Answer

In Jain practice, during Paryushan, it is generally considered better to avoid unnecessary buying, storing, and increasing household activity as much as possible.

However, if you are genuinely running short of pulses and they are needed for daily food, you may buy only the minimum quantity required, with care and restraint.

Explanation

Paryushan is a time for:

• Reducing worldly activities
• Practicing simplicity
• Following ahimsa more carefully
• Doing more samayik, pratikraman, swadhyay, and tapasya

So, buying groceries during Paryushan is not encouraged as a matter of convenience or stocking up.

But Jain Dharma also understands practical household needs. If pulses are necessary and there is no reasonable alternative, then:

• Buy only what is needed
• Avoid bulk purchase
• Inspect and clean carefully before use
• Use them with restraint
• Keep the mind focused on simplicity, not taste or attachment

Spiritual Understanding

The spirit of Paryushan is not merely “not buying.” The deeper purpose is to reduce attachment, consumption, carelessness, and violence.

If buying is done out of necessity, with awareness and minimum harm, it is different from buying out of comfort, taste, or habit.

Takeaway

Yes, if genuinely needed, you may buy pulses during Paryushan, but buy only the minimum necessary and maintain the spirit of restraint, simplicity, and ahimsa.