forgiveness in a Jain prayer

After an attempt at being a Jain for a day Jigar had sent me this beautiful piece of poetry:

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Jai Jinendra:

Mitchami Dukkadam

The following is the prayer we say while doing
Pratikraman:

“KHAMEMI SAVVE JIVE,
SAVVE JIVA KHAMANTU ME
METTI ME SAVVE BHUYESU,
VERAM MAJAHAM N KENAI”

It means: “I forgive (from the bottom of my heart without any reservation) all living beings (who may have caused me any pain and suffering either in this life or previous lives), and
I beg (again from the bottom of my heart without any reservation) for the forgiveness from all living beings (no matter how small or big to whom I may have caused pain and suffering in this life or previous lives, knowingly or unknowingly, mentally, verbally or physically, or if I have asked or encouraged someone else to carry out such activities). (Let all creatures
know that) I have a friendship with everybody and I have no revenge (animosity or enmity) toward anybody.”

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2 responses to “forgiveness in a Jain prayer”

  1. preethi Avatar

    an excellent post…
    I am trying very hard to forgive people..In the process I have felt the lightness of my soul ..and tremendous freedom.
    I believe there is no right or wrong ..it is amoral universe.Its just that you got hurt…no one has hurt you.

  2. Sanjay M Avatar

    > Its just that you got hurt… no one has hurt you

    hmm I quite agree – esp if we take complete responsibility of our own life which isn’t always easy to do!

    Thanks preethi

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