Ji, puja ya vandan ka tarika Jain dharma me bahut hi sadharan aur shuddh roop me kiya jata hai. Neeche seedhe tareeke se bataya gaya hai jo aam taur par ghar ya mandir me kiya jata hai. Digambar aur Shwetambar me thode se alagikh jahaan tak vidhan ki baat hai, lekin mool arth saman hota hai.

Puja ki taiyari (nitya niyam)

• Safai: paani se haath-pair saaf, chehre par chandan ya haldi ka tilak ya chhota sa teeka ho to theek.
• Sthal ki shuddhi: puja ki jagah ko achhi roshni aur shanti ke saath set karein, aas-paas ke daro ki safai karke.
• Chhantna ya pattan: idol ya chitr ke samne aapki garima se baith jayein (samaan drishti, anekshram nahi).

Puja ki mukhya cheezein (aam taur par sabhi sampradon me milti-julti)

• Navkar Mantra ya Namokar Mantra ka uchharan: Jain dharm me mukhya aradhna Navkar Mantra hota hai.

Navkar Mantra (swarup arth ke sath) ko dhyan se aksar dohraaya jata hai: “Namo Arihantanam, Namo Siddhanam, Namo Ayariyanam, Namo Ulhasanamn, Namo Jainam” (Digambar/Shwetambar ke beech aur bhashaiyon me chhote-mote badlav ho sakte hain; vidhi-vatsalya ke sath padha jata hai.)

• Vandana: Tirthankar ki murti ya chitr ke saamne dhyan, pranam, aur vandan kiya jata hai. Ek shanti-purna sandesh aur bhakti vyakt hoti hai.
• Sringar (sundar-abhushan) aur arghya dena: phool, doodh ya misri ki thali, ya phalon ki chhoti chhoti chhadi puja me pradan ki jati hai. Jal (pani) ki arti ya achintan ke roop me arghya diya jata hai.
• Deepa aur Dhupka: tel ki diye ya desi tel se jalne wali lamp (diya) aur dhoop ya agarbatti ki sugandh se mandir ki bhavna ko gehra kiya jata hai.
• Prasad: puja ke baad phal ya prasad (shuddha khana jo thali me rakha jata hai) bhakton me bantne ki parampara hoti hai.

Pooja ki vidhi (saral kram)

• Shuddha chara (shuddh man, vaani, karm) se shuruat.
• Navkar Mantra ya mukhya stotra ko dhyan se, dheere-dheere, kisi vrtti ke sath uchharan.
• Tirthankar ki murti/chitr ke samne vandan (pranam), apman-matra ke saath namrata dikhayein.
• Jal, phal, phool, dhoop, diya se arghya pradan.
• Ant me dhyan ya mantran ki dohraaiyan ya chhota mantran punah-chintan.
• Prasad le kar aasan se khali man se bhakti ki bhavana me visraam.

Digambar vs Shwetambar me kuch spasht fark (mool arth par asar nahi)

• Kendra: dono me Navkar Mantra ki upasana bahut pramukh hoti hai, lekin kuch sampradon me pratikraman ya bhavna ki kriya ki jagah thodi si alag vyavaharik vidhi hoti hai.
• Puja ki sthiti: dono me murti ya chitr ki vandan hoti hai, par kuch samajik pratishthaon me alag-samagri ya samay ke anusar vidhi alag ho sakti hai.
• Aarti/abhishek: kuch shastra-anusar abhishek (jal ya doodh se) ki rekha hoti hai, jabki kuch gharelu avasar me sirf vandan, diya, phool par hi kendrit hota hai.

Yaad rakhein

• Puja ka mool uddeshya hai shraddha, shanti, dhyan aur ahim ka palan. Kisi bhi kriya me anyay ya koee durvyavahar nahi hona chahiye.
• Agar aap chaahein, to apne parivar ya grihasth sadhan ke anusaar sabse asaani se apnaayein. Vidhi me chhote-mote antar Digambar/Shwetambar ki parampara me mil sakte hain, par bhavna aur aradhana ka mool arth hamesha samaan hi hota hai.

Agar aap chahen to main aapke liye specific sampradaya (Digambar ya Shwetambar) ke anuroop ek saral, step-by-step sankshipt puja paddhati likh kar de doon.