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akshat puja
naivedya puja
fal puja
white rice
sweet
fruit
The unbroken rice also
called as Akshat, a kind of grain which is non fertile is used for Akshat puja. While doing this puja one should pray that, “Oh Lord, through this Akshat puja may I end my cycle of life and death
In the course of the cycle I of birth and death, I have remained hungry many times but that was transitory. O! Arihanta' give me the permanent state where there is no desire of food. The ultimate aim in one's life is to attain a life where no food is essential for our existence. That is the life of a liberated Soul who lives in Moksha forever in ultimate bliss.
Lal is a symbol of T' Moksha or Liberation. This last Puja symbolizes the ultimate achievement of our life. By reciting the virtues of Tirthankars we remind ourselves that these same virtues are also possessed by us and by taking the path of the Tirthankars we can also achieve Nirvana.
Bhaav Puja : Doing chaitya vandan, stuti, connecting oneself with paramatma is Bhav Puja.
life is a journey from impurity to purity from hatred to cosmic love, from death to immortality from imperfection to perfection, from slavery to freedom, from ignorance to eternal wisdom, from pain to eternal bliss, from weakness to infinite strength. Its only the Tirthankars' - the duine soul which act as purifying agents to reach the destination; to cross the worldly ocean to reach the goal from Humanity to Divinity. Saluting the twenty four Tirthankars firstly, early in the morning after rising is very auspicious and invigorates the whole day ahead.
JIN DARSHAN
