Parvadhiraj Paryushan and five burning questions!

- Identity of the sky - Kumarapala Desai

- In the festival of human perjury, man asks himself, 'Who are you?' 'What has he got?' And 'What is your goal in life?' Paryushana is the festival that awakens the human being who is running after material prosperity and living in extreme busyness.

As the Paryushana festival begins on the 3rd of September, the first question is, 'What is Paryushana?' The first meaning of this is 'to dwell in all ways', i.e. to worship the Dharma by staying in one place for four months of the monsoon, aimed at the monks, but the typical meaning of Paryushana is 'to dwell near the soul.' To win the soul, it is necessary to know the soul. One needs solitude and peace to see the self. Should retire from external activity. Vrat-tap is the means of inner movement.

This means that Paryushana is a personal feast, but unfortunately we have made it a social feast. It saves transactions, but develops, right? External relations are maintained, but one's own soul is uplifted, right?

The second question is, 'What does it mean to be close to the soul?' From eternity the soul has been in a state of infatuation, falsehood, depravity and ignorance. Forgetting his own nature, he has considered the concept as his own. As a result, human beings are overwhelmed with pain, sorrow, conflict and strife. Is running blindly towards the mirage of material lust. This religion of non-aggression has forgotten the joy of living less. What does it mean to have a body with ornaments and ornaments? Parigraha is the cause of violence. Paryushan says to think seriously about such.

The third question is 'What is the purpose of persecution?' In fact Paryushana is the Diwali of the soul. On Diwali, a person should think about the profit of his business and how much he has earned. This is to consider the earnings made by the soul during the spiritual feast. In the Feast of Tabernacles, the human being asks himself, 'Who are you?' 'What has he got?' And 'What is your goal in life?' Paryushana is the festival that awakens the human being who is running after material prosperity and living in extreme busyness. Thus the festival of Purushan is the festival of life change. From Vibhavadasha to Svabhava Dasha, instead of Swahit to Parhit and from utter ignorance to Ujjaval Samyakjnana, there is a festival and that is why in this festival it is said to remove the obstacles that hinder spiritual advancement.

The fourth question is why persecution occurs in monsoons? Because this is the most favorable time for penance. In the monsoon, nature is in full swing. Extreme cold or extreme heat can be a hindrance to prolonged heat, while this season is such that nature is sitting in a cozy form at that time. Moreover, since it is the time of Chaturmas, human beings have to be more careful in terms of health. Due to the rainy season, its activity is limited and fasting or other penances are beneficial for it. Ayurveda says that the rage of cough at this time and the important medicine against cough is fasting, etc. In this way, many important festivals of Indian culture come in the rainy season, as the rainy season is considered to be the best time for spiritual practice. At the time of Purushan, the Sun is with the Earth and the Earth is with the Moon to a certain degree which results in the sprouting of penance.

The fifth question is that the festivals are usually one day long. Celebrations of Ram Navami, Janmashtami, Mahavir Jayanti or Parashuram Jayanti are only for one day. The question then arises as to how the festival of Paryushana lasts for eight consecutive days, and in the Digambar sect it is known as the 'Dashalakshana Parva' and lasts for a full ten days.

It may seem strange to worship a festival for so many days in a row instead of one day, but behind all these days of worship, the secret of perjury is hidden.

In fact in ancient times there was only one day of Paryushana festival, but after that this festival was known as 'Ashtahnika Mahotsav'. The first seven days are celebrated and the eighth main day culminates. This eight-day festival has been transformed into a spiritual sadhana and the seeker performs the adoration of the eight discourses as well as the eight karmas and therefore each day of Paryushana is a day of adoration and karma. Thus, instead of the eight-day festival (ten days of the Digambar sect), the festival of adoration for self-awareness was transformed into the festival of Paryushana. And so the fasting and penance that takes place in Paryushana is corresponding to the soul. Forgiveness is created only if there is tolerance and friendship in the soul. But where is the harmony or tolerance today? Disagreement and envy are found everywhere.

Sects and impenetrable walls of distinction are formed within the same denomination. Let us try to maintain the pride and honor of this glorious festival and move as fast as possible on the bright path of introspection, because Lord Mahavira himself spoke to Maharaja Shreenik about the glory of this festival in the Rajgruhi town about the worship of the very ancient Paryushana festival. In the past, a king named Gajsinh had attained the position of Tirthakar in the East Mahavideha region by performing excellent worship. Paryushana is the extraterrestrial festival because usually the worldly festival has fear (shitalasatam), spruha (gauri pujan, lakshmi pujan) or amazement (sun worship, fire worship), while this extraterrestrial festival is one where one has to leave all the external affairs of the world and live near one's soul. Is. When God preaches in samvasarana, three forts are formed.

At the time of Paryushana, one tries to see one's self-god by piercing the three strongholds of mind, word and body. From eternity the soul has been living in falsehood, depravity, infatuation and ignorance. It is to take the soul from ignorance to cognition, from concept to nature, from hatred to friendship, from pain to love, from self to selflessness. Thus the worship of the festival of Paryushana is the worship of mortal man for the attainment of immortality of the soul. Other feasts nourish the body. Some nourish the mind, but the festival of Paryushana nourishes the soul.

The body is a mortal part of a human being. The soul is immortal. The festival of Paryushana is the festival of becoming self-loving, self-attached and self-absorbed.

There are many festivals mentioned in Jinagam, but at the same time it is said that in all these festivals there is no other festival like Paryushana festival which penetrates the essence of karma. At this time of Paryushana, the person asks himself three questions. The first question is, 'Who are you?' The answer does not require a person's biodata, but after giving up all one's external worldly relations, there is nothing left that a person can show as his identity. The second question is 'What have you got?' Position, prestige or wealth is to be left behind by death.

But it has achieved something that is fragrant with its fragrance, even when it does not exist. The third and most important question is, 'What does he get?' Just as there is a map of the city and the country, does a person have a guiding path to progress on the path of the soul? One of the meanings of Paryushana is to dwell near the soul. Today let us approach that spirit and try to find the answers to those questions.