{"id":11848,"date":"2010-03-29T19:11:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T18:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/?p=11848"},"modified":"2010-05-28T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T10:18:11","slug":"jain-tradtion-mahavir-jayanti-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deinayurveda.net\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/jain-tradtion-mahavir-jayanti-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"JAIN TRADTION, MAHAVIR JAYANTI IN INDIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Jainism, Mahavir Janma Kalyanak is the most important religious holiday. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the last Tirthankara. On Mahavir Jayanthi, Jain temples are decorated with flags. In the morning the idol of Mahavira is given a ceremonial bath called the ‚abhishek‘. Lord Mahavira is an ideal in Jainism who taught the world the essence of life. He taught all of us the right way of living the life.The day of his birth is celebrated in a massive procession around the cities. Lord Mahavir was a great teacher who taught mankind the true path of happiness. His teachings on complete nonviolence and the importance of austerity showed the path to achieving salvation and spirituality. Read More: > H<\/span>ERE <<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Jainism, a Tirthankar (\u0924\u0940\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0902\u0915\u0930: „Fordmaker“; also Tirthankara or Jina) is a human being who achieves enlightenment (perfect knowledge) through asceticism and who then becomes a role-model teacher for those seeking spiritual guidance. A Tirthankar is a special sort of arhat, a person who has totally conquered base sensibilities such as anger, pride, deceit, or desire.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A Tirthankar is so called because he is the founder of a „Tirth“ (literally, ‚ford‘), a Jain community which acts as a „ford“ across the „river of human misery“.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yaksha (Sanskrit \u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937, yak\u1e63a , \u091e\u0915\u094d\u0916 yakkha in PÄ?li ) is the name of a broad class of nature-spirits, usually benevolent, who are caretakers of the natural treasures hidden in the earth and tree roots.They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology. The feminine form of the word is yak\u1e63Ä? (\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f) or yak\u1e63i\u1e47Ä? (\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f\u0928\u093f)(PÄ?li: yakkhÄ? (\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0916\u093f) or yakkhinÄ? (\u091e\u0915\u094d\u0916\u093f\u0928\u093f)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Jina\u2019s are worthy of worship because they are the ultimate victor oner the phenomenal fetters, conquired over the all desire of human being. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jinas are twenty four in number whom we call ><\/span> <\/a><\/span>\u2018<\/span>Tirthankar\u2019 <<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>and each of them is served by ><\/span> <\/a><\/span>Y<\/span>a<\/span>ksha < <\/span><\/a>and ><\/span>Ya<\/span>k<\/span>shini<\/span><\/a><\/strong> <<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span>, includes 64 yakshinis (yogini), fifty two viras, sixteen vidya Devis, ten dikpalakas and nine planets. Jina is subordinated by all like Yaksha, Yakshini, Ashta Dikpalakas, Planets and the Jina is above all. Jina\u2019s are countless but four of them are especially worshipped not only in India but all over the world \u2013 They are \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n