Jain Prayers

The Ṇamōkāra mantra is the most significant mantra in Jainism, and one of the oldest mantras in continuous practice. This is the first prayer recited by the Jains while meditating.

The definitive aim of the Jain religion is the final liberation of the soul – mokṣa – from the cycle of birth. Jains believe that the soul is caught in the cycle of rebirth – saṃsāra – and can only attain liberation when it is free of all karma.

Jains follow the path established and practiced by Tirthankars, those spiritual victors who attained enlightenment and spread the concepts of truth and non-violence.

The Jain faith is one of the oldest faiths in India. Its presence is attested since the 6th–5th century BCE. This was the time when Mahāvīra preached in the eastern part of India, then known as Magadha. The prayer speaks of walking in the footsteps of Jina.

Samyak Charita is living your life according to Jain ethical rules, to avoid doing harm to living things and freeing yourself from attachment and other impure attitudes and thoughts.

Atmasiddhi Shastra (Six Spiritual Truths of the Soul) is the work of Srimad Rajchandra of India. It is a simple question-and answer work that engages a conversation between a doubter and a teacher (a guru) about the nature of the soul. The author, Rajchandra, was guru to Mahatma Gandhi.