Glimpses Of World Religions

Author(s): Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: Navbharat Sahitya Mandir

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Jainism
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The wealth from honesh means :
Here, the holy idea of getting the livelihood by honest sources and the purity of means are also accepted. The ‘Parvas' of Jain Dharma (Religious occasions)
The parvas can be divided in 2 classes :- (1) ordinary, popular parvas (People's parvas) (2) Extra-ordinary parvas.
The ordinary or popular parvas are mainly celebrated for enjoyments and hilarious pleasantries. All the religious or other occasions are of extra-ordinary or higher motives, which are beyond the peoples' right understanding and which are aimed at worshipping with suffering (penance) and sacrificing for the upliftment of soul. Paryushana Parva
Paryushan parva is the king of parvas and so it is honoured accordingly with the name of ‘Parvadhiraj'. Apart from rare distinction of a day or two, the swetambars celebrate this parva from Shrawan Vad (latter half of the month) thirteenth (13th) day to Bhadrapad Sud (brighter half) fifth day and is the case with Sthanakvasis, Terapanthis and the Jains believing in Idolatry. After that, the Digambaras celebrate it as 'Das Lakshana Parva'. They celebrate the final day of Paryushan as a Samvatsari Day. During the nine days of this parva, the Shrawakas and Shrawikas are busy performing the highest types of actions such as prayers, sermons, readings, Pratikramanas and such other spiritual Anusthanas as well as repeating the names of Gods (Japas), penance, donations and what is more, the conduct of sexual restraints. Ayambil Oli
In Jain Dharma,, Ayambil Oli has associated or framed a chain of extra-ordinary parva's permanent features. Every year,