Jain dharm mein “Guru Bhagwant ka ashirvad” ka matlab anya dharmon jaisa duniyaavi vardaan dena (dhann, santan, naukri, dhandha, etc.) nahin hota. Yah zyada tar aatmik marg–darshan aur shubh–ichchha hota hai.

1. Guru Bhagwant aam taur par kya ashirvad vachan dete hain?

Aise vachan ya bhaav aate hain, jaise –

• “Dharma-lābho” – tumhein dharm ka sachcha labh mile
• “Samyag-darshan, samyag-gyān, samyag-chāritra ka vikas ho”
• “Paap kame, punya bade, aage ki gati sudhar jaye”
• “Ahinsā, satya, brahmacharya mein sthir raho”
• “Aatmā ki shuddhi badhe, krodh–mān–māyā–lobh kam ho”
• “Param shānti mile, antar se halke ho jao”

Ye sab vachan aatma ki pragati ke liye hote hain, na ki sharirik ya bhautik sukh ke liye.

2. Jain sadhu–sadhvi ka ashirvad kaisa hota hai?

• Ve kisi ka bhavishya banāne ka daava nahi karte.
• Ve kehte hain –

- “Tum dharm marg par tikē raho” - “Roz pratikraman karo” - “Samayik, swādhyāy, dhyān se jeevan badlo”

• Unka ashirvad matlab:

- tum pāap se bacho, - bandhan kam karo, - moksh ke rashtे par ek kadam aage bado.

3. “Ashirvad” ka sahi Jain drishti–kon

Jain siddhant ke anusār:

• Koi bhi kisi ko punya ya paap “de” nahi sakta.
• Har jeev apne karm ka malik hai.
• Isliye Guru Bhagwant ka ashirvad asal mein:

- sahi marg bataana, - prerna dena, - dharma mein dridhata ki shubh-ichchha rakhna hota hai.

Is drishti se, Jain Guru ka ashirvad sabse uchch maana jata hai, kyunki ve aatma ko upar uthane wali baat karte hain, na ki sirf is janm ki suvidhaon ki.

Saral shabdon mein: Jain Guru ka ashirvad = “Aisa jeevan jiyo ki tumhara aatma sudhre, karm halke ho, aur moksh ke kareeb jao.”