This page looks at the daily spiritual practices of Jains.
Daily spirituality
Last updated 2009-09-14
Daily spiritual practices
Jains try to carry out certain spiritual acts every day. These are:
- prayer
- honouring the tirthankaras
- paying respect to monks
- repenting for sins
- self-control through sitting meditation for 48 minutes
- going without something pleasurable
Daily routine for image-worshipping lay Jains
What follows is an outline of the spiritual routine of a particularly observant lay Jain - most Jains won't carry out all of this, although they will try to include as much as possible.
- Morning prayers - before dawn
- Panca Namaskara Sutra:
I bow to the enlightened souls
I bow to the liberated souls
I bow to religious leaders
I bow to religious teachers
I bow to all the monks in the world - Pratikramana - repentance for harm done during the night.
- Panca Namaskara Sutra:
- temple visit for worship and hearing teaching
- care for others
- greetings and donations to monks and nuns
- care for people in need
- prayer before lunch
- eat last meal of day before darkness falls
- visit for worship (these visits are often replaced by ceremonies in the home)
- Pratikramana - repentance for harm done during the day
- reading of scriptures
At some point in the day, lay Jains try to fit in a 48 minute period of self-study and static meditation.
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