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Note on Raksha Bandhan

Friends, there are various tales attached to the festival of Rakshabandhan. One such beautiful tale is of Jainism. I hope you enjoy it.

So, let us start the history of Raksha Bandhan. Stay tuned...

Note on Rakshabandhan:-

Note on Rakshabandhan History

There was a town named Ujjain. The king of Ujjain was a genuine follower of Jainism. However, his four ministers Bali, Brihaspati, Prahlad, and Namuchi were jealous of Jain Saints & Jainism.

 Once a group of Seven Hundred Jain Saints headed by Shri Akampanacharya came to Ujjain. The head gave the vow of silence that is Maunvrata to all the saints suspecting some mishappening. The king along with everyone reach to see Saints. However, all saints remained engrossed in their meditation as per the order of their Acharya and nobody talked with the King.

 The ministers started insinuating king against Jain saints saying silence is the sign of foolishness. At that time, Saint Shrutsagar who was unaware of the head's order was returning from the city after taking his meal (Aahar). Seeing him coming, the minister called him an ox and started an unwanted debate with him. Saint Shrutsagar shattered their pride in no time with his reasoning ability. Their ego was hurt but they could not say anything in front of the king.

 After returning, he narrated the whole story to the chief. Akampanacharya became concerned and told him that he should not have indulged in any such dialogue. It is similar to offering milk to a snake who turns it into poison. Saint Shrutsagar felt guilty and decided to go and get engrossed in meditation at the place of the debate as penitence.

 With the feeling of revenge, the defeated ministers came there at night and raised their swords to attack the meditating Saint. Although Vandevta (deity of the forest) nailed them in the same posture with the sword. When the Raja and people got to know about this in the morning, they condemn the ministers. Ultimately, the King ordered the ministers to depart the city forever. 

The wicked ministers reached Hastinapur and somehow pleased the King of Hastinapur by defeating his enemy Simhabal. The king asked them to take anything as a gift but they requested the king to bestow the gift whenever they require in the future.

 A few days later, Muniraj Akampanacharya arrived at Hastinapur with his group of 700 Saints. When the ministers came to knew about it, they made a cruel plan to take revenge from these innocent Saints. They demanded to rule the kingdom for seven days from the king as per their promise. So, the minister Bali took over the kingdom and became king for seven days.

King Bali now decided to disturb the meditation of Saints by surrounding them with fire and ultimately killing them. The Saints were undergoing hard atrocities but they remained peaceful thinking that the fire can burn the body, not the soul because the soul is immortal, eternal, and boundless.

Meanwhile, saint Vishnu Kumar who had obtained the supernatural power to change the shape & size of the body by his penance came to know about this brutality. He left his monkhood and took the form of a dwarf Brahman. King Bali got pleased after seeing a Brahman and told him to ask anything he wishes. 

The Brahman asked him for three steps of land to do meditation measured by his own feet. King Bali agreed because he thought that the Brahman was too small to take over a vast land. By the effect of his Vikriyariddhi that is the power to develop the body as per the wish, the Brahman became big and measured the whole land with two steps only. There remained no place for keeping the third step. This way he defeated Bali and saved the lives of the 700 monks. After that, the Munis took Aahar of kheer because they had been meditating for 7 days.

 So friends as the symbol of the protection of Munis, 'Rakshabandhan’ festival is celebrated on Shravan Shukla Purnima that is the night of the full moon in the month of Shravan of each year since then. Thus, we say Rakshabandhan means the bond of safety, protection, and love between the brother and sister.

I hope you enjoy the note of Raksha Bandhan History.

                             

I wish you all a very happy and joyful Rakshabandhan. Thank you! 

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