In today's era, every person wants to be successful in his career, for which many people work hard day and night. On the basis of hard work, people become millionaires, doctors, engineers or even judges. After achieving success, people often like to live a comfortable life. On the contrary, people of Jainism, after achieving success, adopt the path of renunciation and give up comfortable life. According to religious beliefs, taking Sannyasa provides the path to liberation from life. Along with this, the person who takes renunciation is saved from committing sins.
Recently, Prakharshree from Madhya Pradesh appeared for the judge's exam and passed the exam, but before joining the job, she decided to follow the path of retirement. On the other hand, in 2024, a couple from Gujarat took Sanyas. Who had acquired wealth worth Rs 200 crore on the basis of his business. After retiring, he donated his entire wealth. The couple's 19-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter had already taken Jain initiation. After listening to the stories of these people, a question might be arising in the minds of many people as to why the path of renunciation is given the most importance in Jainism. Let us understand the answer to this question from the beliefs of Jainism.
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Why do people take sannyasa in Jainism?
According to religious experts, Jainism teaches people that one should conquer emotions like passion and hatred. In Jainism, it is believed that everything present in nature is alive and a person should avoid harming it. Do not destroy every element of nature, hence people should have patience, restraint and always have a sense of service towards others. However, when a person lives a worldly life, he may commit sinful acts knowingly or unknowingly. To get freedom from these sins, people renounce worldly life. Religious experts believe that by adopting the path of renunciation, a person attains salvation and becomes free from the bondage of life and death.
What is the importance of renunciation in Jainism?
There are five principles of Jainism, which millions of people adopt in their lives. Those five principles are Ahimsa, Satya, Acharya, Brahmacharya and Aparigraha. According to the experts of Jainism, people should live their lives according to these principles.
1. Non-violence Lord Mahavir had said that a person should live his entire life on the path of non-violence. The path of non-violence is the essence of the life of an ideal person. According to religious scriptures, Lord Mahavir had said that 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharma', which means that the ultimate dharma of a person's life is non-violence.
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According to this principle a person has to avoid three types of violence. Under this, people should not hurt others. Second, a person should not indulge in mental violence i.e. mentally exploit others or have negative thoughts towards others. Apart from this, one should not hate others. In worldly life it becomes very difficult for a person to follow the path of non-violence.
2. Living in truth Another principle in Jainism is that one should speak the truth in every situation. However, small children who lie unknowingly do not incur the sin of unknowingly telling lies. When a person's understanding increases, he should follow the path of truth.
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3. Acharya According to this principle, a person should avoid stealing things from others. Apart from this, one should not consider oneself as supremely knowledgeable by claiming someone else's knowledge as one's own. Through this principle, people should also understand that a person cannot steal the happiness of others by appropriating others' things.
4. Celibacy A person should free his body, mind and consciousness from worldly pleasures and adopt the path of renunciation, through which the person gets freedom from worldly pleasures, stress and jealousy.
5. Aparigraha In this theory it is said that a person should gradually give up attachment to material things by adopting the path of Mahavir. After that one should give up spicy food and wealth. Nowadays many people are taking initiation by following these principles.
Note: This article is based on religious beliefs and calculations. We do not confirm this.