Answer

In Jain Dharma, your concern is understandable: during Dhoop Dashmi in Paryushan, if many people visit many temples, there can be unintended hinsa through walking, crowding, vehicles, and carelessness.

But the observance itself is not considered “wrong” when done with carefulness, restraint, and awareness of ahimsa. What becomes spiritually problematic is doing it with negligence, competition, show, or without concern for living beings.

Explanation

Jain Dharma teaches that bhav and carefulness are very important.

During Paryushan, the purpose is:

• To reduce passions
• To increase devotion
• To practice forgiveness
• To strengthen ahimsa
• To become more aware of our conduct

So if temple visits become hurried, crowded, noisy, or careless, then the original spiritual purpose is weakened.

A Jain way to observe Dhoop Dashmi would be:

• Visit only as many temples as you can with calmness and care
• Avoid unnecessary rush and competition
• Walk carefully and mindfully
• Avoid using vehicles unnecessarily, if possible
• Do puja with humility, not display
• If visiting many temples causes more himsa or disturbance, limit the number
• Focus more on inner devotion than outer count

Spiritual Understanding

In Jain Dharma, ahimsa is the highest dharma. A ritual should support ahimsa, not make us careless about it.

Temple worship, dhoop, darshan, and devotional acts are meaningful when they create:

• vinay — humility
• samata — calmness
• jagruti — awareness
• vairagya — detachment
• daya — compassion

If the activity increases pride, rush, disturbance, or carelessness, then one should reduce the external activity and increase inner bhavna.

Takeaway

Dhoop Dashmi is not wrong by itself. But observing it carelessly can go against the spirit of Paryushan. A true Jain approach is: less show, more awareness; less movement, more devotion; less harm, more ahimsa.