MOODBIDRI SWAMIJI PROFILE

His Holiness Dr Swasti Shree Bhattaraka Charukeerthi Pandithacharyavarya Mahaswamiji, Shree Jain Math, Moodbidri.

Karnataka,INDIA

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A Profile

According to local tradition, the Moodbidri Bhattaraka Gurupeetha (Religious Pontiff’s Seat) is traced to the line of Acharya Kunda Kunda. The titular name of the religious head runs like this:

“Srimad Delli Kanakadri Shwethapura Sudhapura Sangeethapura, Srimad Belagola, Kshemavenupura Siddha Simhasanadheeshwara.”

Bhattaraka is said to mean a scholar who has mastered all branches of knowledge and arts with an unquenching thirst for knowledge. A Bhattaraka is expected to be well-versed in religious knowledge acquired through intense study and to be the well-wisher of monks and great souls. He should propagate religious principles.

The present Gurupeetha was founded in 1220 by the then Pontiff, Swasti Shree Charukeerthi Pandithachayavarya of Shravanabelagola Mutt.

Moodbidri Mutt is a great seat of Jain Bhattaraka (Jain Pontiff) and one of the most prominent Jain Mutts. The Bhattarakas hold the literary title, ‘Charukeerthi Swamiji’. They have been pontiffs of Jains and kings alike and wield great influence, command and respect in Royal Darbars (royal assemblies) of all the states in India. The Bhattarakas of the Moodbidri Jain Mutt have been very famous for their accomplishments in learning Sanskrit, Prakrit, Jainology, herbal medicine and philosophy.

The Moodbidri Jain Library is the richest of all Jain literary collections throughout India and contains very ancient and unique works of Jain Acharyas (philosophers) written on palm leaves. The renowned Jain scriptures viz. Dhavala, Jaya Dhavala and Maha Dhavala, known to be the most precious holy literature are preserved at Jain Mutt under the Swamiji’s custody.

Presently, this sacred seat of the Bhattaraka is held by a young and energetic sage who is enthroned on this religious seat of Jain Mutt as a successor to the previous Swamiji.. He secured Diploma in computer science and civil engineering vasthu architect in Building Construction. He had his post graduate education and obtained M. A. in Economics and Vastuvisharada (a course on traditional Indian architecture). At present, the Swamiji is the supreme Head of a lot of institutions such as Ramarani Research Centre, Sri Mahaveera College, swassthi shree residential Jain Pre-university College, Gamaka School of Art, Choodamani Art Gallery and also the Managing Trustee of the famous 18 Jain Temples of Moodbidri which includes world- famous Thousand Pillar Temple and Siddhanta Temple which has invaluable, antique and precious stone-idols. He also runs an old age home for the old and a free student hostel.

He is one of the promoters of Bharathiya Sanskrithika Parishad of Karnataka, Jeevan Vigyan Academy of Bangalore and Animal Kindness Society of Bangalore. He is the Head of the Moodbidri Chapter of World Conference for Peace and Religion. He is the Managing Trustee of Dhavalathraya Trust (Regd.)

“Vivekabhyudaya”, a popular monthly propagating the Shramana Sanskrithi (Jain culture), is being published for the last 76 years by the Jain Mutt.

Right from the day of his becoming the Head of the Jain Mutt, the Swamiji kept himself busy in all kinds of religious, cultural and social activities and he organized literary conference and religious functions. He attended conferences world-wide and carried out the work of his predecessor and gave Moodbidri a new distinction as centre of religious activities, art and culture.

He was the principal speaker at the 2000^th millennium celebration of Jesus Christ in Mysore. He is one of the members of “Jnana Peetha Foundation”, Delhi, which confers the prestigious national literary award every year called “Jnana Peetha Award”. The Swamiji was the honorary guest at the 10-day Jain ritual called “Dashalakshana Parva” in Nepal in the year 2000. He delivered his speech on Lord Mahaveera at the 2600^th International Mahaveera Birth Anniversary Celebration in Singapore in 2002. He also delivered the key note address on Jainology, Vegetarianism and Yoga at Munich University and Munster University in Germany. The Swamiji is actively participating in programs organized by Delhi Peace Summit headed by the President of India.

He participated in World Conference for Religion and Peace at Barcelona, Spain, in July 2004 and spoke about ‘nonviolence and the role of youth in world peace”. There was a dialogue on celibacy in Jainism with inter-faith organizations. As the cultural ambassador of India he has undertaken morethan 40 foreign tours of countries like the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Denmark,Belgium, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia,Nepal,UAE. He has attended four pwr conference since2018, Barcelona,Melbourne,saltlake city Utah,Toronto Canada  the World Religious Conference. He has consecrated more than 50 Panchakalyaan jina(bimba) idol Installations. He has been chosen as the permanent all-religious advisor of international institutions like peacenext.org, gurusangam.org, jaina.org,parliament of world religion member,hwpl seoul koria member, U. S. A, International Jain Foram,Vegetarian Congress and as Bharatiya Samskruthika Parishat. He is the promoter of Adyashree Charukeerthi Yakshagana Balaga, Advisor of Jain Research Centre, Mahaveera Bhavana, Moodbidri. He is also the Founder-President of Tribhuvan Art Gallery, Moodbidri. The Swamiji is also engaged in innumerable non-profit activities and organizations.

In recognition of his immense knowledge in architecture, Kolkata Astrological University honored him by presenting the honorary “Bharat Mata Award” at the International Astrological Conference.2004 honored DOCTORATE, The “Non-violence” Organization honored him by conferring the award of “Dharma Rathna”. He was also honored with the “Jain Jyothi” award by the Governor of Karnataka State, Honorable Sri T N Chaturvedi in Bangalore.2015 USA CONGRESS HONOURED SWAMIJI, and 2016 SRILANKA honored as Jagath kalyaan guru SWAMIJI attended four parliament of world religions around the globe 2017 Maharashtra government co-op minister honored with the Dharma Rathnakara title at Sholapur,2018 felicitate Chicago jain centre USA, 30 june2018 and recently November 30 Jain centre KATMANDU NEPAL

His future dreams are many Prominent of them being to establish an ashram to propagate the Jain way of life. He has already given a start for the publication of rare works housed in Ramarani Research Centre. Such is the Swamiji”s great personality backed with zeal and thirst for all kinds of creative wisdom.

The Jain Mutt can be accessed at the website www.jainkashi.com which is the first-ever website of a Jain religious institution in India.

kala in jainism

There is no hidden divine power in or beyond the universe which can regulate the change, and yet the change is not disorderly.  It is an order without a regulator; it is a law without a lawmaker.  Each object is itself the regulator of its own change.  Time is only a tool in the change.

Time repeats, and this is a natural law as well as a scientific arrangement.  As day and night, fortnight and month, season and year change, so do centuries, millennia, even an immensely large time, because of some natural laws.  In this eternal flow of time, there are up-phases and down-phases called Utsarpini and Avasarpini in the Jain terminology.   As the Utsarpiniphase waxes and expands, so the Avasarpini wanes and gradually recedes.  In the Utsarpini phase, the strength, longevity and body size gradually increase, as they gradually diminish in the Avasarpini phase.  Thus if Utsarpini stands for growth, Avasarpini stands for decline.  Each phase, Utsarpini and Avasarpini, has a length of a Koda-kodi Sagars (inconceivably long number of years), and twenty such Koda-kodi Sagars make one Kalpa.   There appear two-times 24 Tirthankars in each Kalpa.  Avasarpini has six divisions called:

1.  Sukhma-Sukhma,

2.  Sukhma;

3.  Sukhma-Duhkhma,

4.  Duhkhma-Sukhma,

5.  Duhkhma,

6.  Duhkhma-Duhkhma.  

(Sukhma stands for the bracing phase; Duhkhma stands for the non-bracing phase.) Likewise, Utsarpini has six divisions as follows:

 6.  

Duhkhma-Duhkhma,

 5.  

Duhkhma,

 4.  

Duhkhma-Sukhma,

 3.  

Sukhma-Duhkhma,

 2.  

Sukhma,

 1.  

Sukhma-Sukhma.

The names of these time divisions indicate the extent of pleasure and pain in each.   Here the word 'pleasure' is used in the worldly sense.   Up to the third time division in the first group, the dominant feature is pleasure, so that there is hardly any occasion for spiritual growth.  The Tirthankars appear in the fourth division and the road to liberation opens only then.  From this angle, the fourth division is very important.  Fourteen Kulakars appear at the end of the third division and 63 Shalaka-purushas (Spoke-men=Path-givers) in the fourth division who are as follows: 

Tirthankars 24, Chakravartis 12, Narayans 9, Prati-Narayans 9 and Balabhadras 9. 

The present time-phase is the fifth time-division of the Avasarpini.   In this phase, neither the Kulakars appear, nor the 63 Spoke-men.  Nor is any one liberated in this phase.  The 63 Spoke-men of the fourth division, particularly their character, is the subject matter of the Jain Puranas.  in this manner, an infinite number of Kalpas are buried in the past, and an infinite number will blossom in future.   Accordingly the group of the 24 Tirthankars one after another had been born an infinite number ot times in this land of Bharata, and similar groups will be born an infinite number of times in future.  A similar arrangement exists in the land of Airavat.   The state of things is somewhat different in Videha, because there it is always similar, to that in the fourth division. 

According to the Jain geography, of the innumerable isles and oceans in the central part of the universe, human beings exist only in the two isles and a half; and so the Tirthankars may appear in these two and a half isles.  The expanse in the first of these latter isles called Jambudvip is one lakh yojanas, containing seven regions, viz., Bharata, Haimavat, Hari, Videha, Ramyak; Hairanyavat and Airavat.  To know the details of these, one need have the deep knowledge and study of the Jain Agams.  It is superfluous to reproduce the description here. 

Although taking into consideration the current Avasarpini, it has been said that Mahavira was the twentyfourth and last Tirthankara of the land of Bharata.  Yet, taking a view of the aggregate, he can neither be given a definite nor be called last.  As it is said. 

kalo hyayam niravadhi vipula ca prthvi(Bhavbhuti, Malati-Madhava.) 

Time takes no limit, and the world is very big. 

In the first, second and third time-divisions, the arrangement is that of a land of pleasure (bhogbhumi), the order of pleasure being maximum, middle and minimum, but all the same the dominant note is pleasure.  Everyone is well-supplied with objects of pleasure through the medium of the Kalpa trees.  Thus though the life is full of joy, from a spiritual angle, the road to its full growth is, in a sense, closed.  The fourth division sees the emergence of a land of spiritual action (karmbhumi).  The easy realisation of pleasure gradually tends to cease and livelihood calls for more effort and pain, but the door of opportunity to spiritual growth widely opens.  At the end of the third division, the fourteen Kulakars train the common folks in the affairs of a land of spiritual appear and action The fourteenth Kulakar of the present Avasarpini:- was king Nabhiraya.  By the time of his appearance, when the third division had virtually closed, the land of pleasure was getting transformed into a land of spiritual action. 

ಜೈನ್ ಕಾಶಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕದಿರು ಹಬ್ಬ 2018

ಜೈನ್ ಕಾಶಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕದಿರು ಹಬ್ಬ

ಪ್ರಾಯಶಃ ಇದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಕರಾವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಪ್ರಚಲಿತವಿರುವ ಒಂದು ಹಬ್ಬ. ಇದನ್ನು ಹಬ್ಬ ಅನ್ನೊ ಬದಲು ಒಂದು ಆಚರಣೆ ಅನ್ನಬಹುದು. ಜೂನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಭತ್ತದ ನಾಟಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರೆ, ಸುಮಾರಾಗಿ ನವರಾತ್ರಿ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತೆನೆ ಕೂತಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಕುಯಿಲು ಶುರು ಮಾಡುವ ಮೊದಲು, ನವರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ದಶಮಿ ಯ ದಿನ ಮೂಡುಬಿದಿರೆ ಜೈನ್ ಕಾಶಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಹಬ್ಬವನ್ನು ಆಚರಣೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈ ಆಚರಣೆಯನ್ನು ಕುರಲ್ ಪರ್ಬ ,ಪೊಸ ಅರಿ ಉಣಸ್,ಪುದ್ದರ್ ಹೊಸ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಊಟ,ಮೊದಲಾದ ಹೆಸರಿನಿ೦ದಲೂ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ " ಭರತ ಚಕ್ರವತಿ೯  ವಿಜಯ ದಶಮಿ ಯ೦ದು ಚತುನಿ೯ಕಾಯ ದೇವತೆ ಗಳನ್ನುಶೋಡಷೋಪಚಾರ ಪೋಜೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ ಆಯುದಗಾರ ದ ಆಯುದ ಗಳನ್ನು ಚಕ್ರರತ್ನ ವನ್ನುದಾನ್ಯ ರಾಶಿ ಯನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಿ ಭೂಮಿ ದೇವಿ ಯನ್ನು ಕ್ರತಜ್ಞತೆಯಿ೦ದ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ ದ ದಿನ

 ಈ ಹಬ್ಬದ ದಿನ, ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಬೇಗ ಗದ್ದೆಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ, ತೆನೆಗೆ/ಕದಿರಿಗೆ ಪೂಜೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ತೆನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತೆನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿ, ಹರಿವಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಟ್ಟು, ಜಾಘಂಟೆ ಹಾಗು ಶಂಖದ ನಾದದೊಂದಿಗೆ, ವಾದ್ಯಘೋಷ ಗಳೊ೦ದಿಗೆ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜೈನ ಕಾಶಿ ಯ ಪೇಟೆಯ ಶ್ರಾವಕರು ತಲೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ತೆನೆ  ಹೊತ್ತು, ಅವರವರ ಮನೆಗೆ  ತೆನೆ ತರುತ್ತಾರೆ  ಗುರು ಬಸದಿ ಪುರೋಹಿತರು ಶ್ರಾವಕರೊ೦ದಿಗೆ ಕದಿರೆ ಕಟ್ಟೆಯಿ೦ದ ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಠ ಕ್ಕೆ, ಕದಿರೆ ತರುತ್ತಾರೆ.  ಶ್ರೀ ಜೈನ ಮ ಠಕ್ಕೆ ಬ೦ದು ಪರಮಪೊಜ್ಯ ಸ್ವಸ್ಥಿ ಶ್ರೀ ಭಟ್ಟಾರಕ ಚಾರುಕೀತಿ೯ಪ೦ಡಿತಾಚಯ೯ವಯ೯ಮಹಾಸ್ವಾಮೀಜಿಗಳವರ ದಿವ್ಯ ಉಪಸ್ತಿತಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಗವಾನ್ ೧೦೦೮ ಪಾಶ್ವ೯ನಾಥ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಷ್ಟವಿದಾಚ೯ನೆ , ಶ್ರಿ ಮ ಠ ದ  ಪಟ್ಟದ  ಮಹಾಮಾತೆ ಕೂಶ್ಮಾ೦ಡಿನಿ ದೇವಿ,ಮಾತೆ ಪದ್ಮಾವತಿ ಯಕ್ಷಿ,ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ ದೇವರ , ಭೂಮಿ ದೇವಿ ,ದಾನ್ಯ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯ ಆಹ್ವಾನ ಸ್ಥಾಪನ ಸನ್ನೀದಿಕರಣ ಮಾಡಿ ಧಾನ್ಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಯನ್ನು ಆವಾಹನೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ಶೋಡಷೋಪಚಾರ ಪೋಜೆ ನವಗ್ರ ಹ ವಾಸ್ತು,ದಿಕ್ಪಾಲ,ಕ್ಷೆತ್ರಪಾಲ ,ತಿಥಿ ದೇವ ರಿಗೆಪೋಜೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿ  ಭಗವಾನ್  ಪಾಶ್ವ೯ನಾಥ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಯಕ್ಷಿ ಕೊಶ್ಮಾ೦ಡಿನೀ ಪದ್ಮಾವತಿ ಅಮ್ಮನವರಿಗೆ ಮಹಾಮ೦ಗಳಾರತಿ  ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಶ್ರಿ ಗಳವರಿಗೆ ಆರತಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಭಗವ೦ತನ ಅಬಿಷೇಕದ ಗ೦ದೋದಕ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾರೆ ಶ್ರಿ ಶ್ರಿ ಗಳವರು ಸದ್ದಮ೯ ದಮ೯ಸಿ೦ಹಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿರಾಜಮಾನರಾಗಿ ಬ೦ದಿರುವ ಸಮಸ್ತ ರಿಗೊ ಹರಸಿ ಆಶೀವ೯ದಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಆಮೇಲೆ, ಪೂಜೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ದಾನ್ಯ ಉಳ್ಳ ತೆನೆ ಗಳ ಗೊ೦ಚಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾವಿನಏಲೆ ಹಾಗೊ ದಭೆ೯ ಹುಲ್ಲಿನಿ೦ದ ಕಟ್ಟೀ ಅವರವರ ಮನೆಗೆ ತಂದ ಕದಿರನ್ನು ಮಾವಿನ ಎಲೆ ಸಮೇತ ಕಟ್ಟಿ, ದೇವರ ಮನೆಗೆ, ಕಂಬಕ್ಕೆ, ದನದ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆಗೆ, ಬಾವಿಗೆ, ಕೃಷಿ ಉಪಕರಣಗಳಿಗೆ, ವಾಹನಕ್ಕೆ ಮನೆ ,ಗುತ್ತು,ಬೀಡು,ಅರಮನೆ,ಗುರುಮನೆ,ಶ್ರಿ ಮ ಗಳ ಮು೦ಬಾಗದ ಛಾವಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇದರಿಂದಾಗಿ ಈ ಹಬ್ಬಕ್ಕೆ "ಕದಿರು ಕಟ್ಟುವುದು" ತೆನೆ ಹಬ್ಬ ಹೊಸ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಊಟ  ಅನ್ನುವ ಹೆಸರೂ ಇದೆ  ಇದು ಜೈನರ ಕ್ರ್ ಷಿಗೆ ಸ೦ಬ೦ದ ಪಟ್ಟ   ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದ ವಾದ ಸ೦ಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಹಬ್ಬ

ತೆನೆಯ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಅಕ್ಕಿಕಾಳು ಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇರಿಸಿ  ಎಲ್ಲರೊ ಸೇರಿ ಸ೦ತೋಷದಿ೦ದ  ಹೊಸ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಊಟ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.

ಪೂಜೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಕದಿರಿನಿಂದ  ಬತ್ತದ ಕಾಳು ತೆಗೆದು, ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಬಿಡಿಸಿ, ಹಳೆ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಜೊತೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ಗಂಜಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ "ಹೊಸತು"  ಅಂತ ಹೆಸರು. ನಂತರ, ಮನೆಮಂದಿಯೆಲ್ಲ ಸೇರಿ ಹೊಸ ಅಕ್ಕಿ ಊಟ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.