Let us worship the soul in such a way that we can get closer to God!

- Identity of the sky - Kumarapala Desai

- The first advent of Jainism is said in Shri Acharang Sutra, 'The way a huge mango tree is hidden in the gutli hidden in the heart of mango, the way O man! God is in your body, you find it. '

On behalf of this, when Parvadhiraj Paryushana is starting from tomorrow, let us think about the uniqueness of this festival. In the festival of Paryushana, one has to do penance, to give up, to follow non-violence and to retire completely from the hustle and bustle of the world. In Prabhudarshan, Vandan and Pujan, the match of mind, word and body is to be joined with a partner.

In spite of so much renunciation and disgust, why are songs sung praising the arrival of Parvadhiraj Paryushana more than 'nurturing virtue and exploiting sin'. This is because of the uniqueness of this festival. And true worship of Parvadhiraj Paryushana can take place only when we realize its uniqueness in our distance. The festivals usually have an external celebration.

The body is decorated. In the festival of Diwali, we celebrate many external pleasures. We fly Abilgulal in Holi. While the festival of Purushan is a festival associated with the inner man. It celebrates Diwali of Atmananda through purification of heart, purification of mind and purification of self.

Other festivals in life come and go, while the festival of Paryushana is accompanied by a radical, subjective change in the person being self-engaged. It is a festival that takes a person from ignorance to righteousness, from concept to nature, from hatred to friendship, from pain to love and from external attainment to samadhi.

In this festival of Paryushana, light is experienced and as a result of light, the darkness of ignorance is removed. From eternity the soul lived in falsehood, depravity and infatuation. Now he realizes that I have to get closer to my soul. The worldly festivals nourish the body, the mind finds pleasure, while the Parvadhiraja travels to the conscious light by nourishing the higher values ​​of the soul from Paryushana.

Just think of us! There are two parts of our life, mortal and immortal. If the body, the senses and the mind are mortal (dying), then the consciousness in them is our immortal part. Purushan reaches the immortal part of a person.

Some festivals are caused by fear (smallpox seventh). Some festivals are caused by the desire to achieve. Vratas like Vad Savitri, Kadva Choth, Gauri Pujan, Lakshmi Pujan have a sense of attainment, while at the beginning of Surya Puja or Agni Puja there is an element of wonder.

In this creation of Parvas, Parvadhiraj Paryushana differs in such a way that it has no value of material attainment. It is not worshiped out of any fear and instead of external bliss, its whole relationship is inter-happiness.

Some feasts are triumphant. The glory of festivals like Vijayadashami is on the victory achieved in it. While Paryushana speaks of self-conquest rather than external victory and defeat, the uniqueness of this festival makes it a personal, unique and isolated experience for everyone. It transcends the body and mind and reaches the soul and then the person becomes selfish, self-loving and self-attached. Thus the festival of persecution is the festival of longing for enlightenment in the solitude of the soul as it is an inner festival.

The message of Parvadhiraj Paryushana going from the outside to the inside is found in the life of Emperor Samprati, the grandson of Emperor Ashoka. When the emperor, who was one of the greatest emperors of all time and had conquered many countries like Iran and Arabia, returned victorious, there was a sadness on his mother's face. When Maharaj Samprati asked her mother the reason for her grief, her mother said that she killed so much in the greed of the empire area.

Leaving a little foresight if inside. If instead you had built jinn temples, built new statues, renovated temples, my heart would have felt immense happiness. And in line with the mother's spirit, the emperor Samprati built one and a half lakh jinn temples in his lifetime and made the mother's spirit meaningful by filling one and a half crore jinnbimb. Thus the inner bliss is to attain eternal bliss.

Come, let us understand the worship of Purushan. The word 'parupasana' is a transliteration of the word 'pajjosana' in the Prakrit language. It means 'parismantat upasana'. That is to worship the whole soul or paramatman. To introspect the soul by diving into one's own distance and trying to bring it closer to God. This means that in Paryushana, man should worship the soul in every way so that he can get closer to God.

The first advent of Jainism is said in Shri Acharang Sutra, 'In the same way that a huge mango tree is hidden in the gutli hidden in the heart of mango, so O man! God is in your body, you find it. '

Parvadhiraj Paryushana Parva creates a fragrant spring of sublime emotions in a person's life from birth to eternity. Lord Mahavira gave the basic idea why human beings are so helpless, frustrated and disappointed? He saw that man was lost not because of external factors but because of himself. Its lust, lust and falsehood are defeated as a result.

To turn this defeat into victory, Lord Mahavira showed the way of restraint, non-violence and friendship. He conveyed the message of continuous purification of life and therefore the festival of Paryushana is not a festival of gain or sacrifice, but an extraterrestrial festival of renunciation and sattva.

Worldly festivals nourish the human body. When the human mind is nourished by the mountain of persecution, it reaches its inner conscious light through penance, chanting, friendship and forgiveness. From eternity the soul has been living in falsehood, depravity, infatuation and ignorance. Man does not even know what his life is like and where his soul is. At the time of coming, the festival of Paryushana is a festival that makes human beings self-sufficient, self-attached and self-loving.

This festival is a process of sadhana that takes you from ignorance to knowledge, from concept to nature, from hatred to friendship, from pain to love and from self to transcendence. As a result of the worship of Paryushana, the human being ascends one step after another of the purification of his life and explores it through purification of the heart, purification of the mind and purification of the self.

Man landed on the land of the moon or began to think of the planet Mars, but the land of the soul is still unknown to him. Her senses form a fortress of fascination and attraction around her. The sense of taste and the sense of touch constantly drive him to the pleasures of food and desire. This is the occasion of worship of the self-deity seated within the person in this way and that is why the Jain who worships the jinn who conquers the senses is called a Jain.

Jainism is not a religion of any clan or caste, but a religion that shows the way to cultivate the power of distance and constantly strives to identify the soul. The Jain who conquers karma-kashayo. Not to run in the outside world today, but to get rid of kashayamukti. Kash means world and I means growth. Prisoner of Kashaya fort Free yourself from the captivity of Kashaya fort which enhances the tradition of birth and death. '

So what Let us remember the advent of Jainism 'Shri Dashvaikalik Sutra'. Its eighth chapter says, 'Destroy anger with relief, conquer honor with gentleness, remove deceit with simplicity, and conquer greed with contentment.'

Let us apologize with self-awareness, self-identification and self-enjoyment in Parvadhiraj Paryushana.