Understand, Pray, Repeat

I asked my Mom, “Why would I sit for 3 hours, when I do not understand majority of it?”

Luckily, my mom didn’t force me to sit for Pratikaman (A Jain Ritual to forgive sins and non meritorious acts)

Made the universe proud and disappointed in a single act -

I did not blindly follow the herd but at the same time, I lacked curiosity and willingness to go deeper into concepts.

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I was a lazy human who did not question more, who wasn’t curious enough to even google the meaning of my prayers. (I am too embarrassed to share this)

This blog is definitely the by product of my research into the meaning of my prayers.

An eye opener when I read the meaning of first line of Navkar Mantra, which is -

Namo Arihantanam
I bow to the Lord who have annihilated all the inner enemies of anger, pride, attachment and greed.

It is so profound that if understood and applied, lessens more than half of your sufferings.

So I have decided, “1st Understand, 2nd Pray, then 3rd Repeat”