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________________ Nitywers 16 1 ajJAna timira hai aura jJAna Aloka / ajJAna mRtyu hai aura jJAna amaratA / ajJAna viSa hai aura jJAna amRta / ajJAna kA AvaraNa rahate manuSya kisI bAta ko jAna nahIM sakatA / andhakAra meM calane vAlA kisI kUpa vApI-tagAr3a meM gira sakatA hai / kisI viSadhara nAga para pAMva rakha kara viSakIlita ho sakatA hai aura Age kA patha na sUjhane se mArgacyuta bhI ho sakatA hai; parantu jisane dIpaka hAtha meM liyA hai vaha sukhapUrvaka pavartI phIla-kaTakoM se apanI surakSA karatA huA gantavya dhruvoM ko pA letA hai / isIliye prakAza, Aloka prANiyoM ko priya pratIta hotA hai| pUrva dizA se Aloka - kiraNa ke darzana karate hI pakSI Ananda kalarava karane lagate haiM, nIr3a chor3a kara vistRta gagana meM ur3a calate haiM / kyoMki prakAza se unheM dRSTi milI hai, abhaya milA hai| RSiyoM ne Rgveda meM uSA kI stuti kI hai kyoMki usI ke aruNagarbha se sUrya kA janma hotA hai| ve aMjalibaddha hokara paramAtmA kI prArthanA karate hue yAcanA karate haiM- " tamaso mA jyotirgamaya" he prabho ! le cala hameM andhakAra se prakAza kI ora kyoMki prakAza hI padArthoM se sAkSAtkAra meM sahAyaka hai / abhIkSNa jJAnopayoga upAdhyAya vidyAnanda muni ajJAnI vyakti nadI meM pA~va rakhatA hai to DUbane kA bhaya hai, yadi yajJavedI para baiThatA hai to jala jAne kA Dara hai, yadi use phala kharIdane bheja diyA jAya to vaha madhura phaloM ko chor3akara kaTutiktakaSAya kharIda legA, kyoMki use na amRta kA jJAna hai aura na viSa kI parIkSA / vaha hitAhita jJAna se zUnya hai / isIlie samAja meM manuSyajAti meM pAThazAlAoM kI vidhi hai / aneka viSaya use vidyAzAlAoM meM par3hAye jAte haiM aura eka prakAra se laukika jJAna pradAna kara saMsAra yAtrA ke liye upayukta kiyA jAtA hai / pazu-pakSI bhI apane-apane apatyoM ko jAtigata jJAna kI paramparA pradAna karate haiM / isa prakAra kucha jJAna use ghara se, kucha bAhara se : prApta ho jAtA hai| yaha jJAna ke viSaya meM laukika apekSA se kiyA gayA sAmAnya nirvacana hai / T "hitAnubaMdhI jJAnam" jJAna ke viSaya meM yaha atyAvazyaka parAmarza hai ki vaha hitAnubaMdhI honA cAhie, kyoMki ise Aloka athavA prakAza kahA hai / prakAza agni se sUrya se aura dIpaka se bhI milatA hai| yadi koI dIpaka se padArtha darzana ke sthAna para apane vastra jalA le to yaha usakA durupayoga hogA / yadi vijJAna se vidhvaMsaka prakSepAstroM kA nirmANa kiyA jAtA hai aura nirmANa athavA mAnava-kalyANa meM usako vismRta kiyA jAtA hai to yaha dIpaka lekara kueM meM girane ke samAna hogA / ise hI kahate haiM "heyopAdeya vijJAna" yadi jJAna prApti ke pazcAt bhI itanI upalabdhi nahIM huI to zAstrapATha zukapATha hI rahA / "vyartha zramaH zrutI" kahate hue "kSatracUr3AmaNi" kAra ne isakI bhartsanA kI hai / vastutaH jisane anna ko apanA rasa, rakta, mA~sa banA liyA hai usI ne AhAra kA pariNAma prApta kiyA hai| kintu jisake AmAzaya meM ajIrNa doSa hai, vaha udara meM rakhane mAtra se annabhukti ke Arogya - pariNAma ko prApta nahIM kara sakatA / jo jJAna ko Upara se or3ha kara ghUmatA hai, usake uttarIya ko kabhI koI utAra le sakatA hai / parantu jisane jJAna ko svasaMpatti ke rUpa meM upArjita kiyA hai use koI chIna nahIM sktaa| ataH jJAnopArjana meM jJAna kI pavitratA ke sAtha-sAtha use apane se abhinna pratiSThita karane kI mahatI AvazyakatA hai| jaba agni aura uSNatA, jala aura zItalatA ke avinAbhAvI saMbaMdha ke samAna guNa aura guNI ekarUpa ho jAte haiM tabhI unameM avyabhicArIbhAva kA udaya hotA hai / jJAnI aura jJAna bhI AdhArAdheya mAtra na raha kara prANasampatti hone cAhiye / aise jJAna kI upAsanA meM manuSya ko zAstrAgni meM praveza karanA par3atA hai / rAjekha-kyo
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________________ yaha jJAna manuSya bhava meM hI ho sakatA hai, ataH prApta karane meM Alasya nahIM rakhanA caahie| AcArya guNabhadra ne AtmAnuzAsana meM kahA hai ki "prajJAna durlabha hai aura yadi ise isa janma meM prApta nahIM kiyA gayA to anya janma meM yaha atyanta durlabha hai|" kyoMki anya janma manuSya paryAyavAn ho, yaha likhita pramANapatra nahIM hai| ata: eka janma kA pramAda kitane itara janmoM ke antara vizodhanIya ho, yaha anirvacanIya hai| prANAnta honA hI mRtyu nahIM hai, pramAda hI mutyu hai| apramatta ko mRtyu eka bAra AtI hai parantu pramAdI prati kSaNa maratA hai / "pramAdesatyAdhaH pAtAt" yahI kahatA hai| ____ jJAna kI pipAsA kabhI zAnta nahIM hotI / jJAna prati kSaNa nUtana hai, vaha kabhI jIrNa yA purAtana nahIM par3atA / svAdhyAya, citana, tapa, saMyama, brahmacarya Adi upAyoM se jJAna-nidhi ko prApta kiyA jAtA hai| jo citana ke samudra pI jAte haiM, svAdhyAya kI sudhA kA nirantara AsvAdana karate rahate haiM, saMyama para sumeru ke ke samAna acala-sthira rahate haiM, ve jJAna-prasAda ke adhikArI hote haiM / jJAnavAn sarvajJa ho jAtA hai / jisa viSaya kA sparza karatA hai, vaha use apanI gAthA svayaM gA kara sunA detA hai| darpaNa meM jaise bimba dikhatA hai, vaise usakI AtmA meM saba kucha jhalakane lagatA hai / ___ manuSya ke jIvana meM jJAna kA mahatvapUrNa sthAna hai / jJAna hI mAnava aura paza meM antara batAtA hai / vikekahIna mAnava pazu ke tulya kahA gayA hai / vidyA kI upalabdhi pustakoM se hotI hai| bAlaka pustakoM se hI jJAna kA arjana karatA hai / isalie jJAnArjana meM pustaka anyatama sAdhana hai / anubhava se bhI jJAna prApti hotI hai kintu vaha durUha aura dravyasAdhya hone se garIboM ko sugama nahIM hotA, jabaki pustakeM kama paise se hI dhanI, nirdhana sabako deza, videza, ihaloka, paraloka, vijJAna, sAhitya, dharma aura saMskRti kA jJAna sugamatA se prApta karAtI haiN| tIna muktaka banda kareM aba kevala carcA kathanI karanI eka kareM / karma-kalaza meM bhAva-nIra jinavara kA abhiSeka kreN| goSThI, sammelana se dharma-prasAra nahIM hotAapane siddhAntoM kA pAlana pahale hama saviveka kreN| apane prANa sabhI ko pyAre sabako haqa hai jIne kaa| sabako ucita mUlya cAhiye apane khUna pasIne kA / hama na kisI ko duHkha pahu~cAyeM na hI kisI kA haka chiine| yatna kareM hama dila ke ghAva sneha-sUtra se sIne kA / AvazyakatA se jyAdA bhI saMgraha kabhI na kara pAye / jo kucha hai satya priya hai kevala utanA kaha pAye / mana, vANI au karma hamAre sadA niyantraNa meM rakhejitanA bhI saMbhava ho saMyama dhAraNa kara hama raha paaye| -dilIpa jaina vI.ni.saM. 2503 17 Jain Education Intemational