About Paryushan
Paryushan Parva, the monarch of all Jain festivals, is celebrated by
spiritual seekers around the world to experience deep connection,
devotion, inner-cleansing and great spiritual elevation. Parvadhiraj
Paryushana, this festival has the highest power of doing auspicious to
the worshippers. This festival takes the soul to the upper condition. It
lights the lamps of life i.e. pious life. This festival also shows the
path of salvation. It is compared with water works through which one can
clean one's soul from the dirt of Karmas. This also makes the sinful
persons pious and virtues. The souls which are already aware about the
merits and sins, can do their duties, but those people who are still
passionate towards worldly pleasures become aware of new motivation. So
this festival is celebrated. Besides assuring a blissful existence in
this world and the other world for every living being, it aims at the
attainment of salvation - the supreme ideal for mundane soul. The
non-Jains also express high reverence for this Jain festival.
All
members of Jain community- high and low, young and old, and males and
females, participate with full vigor and zeal in the various religious
rituals and cultural programs. They listen with rapt attention to the
holysermons of the saints and learned Jain scholars arranged during the
ten-day festival.
In these celebrations lie dormant the seeds of
the well being, peace and happiness of the common man. On the eve of
this festival all activities, which add to social discord or bitterness
are declared taboo from the temple pulpits. These celebrations harbinger
social harmony and amity and preach the lofty Jain motto ‘Live and Let
live’.
Significance of Paryushan Parva
In
Jainisim, fasting is considered as a spiritual activity, that purify
our souls, improve morality, spiritual power, increase knowledge and
strengthen relationships. The purpose is to purify our souls by staying
closer to our own souls, looking at our faults and asking for
forgiveness for the mistakes and taking vows to minimize our faults.
Also a time when Jains will review their action towards their animals,
environment and every kind of soul. Paryushan Date
Paryushan in 2016-Aug 28
Paryushan in 2017-Aug 18
Paryushan in 2018- Sep 7
Paryushan in 2019- Aug 27
Paryushan in 2020-Aug 16
