Posted on 09/13/2021 2:50:05 AM PDT by Cronos
Michchhāmi Dukkaḍaṃ is an ancient Prakrit phrase literally meaning — may all the evil that has been done be fruitless. It is especially used on the Kshamavani Diwas or Forgiveness Day, celebrated on Samvatsari, the concluding day of the eight or ten day Paryushana festival, one of the main festivals of the cheap ativan online cost Jain community. On this day, Jains request forgiveness from each other for all offences committed. The phrase is also used when a person makes a mistake, or recollects making one in everyday life, or when asking for forgiveness in advance for inadvertent ones.
Michchhāmi Dukkaḍaṃ (मिच्छामि दुक्कडम्), also written as michchha mi dukkadam, is an ancient Indian Prakrit language phrase, found in historic Jain texts. Its Sanskrit equivalent is "Mithya me duskrtam" and both literally mean "may all the evil that has been done be in vain".
Paryushana means "abiding and coming together". It is a time when the Jains take on vows of study and fasting
Ten righteous virtues are vowed and renewed during this time
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The most interesting part is that it strictly rejects the concepts of a creator god and a creation/destruction of the Universe.
It holds to more of an "ascension" to higher levels - the Stargate science-fiction universe borrowed from this
The three main pillars of Jainism are ahiṃsā (non-violence), anekāntavāda (non-absolutism), and aparigraha (non-attachment).
Reading about Jainism and it’s belief system is quite interesting from a Christian point of view as it is nearly the opposite of Christianity:
1. It rejects the concept of a creator god
2. It rejects the concept of heaven and hell
3. It rejects an afterlife per se - the greatest “escape” is utter rejection of every attachment even of self
4. It sees nearly every action as causing some evil so accumulating bad “karma”
This festival is not kept by the cheap viagra online cost Jainism sect.
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