ARUN JAIN'S DIARY

For our global friends, we celebrate Diwali in all Indian states, but for different reasons. In North India, Diwali symbolises Lord Ram’s return to Ayodhya, while in some other parts of the North, it celebrates Mahaveer’s achievement of Nirvana. In this way, Diwali means something different to each member of our community.

In the 30 days leading up to Diwali and the 3 days following the same, India is met with an unmatched festive spirit. During this period, Navratri, Dussehra, Ayudha Pooja and Durga Pooja are celebrated for 8 to 10 days all across India.

We celebrate our three powers through three goddesses:
1. Physical Power represented by Kali or Durga
2. Knowledge Power represented by Saraswati
3. Economic Power represented by Lakshmi.

With the festival of Diwali, we celebrate Goddess Lakshmi who represents economic power, by decorating and lighting up our houses to invite her into them. We invite Lakshmi into our homes, to fill them with prosperity and knowledge, and to monetise all our knowledge power.

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Fifth podcast on Das Lakshan Parva

Virtue 4 – Uttam Shauch (Purity or Contentment) – Reverse of Greed – I want more.

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Virtue 3 – Uttam Aarjava (Straight Forwardness) – Driving Integrity and Simplicity

What I think, what I say and what I do are aligned.

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Virtue 2 – Uttam Mardava (Supreme Humility) – Reverse of Arrogance/Ego. I know it all vs. I need to know.

Das Lakshan Parva is a Jain festival that marks the celebration of 10 Virtues over a period of 10 days.

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Virtue 1 – Uttam Kshama (Supreme Forgiveness). Forgive and Forget.

Das Lakshan Parva is a Jain festival that marks the celebration of 10 Virtues over a period of 10 days.

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10th September 2021 is the beginning of a Jain festival called Das Lakshan Parva – a festival that marks 10 Virtues over a period of 10 days.

I used to visit the temple during these 10 days with my father and listen to a few lectures at the temple. The lectures would make me feel good but I could not draw any connection between them and my daily life. A few years ago, I was searching for a framework from Indian scriptures in relation to where deep knowledge has been made repeatable. I found the answer in Paryushan Parva, where Jains celebrate 10 principles of a high-performance life over 10 days when they are completely committed to learning.

In this series of audio podcasts, I will try to cover the 10 virtues similar to habits of effective leadership on a daily basis for the next 10 days.

Here is the first podcast about Das Lakshan Parva – https://lnkd.in/gWh7Xykk

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