Yes. Here is a step-by-step Jain learning chart from beginner to deeper practice, made as a routine list so you can learn slowly and steadily.

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Jainism Learning Path from Scratch

1) Start with the foundation

Learn these first:

• What is Jainism?

- Religion of Ahimsa - Path of self-purification - Goal: liberation of soul (moksha)

• Basic core ideas

- Jiva = living soul - Ajiva = non-living matter - Punya = merit - Paap = demerit - Karma = bondage on soul - Moksha = freedom from karma

• Five main principles

- Ahimsa - Satya - Asteya - Brahmacharya - Aparigraha

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2) First daily spiritual practice

Before reading big texts, build a small daily routine:

Daily routine

1. Prabhat / morning

- Bow in front of Tirthankar Bhagwan - Say Navkar Mantra - Sit quietly for 5 minutes - Think: “Today I will follow Ahimsa, truth, and self-control”

1. During the day

- Be careful in speech - Avoid anger, pride, deceit, greed - Reduce harm to all living beings - Eat and live with restraint

1. Evening

- Recall mistakes done in the day - Ask forgiveness mentally - Read 5–10 minutes from a Jain text - Chant Navkar Mantra again

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3) Learn the most important mantra first

Navkar Mantra

This should be learned by heart first.

Why?

• It is the most sacred Jain mantra
• It gives direction, humility, and spiritual remembrance
• It is the starting point for all Jain learning

Practice

• Learn pronunciation slowly
• Repeat daily
• Memorize meaning also, not only words

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4) Learn the basic Jain categories

After the foundation, study in this order:

A. Soul and karma

• What is the soul?
• How karma binds the soul
• How karma is stopped
• How karma is removed

B. Tattvas

Study the nine tattvas:

1. Jiva
2. Ajiva
3. Punya
4. Paap
5. Ashrava
6. Samvara
7. Nirjara
8. Bandha
9. Moksha

C. Five great vows

Understand deeply:

• Ahimsa
• Satya
• Asteya
• Brahmacharya
• Aparigraha

D. Six essential duties

These are often studied as:

• Samayik
• Chaturvimsatistava
• Vandana
• Pratikraman
• Kayotsarga
• Pratyakhyan

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5) Beginner kriya to do regularly

These are very useful for a beginner.

Daily kriya

• Navkar Mantra
• Jain prayer / stuti
• Small meditation
• Self-observation
• Forgiveness practice

- “Michhami Dukkadam” mentality every day

Weekly kriya

• Samayik
• Pratikraman
• Read one small Jain lesson
• Reflect on conduct
• Reduce one attachment or bad habit

Monthly kriya

• Keep one day more disciplined
• Study one topic deeply
• Read one small granth or one chapter repeatedly
• Do more introspection
• Practice fasting or partial restraint if suitable and guided

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6) How to progress step by step

Use this learning ladder:

Level 1: Beginner

Focus on:

• Navkar Mantra
• Basic Jain values
• Tattvas
• Simple prayers
• Daily discipline

Level 2: Student

Focus on:

• Meaning of karma
• Five vows in detail
• Samayik and Pratikraman
• Stories of Tirthankars
• Basics of Jain conduct

Level 3: Intermediate

Focus on:

• Philosophy of soul
• Karma theory in depth
• Scripture reading
• Importance of vows and austerity
• Daily self-restraint

Level 4: Advanced

Focus on:

• Deep study of Agams / scriptures
• Commentary and meaning
• Comparison of spiritual conduct
• Inner purification
• Strong practice of non-attachment

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7) Literature to read in sequence

Read in this order for better understanding:

First reading

• Navkar Mantra
• Mangal Stotra / prayers
• Life stories of Tirthankars
• Simple Jain introductions

Next reading

• Tattvartha Sutra
• Samas Tattva
• Jain Achar / conduct texts
• Pratikraman sutra explanations

Later reading

• Agam-related texts
• Philosophical granths
• Commentaries
• Lives of Acharyas and saints

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8) What to learn by heart

Memorize gradually:

• Navkar Mantra
• Basic Jain vows
• Nine tattvas
• Meaning of Samayik
• Basic Pratikraman lines
• Short stutis / prayers
• Names of 24 Tirthankars
• Core Jain principles

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9) Simple weekly study plan

Monday

• Navkar Mantra
• Ahimsa

Tuesday

• Jiva and Ajiva

Wednesday

• Karma and bondage

Thursday

• Five vows

Friday

• Samayik and Pratikraman

Saturday

• Tirthankar life stories

Sunday

• Revision and memorization

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10) Very important habits in Jain learning

• Learn slowly
• Repeat often
• Practice daily
• Keep humility
• Do not rush into deep texts too early
• Study with discipline, not just curiosity
• Put conduct before knowledge

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11) A practical daily routine chart

Morning

• Wake up peacefully
• Wash and sit cleanly
• Navkar Mantra
• 5–15 minutes silence
• Read 1 small Jain passage

Daytime

• Speak truthfully
• Avoid violence in thought, word, and action
• Eat with awareness
• Reduce anger and greed

Evening

• Self-review
• Short prayer
• Forgiveness
• Read 5–10 minutes
• Repeat mantra

Night

• Remember one good action
• Recall one mistake
• Resolve to improve tomorrow

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12) Best way to learn Jainism from scratch

If you want the simplest method, follow this order:

1. Navkar Mantra
2. Five vows
3. Nine tattvas
4. Samayik
5. Pratikraman
6. Tirthankar life stories
7. Karma philosophy
8. Basic scripture reading
9. Memorization
10. Daily practice

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Short beginner routine

If you want a very small daily routine, do this:

• 1 time: Navkar Mantra
• 5 minutes: silence/meditation
• 1 page: Jain reading
• 1 self-check: Did I practice Ahimsa today?
• 1 forgiveness thought: Michhami Dukkadam

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Final advice

In Jainism, knowledge and conduct must grow together. So do not only read—also live the teaching.

If you want, I can also make this into:

• a 30-day Jain beginner chart
• a daily routine timetable
• or a beginner-to-advanced study list in table form