Meditation, Appreciation and the Jain Way of Life
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Meditation, Appreciation, and the Jain Way of Life
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Navkar Mantra Exercise
What goes through your head when you say the Navkar Mantra?
Nothing, other than the words you’ve memorized?
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Stop Crawling - Stand Up
30 (hours, lives)
5 (hours, lives)
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14 Stages of Spirituality
Stages of Spirituality
How to Focus:
Reaching Shukhla Dhyan
Once You’ve Arrived:
What Next?Appreciation
Navkar Mantra, The Right Way
Using your Power
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14 Gunasthanaks
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Most of Our LivesAre spent in Stage Two
The problem isn’t wrong faithIt’s unfocused faith
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SolutionsSensory Deprivation Tank (These actually
exist)
Correct Meditation
MIND
SOUL overtakes the Time ceases to
exist
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Four Levels of MeditationThe 4 Dhyans
ShukhlaDharmaArtaRaudra
The boundaries between levelsare not set in stone
Kaussaga – Think about it
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TakeawaysWe must move up the spiritual ladderWhy?
To understand and evaluate anything (your life, why you do what you do in Jainism, Sutras, Navkar) in a whole new way
Siddhashila, Moksha are the ultimate goal To Stand Up and Stop Crawling With meditation, 30 lives till Moksha 5 lives till Moksha
How? Removing all external distractionsTaking effort to focus the soul to beat the mind and
body
Stages of Spirituality
How to Focus: Reaching
Shukhla Dhyan
Once You’ve Arrived:
What Next?Appreciation
Navkar Mantra, The Right Way
Using your Power
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Stages of Spirituality
How to Focus:
Reaching Shukhla Dhyan
Once You’ve Arrived:
What Next?
Appreciation
Navkar Mantra, The Right Way
Using your Power
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What Next? Get “Lost in Thought”So you’re thinking, once I clear my mind from
all external inputs, what next?
The thought process going through your head becomes your reality
For all you know, nothing else exists around you
Mahavir Swami getting his ears drilled (Story)
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Appreciation in JainismAlmost all things in Jainism are ways to step
back from your life and appreciate what you take for granted
Activity: Think of Jain beliefs and how they are simple forms of appreciation
Take time each day to think about what you have – even if you aren’t religious – realize how lucky you are
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Navkar Mantra, CorrectlyEach of the 1st five lines is greater than the last
4 lines combined
Each line should be invoking a well thought out idea (unique to you)This shows true appreciation
The Navkar Mantra is the strongest form of appreciation
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Trying the Navkar MantraClose your eyes
Focus the mind completely, Clear any External Input
Say the Navkar Mantra in your headAfter saying each line, think about the meaningDon’t memorize and repeat what you read, understand
what each line is by formulating your own meaning for itGet ‘Lost in Focused Thought’
Only some of you will move up the spiritual ladder to Stage 3 or 4The truth is, most of our lives are spent in blind faithWe rarely know why we do things, and this is to most
important piece
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Stages of Spirituality
How to Focus:
Reaching Shukhla Dhyan
Once You’ve Arrived:
What Next?
Appreciation
Navkar Mantra, The Right Way
Power
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Knowledge vs. UnderstandingAnyone/Anything can present you with
knowledgeBut understanding it and combining it is left
upon you
Example
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TakeawaysMeditate Correctly
Why?How?
Appreciate OftenEnjoy the Journey of Life
Stages of Spirituality
How to Focus:
Reaching Shukhla Dhyan
Once You’ve Arrived:
What Next?Appreciation
Navkar Mantra, The Right Way
Power
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GameSuppose I am a patient at an insane asylum (Shutter
Island)You all are the doctors and nurses examining me
I suffer from the delusion that I am God
You may want to do something with me; humor me; or ask me questions
I am perfectly willing to submit to your examinations and your treatment
And so I invite you to help yourselves
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Contact [email protected](732) 675-8035
Thank You for Listening!
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