Shravak ki asli punji (mool dharma) aur pratikraman ka arth:

• asli punji kya hai:

- Shravak ya ghar par rahne wala bhakt ki asli sampatti hai punya (punya) aur shuddh karm. Jain dharma ke anusar jo vyakti ahimsa, satya, brahmacharya, aparigrah, aparigraha jaise shuddh acharan apnaata hai, uski atma pavitra hoti hai aur uska moksha ki aur marg prashast hota hai. Ye punji sirf dhan ya samriddhi nahi, balki atma ki shuddhi aur karmon ki maafi (prayaschit) se milti hai. - Shravak ke liye asli punji hai tadarth atma ke prati nishkam bhav, dharma-anu sangrah, aur dusron ke prati samman-sneh. Isi punji ko badhane ka madhyam pratikraman (pratyakhyan, kayotsarg, samayik, vandana, chauvisantho jaise avashyaks ke sath) maana jata hai.

• pratikraman kyon zaroori hai:

- pratikraman dharma ke anusaar din bhar ya samayik ke dauran ki galtiyon (mann, vachan, kriya) ki pratiksha, shama-aur vyavahar ki sudhar ki ichha dikhata hai. isse atma par pade karmon ki prabhav kam hoti hai aur agle din ya agle samay me galtiyon ki punah-sanchay ki sambhavnayein kam hoti hain. - pratikraman 6 avashyako (samayik, chauvisantho, vandana, pratikraman, kayotsarg, pratyakhyan) ka milap hota hai, jisse man, vachan, karm ki safai ek saath hoti hai. is prakriya se ahankar, krodh, lobh jaise bhavas par niyantran badhta hai aur dhyan se atma ki shuddhi aati hai. - digambar aur shvetambar dono mein pratikraman ki ahemiyat maana jata hai, lekin kuch kriya-ayojan aur samayik ki vyavaharik vidhi dono paramparayo me thodi bhinn ho sakti hai. (Is antar ki bhavna ko dhyan me rakhna zaroori hai.)

• sankshipt roop me ek vinigati-artha:

- asli punji: atma ki shuddhi, punya, aur dharma-anuyayi jeevan. - pratikraman: atma ki galtiyon ki pehchan, kshama prarthana, aur bhav ki shuddhi ke liye pratnaghatam.

Agar aap chahen, main is vishay par aur adhik vistar se, Digambar aur Shwetambar ke pratikraman ki vidhi ki tulna kar sakta/ sakti hoon.