Paryushan or Daslasksana Parva –
The Jain community celebrates different days and festivals like other
communities throughout the world celebrates many social and religious
functions annually. The superb Jain festival popularly known as
Paryushan parva. Paryashan Parva is a one of the most important festival
days in Jainism. Paryushana takes place in August – September every
year. Paryashan Parva festival is celebrated with fasting, reading of
scriptures, observing silence etc. Svetambara jains celebrate eight days
of paryushan and the last day is called Samvatsari and Digambar Jain’s
celebrate this festival for ten days and it starting on the last day of
Shwetambar Paryushan.
As peoples know that Paryushan mean pari + ushan = all kinds +
to burn = to burn our all types of karmas and to shed our karmas we do
twelve different types of austerities including fasting. The
second meaning of ushan is to stay closer. The actual purpose of the
Paryushan is to purify our soul, to look at our own faults, to ask for
forgiveness for the mistakes we have committed, and gave up or
minimize our faults. We try to forget about the needs of our body (like
as food) and our business and other things so that we can concentrate on
our-self.
great Jain Acharya have said that
“Kshama Viram Bhushanam, Kshamavani Michhami Dukkadamâ€
It means to ask for forgiveness is a great quality of the brave ones
and if I have committed any mistake, knowingly or unknowingly, I ask for
your forgiveness. The shedding of our karmas really begins by asking
for forgiveness with real feelings and to take some vows not to repeat
mistakes. The quality of the forgiveness requires humility (absence of
ego) and suppression of anger.
There are several great aphorisms to ask for forgiveness with the
unity of the body, speech and mind and one of them is as follows:
“Khamemi Savve Jiva, Savve Jiva Khamantu Mi
Mitti Me Savva bhuesu, Veram majjham na Kenai.”
Mean I forgive all the living beings in the universe and may all the
living-beings forgive me for my faults. I do not have any animosity
towards anybody, and I have friendship for all living beings.
Digambar Jains celebrate ten best characteristics of the soul and they are :-
Kshamaa, Mardav, Arjav, Shauch, Satya, Samyam, Tapa, Tyaga, Akinchan and Brahmacharya .
Courtesy: http://www.festivalsindia.com/paryushan-or-daslasksana-parva/
Note : There is no uniqueness in the celebration of Paryushan Parv. Different sects celebrate on different dates and they have a valid reason to establish that what ever they do is the only correct way. Without going into details we publish this article on the common day of all the sects.
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