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Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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For example, if the medium of money is replaced by the medium of tapa, then the persons who have no capability of doing tapa will be denied the benefit. If samayik or japa is considered as a medium, then those who have shortage of time for doing samayik or japa will be denied the benefit and only old and retired persons will take the benefit. Whichever medium is chosen, someone or the other will be denied the benefit. If this is going to be the situation, then why not adopt the conventional medium? Further, the medium of money is an accepted medium in the society. Moreover, there are some other advantages also by making money as the medium of uchhamani. The amount so collected can be used for various projects of the sangh, for proper management of derasar, its maintenance, jeernoddhar etc. The uchhamani may be raised at some place and the money raised may be used at some other place which is short of resources for projects like jeernoddhar etc. This tradition is very popularly practiced in Jain religion. Further, when uchhamani is in terms of money, there is transparency, as it can be verified whether the money is deposited or not. If the medium were to be tapa or samayik orjap, there is no way to verify whether the committed tapa was performed Query : A person not having enough money to participate in an uchhamani may suffer from inferiority complex and may feel embarrassed sometimes.
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