Akshat pooja se sathgati prapt karne wale.
“Akshat pūjā” Ashtaprakārī Pūjā ka ek aṁś hai. Akshat (tūṭe-bina chāval) “akṣaya” — jo kṣaya na ho — kā pratik hai. Isse sankalp hotā hai ki hamārī śubh-bhāvnā, vrat aur sādhanā akhaṇḍ raheṁ. Aise śubh-bhāva se kī gayī pūjā se puṇya uday hotā hai jo bhaviṣya meṁ satgati (uttam manuṣya ya dev gati) kā kāraṇ bantā hai.
Karanyogya sār:
- Śuddh, tūṭe-bina akshat leṁ, pavitr bhāva se Jineśvar ke samakṣ samarpaṇ kareṁ.
- Navkār Mantra kā smaraṇ kareṁ; akshat chadhāte samay akṣaya-sukha, samyaktva aur satgati kī icchā vyakt kareṁ.
- Yaad rahe: Keval dravya chadhānā nahīṁ, balki ahiṁsā, satya, aparigraha aur niyamon kā pālan hi satgati ko dṛḍh kartā hai.
Paramparāntar:
- Śvetāmbara aur Digambar donoṁ meṁ Akshat Ashtaprakārī Pūjā meṁ svīkṛt hai. Mantra-ucchāraṇ aur vidhi meṁ chhoṭe- mote antar ho sakte haiṁ, par arth ek hī hai—akṣaya śubh-bhāva se Tīrthaṅkar kī ārādhana aur satgati kā saṅkalp.
Mukhya tattva:
- Akshat = akhaṇḍatā aur sthir śubh-bhāva.
- Pūjā kā phal = puṇya-saṅcay, jo satgati aur ātmik unnati ko sahāyak hotā hai.
- Antim lakṣya = samyaktva, tap, aur guṇ-vṛddhi se mokṣa-mārga par agrasar honā.