UTTAM KSHAMA

[Manish Modi]

Priya Saadhak,

The Paryushana Festival offers a wonderful opportunity to cleanse our souls of anger, arrogance, artifice and avarice which taint its naturally tranquil disposition. At the completion of the Paryushana Parva, we seek your forgiveness for all our acts of omission and commission, of mind, speech and body, done knowingly or unknowingly, that may have harmed you in any manner.

We wholeheartedly forgive you for any hurt or harm that you may have knowingly or unknowingly caused us.

उत्तम क्षमा मङ्गल पाठ  

खामेमि सव्वे जीवा

सव्वे जीवा खमंतु मे

मित्ती मे सव्व भूएसु

वेरं मज्झ ण केणइ

ખામેમિ સવ્વે જીવા

સવ્વે જીવા ખમંતુ મે

મિત્ત્તી મે સવ્વ ભૂએસુ

વેરં મ‍જ્ઝ‍ ણ કેણઇ

khāmemi savve jīvā

savve jīvā khamaṃtu me

mittī me savva bhūesu

veraṃ majjha ṇa keṇai

I forgive all beings

Let all beings forgive me too

I am friends with all

I harbour enmity towards none

Reflection:

Karmas cause worldly bondage. And freedom from karmas removes worldly bondage.

What causes karmas to come and cling to the soul? Among the many factors that cause karmic bondage, attachment and aversion top the list. No matter who we are and what we choose to do with our lives, we are constantly experiencing likes and dislikes. Whether pondering over the weather, or a person, or a nation, or a community, or an athlete, or a celebrity, we are seldom free from attachment and aversion. This attachment and aversion inflow and bonding of karmas with the soul.

The most effective way of shedding past karmas and not attracting fresh karmas is to cease all enmity. Because enmity, anger, jealousy and violence cause the greatest karmic bondage.

Inversely, a tranquil mind, free from anger, arrogance, artifice and avarice experiences the true lightness of being. Tranquilness is the bliss enjoyed by the yogi.

I wish to attain this tranquilness. I pray that you too may attain it.

ॐ नमः सिद्धेभ्यः

क्षमाप्रार्थी:

Vijayalaxmi Yashodhar Modi

Manish Yashodhar Modi

Nirupama Manish Modi

Samyak Manish Modi