Answer

Haan, Jain parampara ke anusaar Bhagwan Mahavir se pehle bhi Jain Dharma tha, kyunki Mahavir Bhagwan 24वें Tirthankar hain. Unse pehle 23 Tirthankar ho chuke the.

Lekin aaj jo Jain Diwali ka mukhya mahatva hai, vah Bhagwan Mahavir ke Nirvan Kalyanak se juda hua hai. Isliye Mahavir Bhagwan ke Nirvan se pehle “Mahavir Nirvan Diwali” ke roop mein Diwali nahi manayi jaati thi.

Explanation

Jain Dharma mein Diwali ka sabse pavitra arth hai:

• Bhagwan Mahavir ka Nirvan — unka janm-maran ke bandhan se poorn mukt hona.
• Moksha prapti — karmon ka poorn kshay karke Siddha avastha prapt karna.
• Gautam Swami ka Kevalgyan — parampara ke anusaar, Mahavir Bhagwan ke Nirvan ke baad Gautam Swami ko Kevalgyan prapt hua.

Isliye Jain Diwali deep, utsav aur manoranjan se adhik atma-jagriti, dharma-chintan, tapasya, pratikraman, pooja, swadhyay aur vairagya ka parv hai.

Mahavir Bhagwan se pehle Diwali kaise hoti thi?

Is baare mein ek baat bahut dhyan se samajhni chahiye:

• Bhagwan Mahavir se pehle Jain Dharma mein anya Tirthankaron ke Kalyanak manaye jaate the.
• Lekin aaj wali Jain Diwali ka sambandh vishesh roop se Mahavir Bhagwan ke Nirvan Kalyanak se hai.
• Isliye Mahavir Bhagwan ke pehle “Mahavir Nirvan Diwali” nahi ho sakti thi.
• Us samay dharmik utsav Tirthankaron ke janm, diksha, kevalgyan, nirvan adi Kalyanakon ke roop mein manaye jaate honge, lekin “Diwali” ke aaj ke Jain roop ka spasht sambandh Mahavir Bhagwan ke Nirvan ke baad se mana jata hai.

Spiritual Understanding

Jain Diwali humein yeh sikhati hai ki asli prakash bahar ke diye se nahi, balki atma ke gyan-prakash se hota hai.

Bhagwan Mahavir ka Nirvan humein yaad dilata hai ki:

• Ahimsa ka palan karein
• Rag-dwesh kam karein
• Karmon se mukti ki disha mein badhein
• Samyak Darshan, Samyak Gyan aur Samyak Charitra ko jeevan mein laayein

Takeaway

Bhagwan Mahavir se pehle Jain Dharma tha, lekin aaj ki Jain Diwali ka vishesh mahatva Bhagwan Mahavir ke Nirvan Kalyanak se juda hai. Isliye Mahavir Bhagwan se pehle Diwali is roop mein nahi manayi jaati thi; dharmik parv anya Tirthankaron ke Kalyanakon ke roop mein manaye jaate the.