Parables of Wisdom
Humanity
मानवता · માનવતા
Forty messages of forgiveness, and the one person Kavya forgot
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
On the morning after Samvatsari, Kavya sends forgiveness messages to everyone she knows. Then her father asks her one quiet question at breakfast.
What it teaches Equality of souls Forgiveness Respect
The opening of the children's telling
Every year, after a special day of prayer called Samvatsari, Jains say sorry to everyone. We say, "Micchami Dukkadam." It means, "If I hurt you, please forgive me."
Kavya sent sorry messages to all her friends and cousins and teachers. "I said sorry to everybody!" she told Papa.
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To carry into the day
The work people do is different; the soul inside each of us is the same.
To talk about together
Is there someone you see every day but have never really talked to?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.