Arhad Mahapujan Vidhi (Arhad Mahapujan) Jain dharma me ek vishisht Mahapujan vidhi hai. Yah Gujarati granth mein milta hai, jise Maheshbhai Sheth ne likha ya sangrahit kiya hai. Is vidhi ki mukhya dhara, bhakti aur arihantar ke uttaradikar ko sahi anushthan se pradarshit karti hai. Dhyan rahe ki Digambar aur Shwetambar paramparao me kuch chhote-2 farak milte hain, par mool uddeshya aur adhyatmik tattva samaan rehte hain. (Is vishay par adhik vistaar ke liye Arhad Mahapujan Vidhi ki pustak dekhi ja sakti hai.) ( jainebooks.org)

Arhad Mahapujan Vidhi ki saadhan (samagri) aur vidhi ki saral samjhauta

• Tihaari aur taiyaari: puja sthaan ki safai, aangan me asan ya bandhan, lamp/diya, panchamrit, kapad, phool, dhoop-dhajji, gandh, mehndi, sankhya-chakra adi ki vyavastha.
• Avahan (pravesh) aur Namaskar: Tirthankar ya aradhya dev ki avahan में namaskar; dhyan aur shrutan me vishesh shlok ya stuti ki jati hai.
• Prarthana aur bhakti: stuti, bhakti geet, shikhar stotra ya samvad-krti ki jati hai; aradhya dev ki kripa aur raksha ki prarthana hoti hai.
• Mul mantra aur aradhana ki jod: mool mantraon ki sadan, aur pratima ya chitr ki vandana. Is dauran ghan-tilak ya tilak-chandrika ki chhaon me dhyan kiya jata hai.
• Abhishek vidhi: pratima ya moorti par abhishek (panchamrit, megh-jal, dudh, dahi, shakkar, sarva-ras) ki vidhi; saath me chaitya-pankti aur dhvani-sadhana ki jati hai.
• Shobha aur pradannya: phool, naivedya (phalon, sheera, mishri), prasad, kurmukhi ya chandan-tilak ke sath shobha.
• Aarti aur mangalacharan: lamp ka aarti, dhun ya gayan ke sath ant me vandan aur vachan.
• Prasad-vitaran: pujan ke ant me prasad ko bhakton me vitran kiya jata hai; shuddha nishkam bhav se.

Vishesh baat

• Arhad Mahapujan Vidhi ki vyakhya kitab me di gayi hai; kai jagah samagri ki suchi aur vidhi ki kramaatmakata thodi bhinn ho sakti hai. Par mool tattva—svachchh bhakti, arihant ke prati shraddha, shuddha upasana aur sanyam—hamesha ek samaan rahte hain.
• Digambar aur Shwetambar dono me chhote-mote paddhati antar ho sakte hain, lekin dono me aradhana ki adhyatmik jod aur kriya ke tatva milte-julte hote hain.

Aap chahein to main Arhad Mahapujan Vidhi ki original Gujarati sankshipt shlok ya vidhi ka shrunkhala (kram) aapke saamne prastut kar sakta hoon. Agar aap chahen, main is vishay me aage ke steps ko bahut hi saral bhasha me likh kar de sakta hoon.