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    i am swetambar

    12 months ago 85

    Bahut achha. Aap Swetambar ho, yaani Śvetāmbara tradition se belong karte ho. Yahan kuch mukhya differences hain jo Śvetambar aur Digambar (do major Jain sub-traditions) ko alag banate hain. Dhyan rakho ki dono hi Jain dharma ke mool siddhanton ko mante hain (ahimsa, anekantavada, kevala jnana ki avashyakta, 24 Tirthankar), lekin kuch mat-pratipadon me bhinnata hoti hai.

    • Muni/muni-nari ke vastra (vastrā dharan)
    - Śvetāmbara: Sadhu-sadhvi white clothes pehente hain (poshak). - Digambara: Muni (sadhus) kapde nahi pehnte, nirantar nake hote hain; sadhvi log bhi alag reeti-dhaara ke anusar rehtī hain.
    • Stri-sadhak aur stri-adhikar
    - Śvetāmbara: mahilaayein bhi sadhvi/muni ke roop me dikhaayi ja sakti hain; bhikṣu-bhikṣuṇī ki ordination manate hain. - Digambara: paramparik roop se mahilāon ki muni ke roop me ordination ki manyata nahi hoti (unhe munī ki tarah sammaan milta hai, lekin moksha ya prarambhik sangrah ke path par alag dharohar samjha jata hai). Yeh mudda dono samudayon ki beech pehle se chalti aayi vivad ki vishay hai.
    • Pātha-granth/kanon (canonical literature)
    - Śvetāmbara: apne Agama-samudaaya ke anukul granthon ko maante hain; kuch granthon ko aangik roop me maana jaata hai (Anga, Upanga, etc.) aur anek shrutiyon ki vyakhya (commentaries) bhi maani jaati hain. - Digambara: apne vishesh kanon ko maante hain; kuch prachin granthon ki asli ro oppression ko lekar alag-soch rakhte hain (kuch prachin granthon ki pramanikata par mat-bhed hota hai). Dono ke mool tattva ke prati shraddha hai, par likhit granthon ki vyavastha alag hai.
    • Moksha ki sambhavana
    - Śvetāmbara: mahilāon ko bhi moksha ki sambhavana maana jaata hai; karma-vipratipatti se mukti mil sakti hai. - Digambara: kuch paramparao me mahilaon ki moksha ki sambhavana ko lekar alag drishti hoti hai; samanya bhaya yeh kiDigambara dharamik roop se munis ke roop me purushon ki hi mukti ki vyavastha ko zyada maante hain (yeh vishay historic-darshanon me vivad-pradhan raha hai).
    • Puja-ritual aur tithi
    - dono me anek sampradayik utsav, tithi, aur vrat ki reeti-rivaj thoda alag ho sakti hai, lekin dono hi Jain dharma ke mool devta Tirthankar ki upasana aur ahimsa par kendrit hain.

    Agar aap chahein to mai aapko iske bare me aur vistar se, ya kisi vishesh granth/pravachan ke sandarbh me, ya aapke shetra me jo reeti-rivaaz chale aate hain unke hisaab se samjha sakta/ sakti hoon. Batayein ki aap kis pe jyada roshni chahte hain (vastradharan ki dharmic soch, mahila-sadhak ki sthiti, ya canonical literature ki bhinnata).

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