Jai Jinendra kids! We have already discussed 5 Bol in our previous blogs. Now we are going to learn about Bol 6 – Bal Pran 10. 🌟 What are Bal Pran? The word “Pran” means life-force thats help a living being in staying alive. “Bal Pran” means the strengths that a living being uses to live and function. In Jainism, there are 10 Bal Prans. Different living beings have different numbers of these life-powers. The more developed the living being is, the more Bal Prans it can have.

Jai Jinendra kids! In our previous blogs, we have already learnt: Bol 1 – Gati 4 Bol 2 – Jati 5 Bol 3 – Kaya 6 Bol 4 – Indriya 5 Now, let's understand Bol 5 - "Paryapti 6." What is Paryapti? The word "Paryapti" means the ability or capacity to develop and use something that a living being needs to live and function. When a soul moves from one Gati to another Gati, it gradually develops different abilities. These abilities help the living being build its body, use its sen

In our previous blog, we learnt Bol 1 – Gati 4, which tells us about the four possible destinies of a soul. Now let's move forward and learn Bol 2 – Jati 5. But first, what does Jati mean? 🌱 What is Jati? In our Jain Dharam, Jati refers to the classification of living beings according to the number of senses they have. There are 5 types of Jati: 🌱 Ekendriya – One-sensed beings 🐚 Beindriya – Two-sensed beings 🐜 Teindriya – Three-sensed beings 🪰 Chaurindriya – Four-sensed

Have you ever wondered, “Where do living beings go after this life?” According to our Jain philosophy, every living being has a soul. The soul keeps taking birth again and again because of its karmas (remember the 8 karmas?). Depending on the karmas we have accumulated, the soul can be born in any one of four different Gatis. These four Gatis are: Narak Gati – Naarakis or the souls living in Narak Tiryanch Gati – Animals, birds, insects, plants and other non-human living bein

Jai Jinendra kids! We hope you've revised all the Paths that we learned in the previous classes and also understood nicely the 3 bols we have done till now. Oh, and don't forget to recall the names of our 24 Tirthankar Bhagwans too! Now we shall move on to the next Bol. Bol 4 - Indriyan 5 The word Indriya basically refers to our sense organs. We use our senses every single day to understand the world around us. We see beautiful things, hear music, taste food, smell flowers an

Jai Jinendra kids! Let us take a quick trip back to our last Dharam Shiksha class. Do you remember what we learned about the 3rd Bol - Kaya 6? If not, don't worry! We're about to share a quick recap of this Bol along with a retelling of the super inspiring story of Atimukt Kumar! So read on... Bol 3 - Kaya 6 When we think of living beings, what comes to mind? A human being? A dog? A bird? Perhaps an ant or a butterfly? But our beautiful Jain Dharam encourages us to look much

Jai Jinendra and welcome back, dear little learners! 🌼 We hope you had a wonderful time watching the animated stories of Bhagwan Mahavir Swami’s previous births and enjoyed learning from them. Each story was filled with beautiful lessons and we hope they inspired you to become a better person and a good Jain Shravak. Now we are happy to begin this blog again with you! Get ready to explore more fun stories, interesting teachings, and simple ways to follow our beautiful Jain d

Jai Jinendra ji! Welcome to yet another inspiring session of Dharam Shiksha class where our team humbly strives to impart valuable knowledge from our scriptures to the kids in a fun and entertaining way. So we began this class with a revision of the Paaths. It warmed our hearts to see that most of the children could recite them without any hesitation. 👏👏 Then we took up the day's topic - VINAY. VINAY - What does it mean? In simple words, Vinay means humility and respect f

Jai Jinendra dear children and parents! Our last Dharam Shiksha class began with a heartfelt Mangal Bhavna for every Jeev in this Lok, filling the atmosphere with positivity and compassion. We followed this with a sincere revision of Paaths already learned and explained, where the children participated enthusiastically. We then moved on to understanding the concept of Samyaktva and the 5 types of Vyavhar Samkit. What is Samyaktva? Thanks to the previous Dharam Classes, the ch

Jai Jinendra everyone! First of all, a big thank you to all the kids and the Parents who are continuously striving to make these Dharam Classes a success. Without your keen and eager participation, we wouldn't be able to spread the pearls of wisdom that our great Tirthankars, Kewalis and Gurus have blessed us with. Going forward, we hope to see even more participation from the children - dear Parents, please take note of that 😊 So this week, we continued with the topic - Mit

Jai Jinendra everyone! A big thank you to all the children who attended the last Dharam Shiksha class despite the change in venue. Your presence and support truly mean a lot to our team. In this class, we formed groups based on learning levels. Children who were not familiar with the "Arihanto Paath" were taught the paath, while the others revised the "Ichchakren Paath." Next, we took up our topic for the day - Mithyatva. What is Mithyatva? Simply put, Mithyatva means “wrong

Jai Jinendra dear kids and parents! Welcome to a quick recap of everything that was taught in the last two Dharam Shiksha classes. After we discussed the concept of "Punya" with kids, the next natural progression was talking about "Paap." The kids learned what Paap stands for, different types of Paap, an interesting story to explain the concept better and an experiment to make them understand how intensely Paap karma impacts our soul. What is Paap? Paap is karma that is easy

Welcome to yet another recap of our exciting Dharam Class full of invaluable life lessons and learnings. First of all, we would love to express our gratitude for the impressive attendance last Sunday - Good going kids! Keep up this enthusiasm and eagerness to learn in all the future classes too! So we started this Dharam Class with a recap of the previously taught Paaths. Then we moved on to explaining the next portion of the Tass Uttrikarnenang Paath - the 13 "aagaar." Tass

Thank you, dear kids, for participating in the last Dharam Shiksha class! It warms our hearts to see you so willing and eager to learn the basics of our beautiful religion. In the next class, we look forward to seeing even more smiling faces and enthusiastic participation. So we started this class with a revision of the previously explained Paaths. Then, we moved a step further and discussed the first line of the Tass Uttrikarnenang Paath along with its meaning. "Tass Uttrika

Jai Jinendra everyone! We are happy to share a quick recap of everything that was taught and discussed in the last Dharam Class. We're grateful for the active and enthusiastic participation of the little ones that makes every session truly invigorating. So we started the class with a revision of the " Arihanto " and " Ichhakaren " Paths. Many children could recall them perfectly which warms our hearts and gives us faith that the kids are moving ahead in the right direction. A

Jai Jinendra ji! Welcome to yet another inspiring session of Dharam Shiksha class where our motto is to impart valuable life lessons to the kids in a fun and entertaining way. So we began this class with a revision of everything the kids learned in the previous two classes. We must say - we were impressed with the retention and recall power of our little champions. 👏👏 Please make sure the kids go through blogs of previous sessions so they are up-to-date with whatever was t

A Short Note from Team Dharam Shiksha to the Parents: Dear Parents, Jai Jinendra! Over the past few months, it has been a true blessing to share with your little ones the beautiful values and teachings of Jainism, under the loving guidance of our revered Gurus — Upadhyay Bhagwant Shri Jitendra Muni Ji Maharaj and Shri Prabhas Muni Ji Maharaj. Now that our Gurudevs have begun their vihaar yatra , their divine presence may not always be around us, but their teachings, blessing

Jai Jinendra everyone! Welcome to the recap of yet another super inspiring and fun Dharma Shiksha class. We started this class with the Alochana Sutra (Icchakaren Path) and its meaning. We were only able to take up the first few lines and we're listing them with their meaning below. Alochana Sutra (Icchakaren Path) Meaning~ Icchakaren Sandisah Bhagwam: This means - Oh Guru Maharaj ji, please give me your consent... Iriyawahiyam Padikkmaami: To do pratikraman (alochana) of eve

Jai Jinendra everyone! Welcome to yet another enlightening session of beautiful and meaningful learnings. In this Dharma Class, we acquainted the kids with the concept of "Mad" (ego) and its 8 types. Read on to find out more about it... What is "Mad"? The word "Mad" in itself can mean a lot of things. For instance, "Mad" might stand for alcohol (madira), honey (madhu), or ego (ahankar). In today's context, we will focus on the last meaning of "Mad" - ahankar or ego — when som

Jai Jinendra everyone! In our last Dharma Class, instead of moving ahead with the Samayik Paths, we thought of taking a break to tell the...