can we ask for auspiciousness from god
In Jainism, there isn’t a creator God who grants personal blessings or auspiciousness in response to prayers. Auspiciousness (shubhata) is mainly earned through one's own conduct and karmic purification.
Key points:
- The path to auspiciousness is through right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct (the Three Jewels) and steady spiritual practice.
- We honor enlightened beings (like the Tirthankaras) and seek guidance from them, but this is about aligning oneself with dharma, not asking a deity to intervene in daily luck.
- There are prayers and hymns (for example, Navkar Mantra) that express reverence to Arihants, Siddhas, and spiritual ideals. These are not requests for personal favors but expressions of devotion and aspiration toward spiritual progress.
- Digambar and Śvetāmbara traditions may have slightly different phrasing or emphasis in certain prayers, but both share the principle that ultimate auspiciousness comes from purifying the soul, not from begging external powers.
If you’d like, I can explain how specific Jain prayers or mantras are understood in each tradition and what they intend to convey.