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पर्युषण पर्व या दस लक्षण धर्म का जैन त्योहार शरीर, इंद्रियों और मन को शुद्ध करने के लिए है

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 पर्युषण पर्व या दस लक्षण धर्म का जैन त्योहार शरीर, इंद्रियों और मन को शुद्ध करने के लिए है ~ब्लॉग लेखक: डॉ ललित किशोर (Speaking Tree)      हर साल जैन त्यौहार पर्युषण पर्व या दस लक्षण धर्म भाद्रपद माह के शुक्ल पक्ष में 8-10 दिनों तक ध्यान, उपवास और प्रार्थना के साथ मनाया जाता है, जिसका समापन संवत्सरी या क्षमावाणी - क्षमा दिवस के साथ होता है। त्यौहार के आखिरी दिन अनुयायी 'मिच्छामि दुक्कड़म!' या "मुझे माफ़ कर दो!" का आदान-प्रदान करते हैं, जिसका अर्थ है कि मेरे सभी गलत कामों को मिटा दिया जाए ताकि एक नई शुरुआत या नवीनीकरण हो सके।  भाद्रपद का पूरा महीना व्रत, पूजा-पाठ और शास्त्र पठन-पाठन में व्यतीत होता है।      ऐसा माना जाता है कि उपवास शरीर और मन को शुद्ध करता है और त्याग और तपस्या पर जोर देता है। कुछ भक्त तो 31 दिनों तक उपवास या 'मास्कमण' भी करते हैं और केवल उबला हुआ पानी पीकर अपना गुजारा करते हैं।      दस लक्षण धर्म के लिए, त्योहार के दौरान निम्नलिखित दस 'पवित्र गुणों' पर विचार किया जाता है और उनका अभ्यास किया जाता है •उत्तम क्षमा या...
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Understanding Spirituality through Haiku

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  Spirituality Haiku     Being rooted in life’ quest For transpersonal moorings In the eternal   Mystical connect - An active relationship With ultimate Truth   Self-knowing process In existential science field With self-on-self acts   Spirituality! That’s non-dualistic living – Non-mechanistic!   Spirituality! End of dualism of both Sacred ‘n secular   Spirituality! A deep sense of presence of True self in cosmos   Spirituality! Transcendence from worldly life That's mundane-n-profane
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Understanding non-dualistic existentialism: Verses and meaning

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  An AI Overview informs 'Advaita Vedanta, a school of Hindu /vedic philosophy emphasizing non-duality, can be seen as a framework for understanding existential questions, offering a perspective on meaning, suffering, and the nature of reality that resonates with some existentialist themes, but also diverges in key areas.  Both Advaita Vedanta and existentialism place importance on the individual's experience and the search for meaning and purpose...  Advaita Vedanta  emphasizes self-reliance and importance of individual experience over external authority or dogma.   Overview adds that in essence, Advaita Vedanta offers a framework for understanding existential questions by providing a perspective on the nature of reality, the self, and the path to liberation, which can be seen as a response to non-dual existentialist concerns of meaninglessness and suffering, but with a different emphasis on the nature of reality and the role of the individual.  Two v...
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After the holy month of Ramadan, here comes Eid-ul-Fitr

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  After the holy month of Ramadan, here comes Eid-ul-Fitr    Dr. Lalit Inshore, merinews.com [1]   Eid is a day of remembrance. The day for praying to Allah and glorifying His name in an act of remembrance for favours and kindness. In its true sense, the meaning of remembrance on the Day transcends the mundane to a humanitarian benevolence. Eid is a public holiday and is celebrated all across India. Various non-muslims too visit their muslim friends on this occasion to convey their good wishes. Eid is also called 'Thanksgiving Day' on which muslims assemble in a brotherly and joyful atmosphere to offer their gratitude to Allah for helping them to fulfill their spiritual obligations. This form of thanksgiving is not confined to a set of mere verbal expressions, it goes far beyond to manifest itself in the form of a wholesome social and spiritual devotion. Eid ul-Fitr or Eid marks the end of Ramadan - the holy month of fasting . The Arabic words here mean "fe...
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Contemporary relevance of teachings of the Bhagavad Gita: Said in haiku pattern poetry

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  HAIKU Have become world-n-life Materialistic-n-mundane Trapped by mind-n-senses *** Existential in-gifts - Intellect, wisdom, soulness - Have become dormant *** Timeless Gita's teachings - They're all the more needed for Mindful-n-soulfulness *** All of us have souls In equal measures, for fostering And strived awakening *** Contemplate, dwell on The Bhagavad Gita sacred text For detached action *** God's gift's soulfulness Foster-n-nurture the gift For soul's and God's sake
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अद्वैत वेदांत का मुख्य सिद्धांत श्लोक: पढ़ें, जाने एवं मनन करें

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  श्लोक: अविद्याकामकर्मादिपाशबन्धं विमोचितुम्।  कः शक्नुयाद्विनात्मानं कल्पकोटिशतैरपि॥ न योगेन न साङ्ख्येन कर्मणा नो न विद्यया: । ब्रह्मत्मानैकत्वबोधेन मोक्षः ॥ ~विवेकचूडामणि  ( ५१-१००); आदि शंकराचार्य सन्देश: अविद्या / अज्ञान , कामना  और कर्म-दर्प  के बंधन से मुक्त होने के लिए, अर्थात मुक्ति / मोक्ष प्राप्त करने के लिए, आत्मज्ञान एवं ब्रह्मज्ञान  के सिवाय कोई अन्य उपाय नहीं है, न योग, न सांख्य, न कर्मकांड , न शाब्दिक-विद्वता / गुरु या ग्रन्थ । याने, स्वयं द्वारा स्वयं को जानें  - आत्म तत्व  एवं ब्रह्म तत्व को जानें l   तालिका पढ़ें एवं मनन करें  सूक्ष्म कविता   अविद्या-बंधन-है कामना -बंधन -है ; कर्म-दर्प-बंधन-है बंधन-मुक्ति-हेतु  आत्म-ज्ञान-प्रतिभा-जागरण साधना-करो l 
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Grok 3 chatbot: A limerick ~Lalit Kishore

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  A chatbot is a AI powered digital program that simulates human conversation with an end user through natural language processing (NLP) or large language processing. (LLP)  to understand questions and automate responses objectively.   Besides Musk's Grok 3 chatbot that is being projected as world's smartest AI chatbot available for free, the other chatbots include Google's Gemini, Microsoft's Copilot, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Perplexity AI.   LIMERICK ON GROK 3 CHATBOT   Here comes Musk's scary smart Grok 3 chatbot Lased with two reasoning models free of cost  *** It couples real time curiosity with objectivity For hot pursuit of Truth that can be reformative  *** However, truth can be painful to some if test-crossed
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