Upvas ki mahatta

• Upvas ya vrat ka mool uddeshya man, sharir aur karmo ki shuddhi hai. Isse ahimsa, nishchintta, and satarkata badhti hai, jisse man aur buddhi pavitra hoti hain.
• Isse hum kam khane ki discipline seekhte hain, anukaran ki iccha kam hoti hai, aur dusro ke prati karuna badhti hai. Jaimon ke anusar, bhookh par niyantran karna dusramo ki karmic bandhan ko kam karne me madad karta hai.
• Upvas ke dauran jagran ki bhavna, pratikraman (pichhle karmo ki kshama) aur swadhyaya (adhyayan) ki pratishthata badh jaati hai. Isse pavitra jeevan ki or agrasar hote hain.

• Digambar aur Shwetambar dono me upvas ki drishti se mool soch ek hai, lekin kuch vividhataayein hoti hain:

- Pratyek samay par kis prakar ki vrat-paat karni hai (ekasana, beysana, attham, aathai, adi) par dono paramparaon me alag-alag prativedan milte hain. - Paryushan ki avadhi (Shwetambar: 8 din; Digambar: Das Lakshan Parva, 10 din) ki lingvik bhinnata bhi milti hai.

• Paryushan ke dauran aam roop se upvas ki ruprekha: khana kam karna ya ek ya do bhojan, subah/sham mein pratikraman, svadhyaya, aur samay par navkarsi (pratham bhojan ke samay) ki pavitrata.

• Ye sab aap vistar se janiye ki paryushan me kya kha sakte hain ya nahi, jain dharma me vastuon ki ahimsaa aur shuddhata par zor diya jata hai. Aap niche diye gaye link par aur vistar se dekh sakte hain ki paryushan ke dauran kya kha sakte hain.

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