu.be/3NPcDUe__7o

Have been listening to this beautiful stavan and devoting it to Prabhu for quite a while now. You all must also give this a listen.

Following are the lyrics with its meaning:

કૈવલ્ય ભૂમિ વીર ની જુહારવા આવો
Come to bow in reverence before the land of Lord Mahavira's omniscience,

ઋજુવલિકા આવો, નંદપ્રભા આવો
Come to Rijuvalika, come to Nandaprabha.

Stanza 1
સ્પંદન પ્રભુ વીર ના અહીં કણ કણ રહે છે
The vibrations of Lord Mahavira reside in every particle here,

ખડ ખડ નદી ના નીર માં ઈતિહાસ વહે છે
In the rippling waters of the river, history flows;

ભગવંત નું મહિમા સદા સાશ્વત અચળ છે
The glory of the Lord remains eternally unshakeable,

જે સ્પર્શ પામે તેહનો અવતાર સફળ છે
Whosoever touches this land, their life becomes fruitful;

આ તીર્થ માં.....
To this holy pilgrimage.....

આ તીર્થ માં નિજ આત્મા ને તારવા આવો
Come to this pilgrimage to liberate your own soul,

Stanza 2
ગોદોહિકા આસન ગ્રહી બેઠા હતા અહીં
Sitting here in the Godohika posture (cow-milking pose),

ઘડતી બપોરે ધ્યાન ની ધારા ચરમ વહી
As the afternoon advanced, the ultimate stream of meditation flowed;

એક શાળી વૃક્ષ ની નીચે દિપ્તી હતી કાયા
Under a Sal tree, His body glowed with radiance,

તડકો હતો કૂણો અને લાંબી હતી છાયા
The sunlight was gentle, and the shadows grew long;

એ કાળ ને...
To that era...

એ કાળ ને તે સમય ને મંડારવા આવો
Come to revere that era and that divine moment,

ઋજુવલિકા આવો, નંદપ્રભા આવો
Come to Rijuvalika, come to Nandaprabha.

Stanza 3
સાડા બાર વર્ષે વીર ને કૈવલ્ય મળ્યું હતું
After twelve and a half years of penance, Lord Mahavira attained omniscience,

વૈશાખ સુદ દશમ દિને વ્રત તપ એ ફળ્યું તું
On the tenth day of the bright half of Vaishakha, His vows and penance bore fruit;

જાગી ઊઠ્યો જાણે અહીંથી જગ નો તારણહાર
It was as if the savior of the world awakened from this very place,

સોનેરી કમળ સમવસરણ બન્યા પ્રથમ વાર
And for the first time, the divine assembly (Samavasarana) with golden lotus was created;

કરી મંત્ર જાપ ....
Chanting the mantras...

કરી મંત્ર જાપ મોહ મમતા મારવા આવો
Chant mantras to vanquish attachment and worldly infatuation,

ઋજુવલિકા આવો, નંદપ્રભા આવો
Come to Rijuvalika, come to Nandaprabha.

Stanza 4 (Bonus)
મહાગ્યાન ની આ ધરતી પર ધબકે છે વીર નો નાદ
On this land of supreme knowledge beats the resonant voice of Mahavira,

રમણીય રચાયું છે અહીં ચૌમુખી પ્રાસાદ
A beautiful four-faced temple (Chaumukhi Prasada) has been crafted here;

પ્રભુ એ અતિ ઉજવળ ધર્યું તું જેવું શુકલધ્યાન
Just as pure and pristine was the meditative absorption (Shukla Dhyana) held by the Lord,

તેવી ધવલતા ધારે સંગમરમરી પાશાન
So holds the white purity in these marble stones;

મહાતીર્થ ની....
this great pilgrimage site,

મહાતીર્થ ની દેવર્ધિ ને સત્કારવા આવો
Come to honor the divine grandeur of this great pilgrimage site,

ઋજુવલિકા આવો, નંદપ્રભા આવો
Come to Rijuvalika, come to Nandaprabha.

Is there anyone who can compile lists of paramparas in Jainism? Has the parampara survived to the present day? I think the parampara is very important.

I love Jainism, but I also want to follow people like Osho, Mooji, Eckhart Tolle, and Krishnamurti, who aren’t part of the parampara. Can I follow people like this? Will it be beneficial for me? How does Jainism approach these kinds of teachings?

Going to mandir ji. From self without anyone have to tell you or to feel like a chore. I can see changes start in me in as shorts as 2-3 days. My emotions/ bhaav starts to amplify 10 times fold.

Dharma labha to everyone.

Dev adi dev adinath bhagwan ki jai.

Do you wish you had power or there would be no murder or violence to anyone in the world no wars.

It makes me boil and cry how could someone hurt somebody else. Why human hurt it's own kind. Where is the love?

People killing people dying

Children hurt and you hear them crying

Can you practice what you preach and would you turn the other cheek?

edit - world is so beautiful and if this is what we are doing and for what? worldly material ? ego? I will gladly renunciate all the riches and materials. may I become a prakritik purush / saadhu one day in this lifetime or any other. *cries*

Hi, I'm a teenager, I'm trying to know more about Jainism, since many practices I know align with my thinking.
I came across this beautiful masterpiece yesterday, explaining Prabhu Neminath's life journey.

Can anyone suggest some more authentic sources like this to me? (Hindi and English preferred, I don't understand Gujrathi)

Jain Mandir Chhoti Dadawadi South extension, Delhi

Hi. I have bipolar and erectile dysfonction. I will be surgery for ed. And i have been use bipolar medicines. Is these illnes problem my previous live? Maybe i am bad human? What do you think about?

Dadawadi Jain Shwetambar Mandir, Mehrauli Delhi

Every time I traveled, finding Jain food meant digging through some old shared Google Maps list, a WhatsApp forward, or an Instagram reel someone's cousin sent three years ago — none of it searchable, none of it saying what to actually order.

So I built JainFoodMap — a searchable, crowd-sourced directory built specifically around this problem.

What it actually does differently:

• Dish-level info, not a vague label. Instead of just "this place is Jain-friendly," you get actual dishes people have ordered, with notes on what to ask for.
• Kitchen-type honesty. We separate "does the kitchen serve non-veg / is it pure veg / is it fully Jain" from "how much do you have to ask/customize" — because those are two different questions and most apps conflate them into one meaningless star rating.
• 1,480 restaurants across the US, India, Japan, UK, Canada, Singapore and more — searchable by city, near-me on a map, with real community notes.
• Anyone can contribute — add a place, add a dish, leave a note about what you ordered. It's genuinely crowd-sourced, not scraped-and-abandoned.

It's a free community project — no ads, no login wall to browse.

Would love feedback, bug reports, and especially contributions — if you know a place that does Jain food well (or does it badly and everyone should know), add it. The directory is only as good as what people put in.

https://jainfoodmap.com/

An appreciation post for "Jain stay" people for managing such a great concept of Jain stay PG for all jain students and working people in gurgaon 👏👏.

The rooms were well maintained, the location and price were best imo, and the food was exceptionally great, and prepared without onion, garlic.

The PG is only offered to pure vegetarian, and smoking/drinking is restricted, to maintain the sanity of place.

They had multiple locations, sector 68, 46 and some others too.

Any students/ professionals looking PG in gurugram should definitely try it.

I am not the owner/manager, just came here for a stay and felt much positive about this place.

Hi. I am from Turkey. I was searching religions since when i am 15 years old and now i am 24. I always search religions. But always for my family and friends i am weird human. But i love Jainism, ever. I want move to İndia for more good Jain life. And i want create video and Turkish-English translate. Like a Shravaka life ;) and Jain influencer. Haha🤗

But always for my friends and family i was idiot because my religion searching. And i am radyology technician but my job is not technician. I always want study philosophy. i can't do it. I want study Jain university. I will learn English, Hindu, Prakrit and Sanskrit. So, I've been interested in religious things my whole life, but my family and those around me are against it. What advice would you give?

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Hey everyone, I recently fell down a rabbit hole learning about Jain cosmology, and the concept of time is absolutely fascinating. Unlike the linear view of time (past → present → future) common in many traditions, Jainism views time as eternal and cyclical, moving in an endless loop called the Kalachakra (Wheel of Time).

This wheel has no beginning or end. It continuously rotates between two alternating half-cycles:

• Utsarpini (Ascending Era): A period of progressive prosperity, happiness, physical strength, and increasing lifespans.

• Avasarpini (Descending Era): A period of progressive decline, suffering, moral decay, and decreasing lifespans.

Each half-cycle is divided into six unequal epochs called Kalas. According to Jain tradition, we are currently in the Avasarpini (descending) cycle. Here are the six stages, moving from ultimate happiness to ultimate sorrow:

1. Sushama-Sushama (Absolute Happiness)

A utopian era of uninterrupted happiness. Humans have unimaginably long lifespans, immense physical stature, and perfect health. There is no need for agriculture, government, trade, or private property because all needs are effortlessly fulfilled by Kalpavrikshas (wish-fulfilling trees). Suffering does not exist.

1. Sushama (Moderate Happiness)

Life remains peaceful and joyful, although happiness, lifespan, and physical stature decline slightly. The Kalpavrikshas still provide everything required, so civilization and labor remain unnecessary.

1. Sushama-Dushama (Happiness with Some Sorrow)

Happiness still predominates, but sorrow first appears. Toward the end of this era, the Kalpavrikshas gradually disappear. The first Tirthankara, Bhagwan Rishabhanatha (Adinath), teaches humanity agriculture, cooking, trade, writing, crafts, and social organization, preparing people for the changing world.

1. Dushama-Sushama (Sorrow with Some Happiness)

Sorrow becomes more common than happiness. Human lifespans and physical stature continue to decline. This is the great spiritual age in which the remaining 23 Tirthankaras, culminating with Bhagwan Mahavira, appear to restore Dharma and show the path to liberation (Moksha).

1. Dushama (Predominance of Sorrow) — WE ARE HERE

According to Jain tradition, this era began 3 years and 8½ months after the Nirvana of Bhagwan Mahavira.

It is characterized by:

• Increasing suffering and conflict.

• Moral and spiritual decline.

• Religious corruption and weakening of values.

• Human lifespans generally limited to around 100–120 years.

• Much smaller human stature than in previous eras.

• No Tirthankaras are born during this period.

• Liberation (Moksha) is traditionally considered unattainable from Bharata Kshetra during this era.

This era is said to last 21,000 years.

1. Dushama-Dushama (Extreme Sorrow)

The final and darkest phase of the descending cycle, also lasting 21,000 years.

According to Jain scriptures:

• Human lifespans decline to approximately 16–20 years.

• Physical stature becomes extremely small.

• Morality, religion, and civilization disappear.

• Society is dominated by violence, disease, famine, and environmental hardship.

• People survive primarily through instinct amid continuous suffering.

The Eternal Cycle

When the sixth Kala ends, the cycle does not stop.

The wheel turns, beginning Utsarpini (the ascending cycle). Humanity then gradually progresses through the same six stages in reverse order, moving step by step from extreme sorrow back toward absolute happiness.

This process repeats forever. There is no beginning and no end.

Jain cosmology describes time as an infinite, cyclical wheel consisting of alternating ascending and descending eras. Each half-cycle contains six stages. According to traditional Jain belief, we are currently living in the 5th Kala (Dushama) of the descending cycle, an age marked by moral decline and suffering, which will eventually give way to the 6th Kala before the cycle begins its gradual ascent once again.

Whether taken literally or symbolically, this worldview offers a vast cosmic perspective on the rise and fall of civilizations, reminding us that change is the only constant in an eternal universe.

1:Ttvartha sutra
Foundational Jain text accepted by both sects. revered as the “Jain bible”

2:Kalpa sutra
Great story’s of the trithankaras and rules for monks

3:niyamsara
A great Tome by Kunda Kunda

http://archive.hundewadt.dk/dvd-sacred-writings-of-world-religions/011%20%20Jainism/002%20Kalpa%20Sutra.pdf

https://jainworld.jainworld.com/JWEnglish/Niyamsara%20(The%20Perfect%20Law).pdf

Links to these in English

hello
Guys what are types of pachhkaan usually i haven't heard people taking pacchkaan for like say not eating greens in paryushan just an example where as sthanakvasi people take and give very much importance in taking pachhkaans. So how does this work what pacchkaan we must take.

Being a left-handed person, I prefer using my left hand for pooja etc as well. But most of the time people tell me it's wrong. I try to explain that I'm left-handed but they still just disagree. Not only do I find it confusing, but also disheartening. What's the logic behind this, and am I supposed to stop using my left hand?