जैन धर्म की मौलिक विशेषताएँ

apani indriyoan, kashayoan aur karmo ko jitane vale 'jin' kahalate haian. 'jin' ke upasak ko jain kahate haian. jin ke dvara kaha gaya dharm jain dharm hai. jisake dvara yah sansari atma-paramatma ban jata hai, vah dharm hai. arthath samyak darshan, samyak jnan aur samyak charitr ko dharm kaha hai, kyoanki ratnatray ke madhyam se hi yah atma-paramatma banati hai.

• anekant - anek+ant=anekant. anek ka arth hai - ek se adhik, ant ka arth hai gun ya dharm. vastu mean paraspar virodhi anek gunoan ya dharmoan ke vidyaman rahane ko anekant kahate haian.
• syadvad - anekant dharm ka kathan karane vali bhasha paddhati ko syadavad kahate haian. syath ka arth hai- kathachith kisi apeksha se evan vad ka arth hai- kathan karana. jaise - ramachandr ji raja dasharath ki apeksha se putr haian evan ramachandr ji lav-kush ki apeksha se pita haian.
• ahiansa - jain dharm mean ahiansa pradhan hai. man, vachan aur kay se kisi bhi prani ko kasht nahian pahuanchana evan antarang mean rag-dvesh parinam nahian karana ahiansa hai.
• aparigrahavad - samast prakar ki asakti ka tyag karana evan padarthoan ka tyag karana aparigrahavad hai. aparigrahavad ka jivant udaharan digambar sadhu hai.
• prani svatantry - sansar ka pratyek prani svatantr hai. jaise-pratyek nagarik rashtrapati, pradhanamantri ban sakata hai. usi prakar pratyek atma-paramatma ban sakati hai. kintu paramatma banane ke lie karmoan ka kshay karana p dega aur karmoan ka kshay, bina digambar muni bane nahian ho sakata hai.
• srishti shashvat hai - is srishti ko n kisi ne banaya hai, n isako koee nash kar sakata hai, n koee isaki raksha karata hai. pratyek jiv ko apane kie hue karmoan ke anusar phal milata hai. usake lie nyayadhish ki avashyakata nahian hai. jaise-sharab pine se nasha hota hai aur doodh pine se takat ati hai. sharab ya doodh pine ke bad usake phal dene ke lie kisi doosare nirnayak ki avashyakata nahian hai.
• avataravad nahian - sansar se mukt hone ke bad paramatma punah sansar mean nahian ata hai. jaise-doodh se ghi ban jane par pun: vah ghi, doodh ke roop mean parivartit nahian ho sakata hai. usi prakar paramatma (bhagavan) prithvi par avatar nahian lete haian.
• punarjanm - jain dharm punarjanm ko manata hai. prani marane ke bad pun: janm leta hai. janm lene ke bad pun: maran bhi ho sakata hai, maran n ho to nirvan bhi prapt kar sakata hai, kintu nirvan ke bad punah usaka janm nahian hota hai.
• bhagavan nyayadhish nahian - bhagavan matr dekhana janate haian. ve kisi ko sukhi du:khi nahian karate haian. jiv apane hi karmoan se sukhi du:khi hota hai.
• dravy shashvath hai - dravy ka kabhi nash nahian hota, matr paryay badalati rahati hai. atma bhi ek dravy hai. vah n janmati hai aur n marati hai. matr paryay badalati hai.

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