Mantras & texts

Texts shared across traditions, with the original script, a romanisation, and a plain reading of the sense. Only texts that are universally attested are here — an approximate mantra is worse than a missing one.

णमोकार मंत्र
Namokar Mantra
The foundational prayer of Jainism. It bows to qualities rather than to any named individual, which is why every tradition shares it.
9 lines
चत्तारि मंगलं
Chattari Mangalam
Names the four auspicious refuges. Commonly recited after the Namokar Mantra.
5 lines
खामेमि सव्वे जीवा
Khamemi Savve Jiva
The forgiveness verse at the heart of Kshamavani and Samvatsari — asked of every being, without sorting the deserving from the undeserving first.
4 lines
करेमि भंते सूत्र Śvetāmbara
Karemi Bhante
The vow spoken to enter samayika, the practice of a fixed period held in equanimity — the text a monastic takes for life and a layperson for the session.
7 lines

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