Derasar ni Dhaja nu importance
Derasar (Jain Mandir) par je Dhaja (ध्वज / ધ્વજ) faŕkāy che, eni bahu pavitra ane gaheri importance che. Saral bhāshā mā samjīe:
- Paramatma ni Upasthiti nu Pratik
- Dhaja batāve che ke ā sthale Tirthankar Bhagwan nu pratimā rūpe virājmān svaroop che. - Jyā Dhaja hoī, e mandir “जीवत” lage – arthāt te sthan par divya shakti ni upasthiti che.
- Vijay ane Shuddhi nu Pratik
- Dhaja “Vijay” no arth kare che – krodh, mān, māyā, lobh upar jit no vijay. - Te man ne yaad apāve che ke ā mandir evo sthal che jyāthi āpne pan ā antar-shatruo par vijay melavvā prerna male.
- Shraddhā ane Samarpan nu Pratik
- Dhaja upar chadhāvavā e shraddhā, bhakti ane krtagnyatā no prakāsh che. - Ghar mānthi ke vyakti-gat kāmanā thi je punyay nu bandhan thāy, te pan ā dhaja-chadhāvanī dwārā paramatma ni sevā mā lagāy che.
- Upar Nishān – Urdhva Gati ni Yaad
- Dhaja hameshā upar taraf hoy che – te āpne yaad karāve che ke “Āpnu lakshya pan upar – मोक्ष दिशा taraf che.” - Sansār ni nichādi vṛuttio (raag, dvesh, irshyā, ahankar) chhodi ne atma ne upar le javāni prerna che.
- Sadāy Smaran Karāve: “Ā Derasar Tirth Same Che”
- Jyaare pan āpde derasar pase thi pasar thāīe aney upar Dhaja joye, to turant namaskār no bhaav ām āve: “Ā tirth same pavitra sthal che, mane pan mān, krodh, lobh thi dur rehvāni prerna male.”
- Samudāyik Ekta nu Pratik
- Gaam / shehar mā motābhāg na loko derasar ni Dhaja joi ne samje che ke ā Jain derasar che. - Te samuday ni pehchān ane ekta banāve che.
- Punya Karm nu Kaāran
- Dhaja-chadhāvavā, Dhaja ni sevā (saaf karvi, navi Dhaja āpvī, chhatradi dhvaja) – ā badhā bahu pavitra punya-karm ganāy che. - Nirdosh, a-himsak bhakti hoy, to āva karm thi bhav-bhavasāgar mā sāru bandhan thāy che (sukha-prāptinu kaaran).
- Utsav ane Parva mā Vishesh Mahattva
- Panch Kalyanak, Pratishtha, Paryushan, Mahavir Jayanti, Anjan Shalaka vagere mahotsav mā Dhaja nu vishesh sthān hoy che. - Mandir par navi Dhaja chadhāy, sankh na nād, stavan, mangalik thai; te divas ne divya-utsav jevo banāy che.
- Saādgi ane Pavitrata
- Dhaja sadāy saaf, pavitra, adabthi rākhvī joiye. - Fāṭelī, gandi, jhādal Dhaja rākhiye to bhakti ni maryādāne hanikārak che. - Badlīe to purāni Dhaja ne pan adabthi, ahimsa-rakhoi rit ae visarjān karvu joiye (masalvā/अपमान karvo nahi).
- Antarik Sandesh
- Derasar ni Dhaja āpne ek sandesh āpe che: - “Jem hu hameshā upar taraf jhūlu chhu, tem tu pan atma-ne gunon-mā upar lai jā.” - Aapdo prayatna hoy ke: - mithyātva → samyaktva taraf - anuchit aachar → sadachar taraf - aśuddh vichār → shuddh vichār taraf
Sarānshe: Derasar ni Dhaja keval kapad nathi; e Jain dharma, Tirthankar ni vijay, atma ni Urdhva-gati ane shraddhā-bhakti nu jīvant pratik che.