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Paryushan festival has great importance in Jainism. Paryushana means to be near oneself. Returning from the periphery to the center. Paiyushan, Pari means from all around, Ushana means burn. Paryushana is the festival in which the karma is burnt, that is, annihilated. Paryushana is to engage in the sadhana of awakening the inner light by removing all the demerits.
Atma-churning - Paryushan is a purely spiritual festival. It includes not only the processes of introspection, self-reflection, but also self-reflection. There is no place for the consumption of material resources in this. It is celebrated in the month of Bhadrapada. According to Mallinath Purana, Bhado is equal to the emperor in all the months. During this, the feeling of sacrifice, penance, darshan, worship, bhajan etc. naturally arises in the mind of every householder. According to Jain tradition, this festival is celebrated thrice a year from Panchami to Chaturdashi of Shukla Paksha in Bhado, Magha and Chautra months, but with special enthusiasm in Bhadrapada. Both Digambar and Shwetambar sects of Jainism celebrate this festival. Shwetambar society celebrates Payushan festival for only 8 days and Digambar society for full 10 days.
Mahakumbh is Paryushan
Paryushan Mahaparva is not just a festival of Jains, it is a universal festival. It is a great and excellent festival for the whole world, because the soul is worshiped in it. This is the only festival or festival in the whole world in which a person becomes self-realized by being self-absorbed and tries to attain salvation by climbing to the summit of supernatural, spiritual bliss.
The Paryushan festival has its own unique and special spiritual significance in the renunciation-oriented culture of Jainism. This is the only inspiring festival of self-purification, that is why it is not only a festival but a great festival. It is the most recognized festival of Jain people. Paryushan festival is an occasion for many types of rituals like chanting, austerity, sadhna, worship, worship, anupreksha etc.
Paryushan festival is the festival of worship of the soul, the festival of self-purification, the festival of giving up sleep. In fact, the Paryushan festival is such a dawn, which lifts us from sleep and takes us to the awakened state. Leads us from the darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge.
So it is necessary to remove the sleep of madness, while doing special austerity, chanting, worshiping self-study, and engross yourself in the soul, so that our life will be meaningful and successful.
The literal meaning of the festival of 'Paryushan' is to be situated in the soul. The word Paryushana is formed by adding other suffixes to it with the prefix Pari and Vastu. Paryushana means 'Parisamantat-Samataya Ushanam Vasanam Nivasam Karanam'. One of the meanings of Paryushana is the destruction of karma. The enemies of Karma will be destroyed, only then the soul will be situated in its form, so this festival of Paryushan gives inspiration to the soul to reside in the soul.
Paryushan Mahaparva is a spiritual festival, the central element of it is the soul. Paryushan Mahaparva continues to play an ego role in revealing the pure, luminous form of the soul. Spirituality means the closeness of the soul. This festival is the festival of connecting human-human and modifying the human heart, it is the festival of opening the windows, skylights and doors of the mind.
Paryushan festival is the symbol of Jain unity. Jain people give utmost importance to it. The entire Jain society becomes awake and engaged in spiritual practice on the occasion of this festival. In the Digambar tradition, it is recognized as 'Dashlakshana Parva'. Among them, its initial day is Bhadra and Shukla Panchami and the day of prosperity is Chaturdashi.
On the other hand, in the Shwetambar Jain tradition, the day of Bhadra and Shukla Panchami is the day of Samadhi, which is celebrated in the form of Samvatsari with complete renunciation, fasting, medicinal sharing, self-study and abstinence.
Even people who are unable to take time out during the year also wake up on this day. Even those who never fast are seen performing rituals on this day.
Different beliefs are available for celebrating Paryushan festival. It is mentioned in the Agama literature that Samvatsari should be celebrated after 49 or 50 days of Chaturmas have elapsed and 69 or 70 days remaining. In the Digambara tradition, this festival is celebrated in the form of 10 signs. These 10 symptoms start with the end of Paryushan festival.
Paryushan Mahaparva is the festival of kashaya mitigation. This festival is celebrated for 8 days in which heat, turmoil has arisen in someone, if a feeling of hatred has arisen towards someone, then it is a festival to pacify him. The 10 gates of religion have been mentioned, in which the first door is forgiveness. Forgiveness means equality. Forgiveness is very important for life. Unless there is forgiveness in life, a person cannot progress on the path of spirituality.
Lord Mahavir lived a life of forgiveness i.e. equality. No matter what the situation may have come, he remained equal in all circumstances. "Forgiveness is the jewel of the brave" - Only great people can take and give forgiveness. Paryushan festival is the festival of exchange. On this day everyone unravels the entangled glands of their mind, untie the knots of anger and hatred within them, they hug each other. Forgiveness eliminates the mistakes made in the past and makes life pure.
The end of Paryushan Mahaparva is held in the form of Friendship Day, which is also known as Forgiveness Day. In this way, Paryushan Mahaparva and Forgiveness Day - it is a festival to bring each other closer. It is a festival to treat each other as oneself. It is also said in the Gita - 'Atmaupamyen sarvatrah, same pashyati yorjuna'. Shri Krishna said to Arjuna- 'O Arjuna! Treat the animal as your equal.'
Lord Mahavir said- 'Savva bhuesu in mitti, veramjjhana kenai'. I have friendship with all beings, I have no enmity with anyone.
Human unity, peaceful co-existence, friendship, socialism without exploitation, establishment of international moral values, non-violent life, support of the worship style of soul etc. are the main basis of Paryushan Mahaparva. From this point of view, efforts are expected to make this great festival a festival of the people.
Whether a person is called religious or not, whether he believes in the soul-Parmatma or not, whether he believes in past birth and rebirth, whether he should resort to non-violence as far as possible in solving any of his problems - this is the heart of the sadhna of Payushan. Violence cannot be a permanent solution to any problem. Those seeking a solution through violence have only exacerbated the problem. Keeping this fact in front, not only the Jain society, but also the common people should become faithful in the power of non-violence and use it with deep faith.
Religion without morality, worship without character and the imagining of the hereafter reform without purification of the present life is a kind of irony. Religious can only be what is moral. The right to worship should be given to those who are of character. The focus should be on the purification of this life before entering the labyrinth of the hereafter. This is the safe way to proceed in the direction of Dharma and this is the basis of the significance of the festival of Paryushan.
Paryushan festival is the use of Pratikraman. It is a sincere effort to look back and look at yourself. Looking at the past and future through the eyes of the present, a new journey is started by taking a wise decision of what was yesterday and what is to be tomorrow. Paryushan is a festival of pleasure in the soul, a festival of self-purification and self-enhancement. This festival is the festival of immersion of ego and Mamkar. This festival is a festival of worship of non-violence. Today the whole world needs the most for non-violence, friendship. This festival is a festival of non-violence and friendship.
Peace can be found only through non-violence and friendship. Today, the burning problems like violence, terror, mutual hatred, Naxalism, corruption have become a big cause of concern not only for the country but for the world and everyone wants a solution to these problems. For those people, the festival of Paryushan is an inspiration, a path, a guidance and a practice of non-violent lifestyle.
Today in the glare of materialism, it is more important to maintain the relevance of this festival in the blind race of a running life. For this, Jain society should become sensitive, especially the younger generation should be aware of the value of Paryushan festival and they themselves benefited from these rare moments of awakening self-consciousness through sharing, silence, chanting, meditation, self-study, dietary restraint, sense control, soulfulness etc. Be and present an ideal in front of the people.