Male ko vandan karna chaiye sadvi ji ko
Haan, purush ko Sādhvī ji ko vandan zarūr karna chahiye.
Jain dharm meṁ:
- Guru-vandan sadhu aur sādhvī, dono ke liye hai.
- Navkār mantra meṁ bhi hum “Namo loe savva sāhūṇaṁ” bolte haiṁ – isme sabhi sādhu–sādhvī ā jate haiṁ.
- Ātma ka koī ling (male–female) nahi hotā, isliye vinay (namra bhāva) sab ke prati ek-sā honā chāhiye.
Bas kuchh maryādā kā dhyān rakhen:
- Dūrī se vandan – acche se thodā antar rakhkar, haath jodkar ya pañchāṅg pranām.
- Dr̥ṣṭi meṁ maryādā – sharīr par nazar na rakhkar, keval charan/bhāo par dhyān.
- Sparś (touch) bilkul nahi – Sādhvī ji ko haath nahi lagānā, na pad-prakṣālan jaisī sevā purush kareṁ (jo maryādā meṁ mana ho).
- Local saṅgh ki reet – agar aapke upāśray/saṅgh meṁ koi khaas niyam ho (jaisā alag line, alag dūrī, ādi), to use hī māniye.
Is tarah vinamratā se, maryādā rakhte hue purush ka Sādhvī ji ko vandan karna bilkul uchit aur punyavardhak hai.
Vandan ke prakār aur mahatva ke bāre meṁ aur paḍhne ke liye yahaṁ dekh sakte haiṁ: