mutipijak pooja niyam
Pooja niyam (Jain dharma ma Tirthankar ya Mulnayak ni pooja) na mool niyam eh chhe:
- Pooja nu sthal ane samay: Shuddh ane shant sthal, sakal pavitra vastra peherva. Kriya ek samay par ane vyavaharik shanti thi karo.
- Shuddata: Hamesha haath-pair shuddha kari ne, sāndhya (pankh) vagar, khor-khurr na karta pooja karo. Leather vastu na upyog thi parhe.
- Padhrav ane vandan: Pratham vandan (Namaskar) karo, Tirthankar na samip padharo (pradakshina) karo, ane bhakti bhav thi stuti karo.
- Mool mantra ane stotro: Navkar Mantra (Namokar Mantra) ni jap prathame karo; ane panch upachara (panchopchar) jaise dhoop, deepak, pushp, naivedya, chandan arpan kari shri Tirthankar ni aradhana karo.
- Upakar ane upavasta: Mulnayak ya Tirthankar ni murti/samadhi sthane shuddh puja karo; murti par aabhishek (abhishek) keval Digambar/Shwetambar sampraday ni riti anusar thaay shake chhe—koi pan murti par anuchit kriya na karvi.
- Upasana ni bhavna: Sakaratmak bhakti, ahimsa, tyag, anekantavad no ullas ane shikshan maner rakho. Acharan ma satya ane pinchas nibajo (truthfulness and restraint) no bhav rakho.
- Saukhya ane niyam: Puja ni divasik raatri (din) ma bhajan-satpada, vandan ane samayik (ek din na samayik prati) ni riti palan karyo to shrestha.
Digambar vs Shwetambar na antar (saransh):
- Aam to vandan, prarthana ane Navkar jap pramane same rehte chhe; farak riti ane abhishek/pratyarthan ni paddhati thodi alag hoy shake chhe. Vastu ane kavachik kriyaon ma visheshta hoy shake chhe, pan mool arth ane bhavna bona rahe chhe: bhakti, vinamrata ane anekantavada nu uddeshya ekaj chhe.
- Jo tame potane sampradaya ni vishesh ritio vishe jankari joi, to tamne je sampradaya roope ni pratishtha hoy te anusar niyam samajhva ma aavshe.
Aapane vishesh sampraday ya sthanik guru ni salah laine, tatha koi vishesh stotra/abhed jova hoy to puchsho—mane khushi thase ke mane Jain shastra na srot anusar sahi arth aapish.
Note: Jo tamne Mulnayak ni puja ya ek vishesh stotra vishe puri rite samajva hoi to mane puchvo; hu Jain dharma ma temni saaf ane sarthak vyakhya aapish.