Uttam Tap ka matlab Jain dharm mein “sabse uchit/uttam tapasya” hai. Yeh kisi ek din ki baat nahi hai; yeh atma-samarpan ki shreshtha tapasya ko darshata hai. Iska mool arth hai:

• ahimsa (hinsa se parhej),
• satya (sach bolna),
• bramhacharya (celibacy ya control of senses),
• atyadhik tapasaya (deep fasting/anta karni),
• vairagya (vairagya/neeyat sukh ke liye tyag).

Uttam Tap aise jeev ko praapta hota hai jo humesha ke liye jain shikshaon ke anukul apne indriyon aur karmo ko niyantran me rakhta hai. Digambar aur Shwetambar sansthayon mein iski vyakhya mein thodi bhinnata ho sakti hai, par mool tatva yahi hai: atyadhik tapasya aur sadhu-sangat ki aur agrasar jeevan.

Agar aap kisi vishesh tithi ya utsav (jaise Paryushan, Mahavir Jayanti, adi) ke sandarbh mein pooch rahe hain, to kripya thoda aur spasht karein, main uske sambandh mein Jain dharm ke anusar spasht arth batane ki koshish karoonga.