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________________ bhagavAna mahAvIra : trilokaguru dhyAnamUla gurAbhUrtiH, pUjAmUla guroH padau / mantramUla gurorvAkya. mokSamUla guroH kRpA / / guru kI pratimA yA AkRti arthAt deha dhyAna kA AlaMbana hai / guru ve caraNakamala arthAt paira pUjA kA AlaMbana hai / guru kA vAkya yA Adeza ye zabda maMtra kA mUla hai yA zreSTha maMtra hai aura ina tInoM (dhyAna, pUjA va maMtra se prApta gurukRpA - AzIrvAda mokSa kA parama kAraNa hai| ___ bhAratIya AdhyAtmika paraMparA meM guru kA jitanA mAhAtmya hai itana mAhAtmya zAyada kisI bhI pAzcAtya paraMparA meM Ajataka vidita nahIM huA | bhAratIya AdhyAtmika paraMparA meM mukhya tIna tattva haiM / deva. guru va dharma deva aura guru eka jIvita vyakti svarUpa hai / jabaki dharma eka guNa svarUpa bhAvAtmaka hai / deva aura guru meM mUlataH yahI aMtara hai ki deva zuru meM gu svarUpa hI hote haiM / bAda meM ve deva / devAdhideva paramAtma svarUpa prApta kara haiM / yahI paramAtma svarUpa apanA paramadhyeya hotA hai / unakI aura dharma bhAvAtmaka svarUpa kI pahacAna hameM guru hI karAte haiM / ataeva guru ke mAhAtmya batAte hue kabIrajI ne kahA hai ki .. guru goviMda donA khAsa kinakA lAgU pAya / balihArI guru ApakI. goviMda dIyA hAya / / guru ne abhI pUrNa rUpa se paramAtma svarUpa prApta nahIM kiyA hai ki paramAtma svarUpa kI prApti ke sahI mArga para unhoMne prasthAna kara diyA hai usI sahI mArga kI pahacAna va anubhavajJAna pratyeka sAdhaka ke liye mArgadarza ho pAtA hai aura usI mArgadarzaka ke binA paramapada kI prApti AtmasAkSAtkAra kA anubhava prApta hone kI koI saMbhAvanA nahIM hai / ataH bhAratIya AdhyAtmika paraMparA meM guru kI atyAvazyakatA mahasUsa kI gaI hai| unake bAre meM eka jagaha kahA hai ki -- guru dIvo, guru devatA. guru viNa ghora adhAra / je guruothI vegalA raDavaDyA saMsAra / / hamAre prAcIna RSi-munioM ne guru kA itanA mAhAtmya niSkAraNa 48
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________________ batAyA hai / ve bahuta jJAnI the aura sAtha-sAtha kAphI anubhava jJAna bhI unako thA / unhoMne jo kucha jJAna prApta kiyA thA vaha kevala guruoM kI kRpA va AzIrvAda se hI prApta kiyA thA aura jinhoMne guruoM ke AzIrvAda prApta nahIM kiye ve samartha va vidvAna hote hue bhI saMsAra meM bhaTaka gaye haiM / aisA unhoMne dekhA hai, anubhava kiyA hai / ataH unhoMne guruoM kA jo mAhAtmya batAyA hai vaha satya hai aura Adhunika vijJAna kI dRSTi se bhI vaha ucita hai / pratyeka sajIva prANI cAhe vaha sthUla ho yA sUkSma, sabhI meM eka prakAra kI zakti hotI hai jise AdhyAtmika paribhASA meM Atmazakti kahA jAtA hai / jabaki Adhunika vijJAna kI paribhASA meM use jaivika vidyuda cuMbakIyazakti kahA jAya / usa sajIva prANI kI vidyud cuMbakIyazakti kI tIvratA kA | AdhAra AtmA ke vikAsa para hai / jitanA Atma vikAsa jyAdA hogA utanI | zakti kA prAdurbhAva jyAdA hogA / yahA~ vikAsa kA matalaba AdhyAtmika vikAsa lenA cAhiye / " nyU sAyanTisTa nAmaka vijJAna sAmayika meM nizcita prayogoM ke " bayAna prakAzita huye haiM / usake anusAra manuSya meM bhI aisA maeNgneTika kaMpAsa yA cuMbakIya hokAyaMtra hai arthAt hama bhI ajJAta rUpa meM kisI bhI vyakti yA cIja ke vidyud cuMbakIyaprabhAva meM A sakate haiM / jinhoMne vijJAna kA thor3A sA bhI adhyayana kiyA ho use mAluma hogA ki lohacuMbaka ke irdagirda usakA apanA cuMbakIya kSetra hotA hai / aura use cuMbakIya rekhAoM ke dvArA batAyA jAtA hai / yadyapi yaha cuMbakIya kSetra adRzya hone para bhI yadi eka kAgaja para eka lohacuMbaka rakhakara usake AsapAsa meM loha kA cUrNa bahuta hI alpa pramANa meM phailA diyA jAya va bAda meM aMgulI se ThapakAra ne para vahI lohacUrNa apane Apa hI cuMbakIya kSetra meM cuMbakIya rekhAoM ke rUpa meM parivartita ho jAyegA 1 isI cuMbakIya kSetra meM yadi kisI loha kA Tukar3A A jAya to yahI lohacuMbaka usako khIMcatA hai, | AkarSita karatA hai / usake cuMbakIya kSetra meM bAra bAra parivartana karane para vidyut pravAha utpanna hotA hai aura isI vidyut pravAha ko dhAtu ke tAra meM se prasArita karane para usameM bhI cuMbakatva utpanna hotA hai / isa prakAra vidyut zakti va cuMbakIya zakti donoM milakara vidyud cuMbakIya zakti paidA hotI hai / vaisI hI balki usase bhI jyAdA sUkSma va zaktizAlI vidyucuMbakIya zakti 49
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________________ sajIva prANI meM hotI hai | sthUla vidyucuMbakIya zakti ke sabhI niyama sUkSma vidyucuMbakIya zakti ko lAgU hote haiM / jaise eka cuMbaka ko dUsare cuMbaka ke cuMbakIya kSetra meM rakhA jAya to usake samAna dhruvoM ke bIca meM apAkarSaNa va asamAna dhruvoM ke bIca meM AkarSaNa hotA hai arthAt eka cuMbaka kA prabhAva usake kSetra meM Aye hue dUsare cuMbaka yA padArtha Upara par3atA hai / vaise hI| eka jIva ke vicAroM kA prabhAva usake pAsa Aye hue dUsare manuSya, prANI yA padArtha ke Upara par3atA hai / pratyeka padArtha ke parimaMDala meM bhI vidyucuMbakIya | kSetra hotA hai jise AbhAmaMDala kahA jAtA hai aura kiliyana phoTogrAphI se| | usakI tasvIra bhI lI jA sakatI hai / ataeva prAcIna RSi-munioM ne kahA hai ki --: citraM vaTatarormUle, vRddhAH ziSyA gururyuvA / gurostu maunaM vyAkhyAnaM, ziSyAstu chinnasaMzayAH / / (Azcarya hai ki bar3a ke per3a ke nIce baiThe hue yogI-munioM meM ziSya vRddha haiM aura guru yuvAna haiM / isase bhI jyAdA Azcarya yaha hai ki guru kA mauna hI pravacana hai aura usase ziSyoM ke saMzaya dUra ho jAte haiM / ) isa prakAra AdhyAtmika rUpa se vikasita guruoM ke kevala sAnidhya se hI anAyAsa ziSyoM kA Atmika vikAsa hotA hai aura acintya zaktiyoM kA prAdurbhAva hotA hai| ___ bhAratIya AdhyAtmika paraMparA meM bhinna bhinna saMpradAyoM meM bhinna bhinna paddhati | se guru ziSya ko AzIrvAda dete haiM / yahI AzIrvAda bhI eka prakAra kA zaktipAta hI hai / sAmAnyataH AzIrvAda pAne kA icchuka ziSya AzIrvAda dene vAle guru ke caraNoM meM lIna hotA hai, namaskAra karatA hai aura guru ke paira pakaDatA hai, usI samaya guru usake mastaka para apanA hAtha rakhate haiM| aura AzIrvAda dete haiM / isI prakriyA ke daurAna guru ke hAtha meM se nikalatA huA vidyut pravAha ziSya ke mastiSka se hokara usI ziSya ke hAtha meM AtA hai aura usase guru ke caraNasparza karane para guru ke caraNa dvArA yahI vidyut | pravAha guru meM punaH praviSTa hotA hai / isa prakAra vidyut pravAha kA eka cakra pUrNa hone para guru kI zakti ziSya meM AtI hai / anya paraMparA meM guru ziSya ke mastiSka ko suMghate hai / vahA~ bhI aisA hotA hai / __jaina paraMparA meM zramaNa bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI jainiyoM ke caubIsaveM 50
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________________ tIrthakara the aura unake prathama ziSya zrI gautamasvAmI the / ina donoM kA guru ziSya ke rUpa meM saMbaMdha prasiddha hai |ydypi unakA mUla nAma indrabhUti thA aura gautama unakA gotra thA tathApi jaise vartamAna meM bar3e loga alla - upagotra (surname) se pahacAne jAte hai vaise prAcIna kAla meM RSi-muni gotra ke nAma se pahacAne jAte the / ataH jaina paraMparA meM ve gaNadhara zrI gautamasvAmIjI ke nAma se pahacAne jAte the aura vartamAna meM bhI isI nAma se hI unakI ArAdhanA kI jAtI hai / jaina dharmagraMtha kalpasUtra ke anusAra jaba bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI kI umra 42 sAla thI aura gautamasvAmI kI umra 50 sAla thI taba donoM kA milApa huA thA / usase pUrva zrI gautamasvAmIjI 14 vidyA ke pAragAmI vidvAna brAhmaNa paMDita the aura ve yajJa-yAga karAte the / unake pAsa 500 brAhmaNa ziSyoM kA parivAra thA / jaba taka indrabhUti gautama ne bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI ke darzana nahIM kiye the aura unake AdhyAtmika vidyucuMbakIya kSetra meM praveza nahIM kiyA thA taba taka ve bhagavAna mahAvIra ko bhI vAda-vivAda meM parAsta karake apanI vijaya patAkA samagra vizva meM phailAne kI khvAhiza | rakhate the / kintu jahA~ bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI virAjamAna the usI samavasaraNa ke pAsa Ate hI evaM darzana hote hI bhagavAna mahAvIra ko jItane ke unake aramAna cUracUra ho gaye aura svayaM bhagavAna mahAvIra ke dhyAna meM kho gaye aura isa prakAra " dhyAnamUlaM gurormurtiH " pada yathArtha ho pAyA / / kahA jAtA hai ki jaba tIrthakara paramAtmA dharmopadeza dete haiM taba bAraha bAraha yojana dUra se manuSya va pazu-pakSI unakA dharmopadeza sunane ko Ate haiN| arthAt unakA vidyucuMbakIya kSetra bAraha yojana taka phailA huA hotA hai / / ___ vartamAnayuga meM zArIrika roga ko dUra karane ke liye jaise ekyUpaMkcara, ekyuprezara, raMgacikitsA paddhati kA upayoga hotA hai vaise hI cuMbakIya paddhati kA bhI upayoga hotA hai / yahI bAta trilokaguru bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI kI kevalI avasthA ke varNana se phalita hotI hai / unakA jaivika vidyutacuMbakIya kSetra itanA zakti saMpanna thA ki ve jahA~ jahA~ vihAra karate vahA~ vahA~ usI kSetra |meM vihAra ke daurAna sabhI logoM ke roga ityAdi dUra ho jAte the aura vihAra ke bAda bhI cha: mAha taka koI roga nahIM hote the / kisIko Apasa meM | vairabhAva bhI nahIM rahatA thA aura unake prabhAva se ativRSTi yA anAvRSTi bhI nahIM hotI thI / mAnoM unhoMne ina saba Upara hipnoTijama-mesmerijhama kiyA 51
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________________ na ho! / vAstava meM tIrthakaroM ke jIvana ke ye saba atizaya / vizeSa paristhitiyoM koI camatkAra va jAdU-TonA nahIM thA kintu unakI AtmA se dUra hue karma | ke kAraNa prAdurbhAva huyI Atmazakti yA vidyucuMbakIya zakti kA prabhAva thA aisA nikaTa ke bhaviSya meM yadi koI vijJAnI dvArA siddha ho to Azcarya kI bAta nahIM hogI / indrabhUti gautama ko bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI ke pAsa se AtmA ke astitva ke bAre meM apanI amUrta arUpI zaMkA kA samAdhAna prApta hote hI unhoMne bhagavAna mAhavIrasvAmI ko apane guru ko rUpa meM svIkAra | kiyA aura apanA saMpUrNa jIvana gurucaraNa meM samarpita karake " pUjAmUlaM guroH padau " pada ko caritArtha kiyA aura jaba zramaNa bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI indrabhUti Adi gyAraha brAhmaNa paMDitoM ko dIkSA dete haiM usI samaya bhagavAna svayaM indra ke hAtha meM rakhe hue ratnajar3ita suvarNa thAla meM se vAsa cUrNa lekara sabhI gaNadharoM ke mastiSka para DAlakara AzIrvAda dete haiM / usI AzIrvAda dvArA apane kevalajJAna svarUpa prakAza kA aMza ziSyoM meM saMkramita karate haiM / usase zramaNa bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI dvArA diye gaye kevala tIna pada (1) uppanne i vA, (2) vigame i vA, (3) dhuve i vA (jinako jaina paribhASA meM |tripadI kahI jAtI hai) ke AdhAra para saMpUrNa dvAdazAMgI va caudaha pUrvo jaise mahAna dharmagraMthoM kI racanA karate haiM / isa prakAra guru ke zabda svarUpa tripadI unake liye maMtra svarUpa hotI hai aura aise maMtramUlaM " gurorvAkyaM pada " caritArta hotA hai / dIkSA ke bAda prAyaH 30 sAla taka unake prathama ziSya zrI gautamasvAmI ne zramaNa bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI kI sevA zuzruSA, bhakti-vaiyAvacca kI aura unake prabhAva se zrI gautamasvAmI ko viziSTa labdhiyA~ / zaktiyA~ prApta huyIM / jisake kAraNa unake nAma ke Age anaMtalabdhinidhAna aisA sArthaka vizeSaNa rakhA jAtA hai / tathApi unako kevalajJAna kI prApti nahIM hotI hai / usakA kAraNa kevala yahI thA ki unako bhagavAna mahAvIra ke prati ananya rAga thA / | usako dUra karane ke liye bhagavAna mahAvIra apane nirvANa samaya kI rAta ko indrabhUti gautama ko pAsa meM Aye huye gA~va meM sthita devazarmA brAhmaNa ko pratibodha karane ke liye bheja dete haiM / usI brAhmaNa ko pratibodha karake vApisa Ate huye indrabhUti gautama ko rAste meM prabhu mahAvIra ke nirvANa ke 52
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________________ samAcAra prApta hote hI ve vyAkula ho uThate haiM aura usI guru kI viraha vedanA meM se vairAgya paidA hotA hai aura zramaNa bhagavAna mahAvIrasvAmI se rAga | ke baMdhana TUTate hI unako kevalajJAna kI prApti ho jAtI hai / isa prakAra mokSamUlaM guroH kRpA pada bhI zrI gautamasvAmI ke jIvana meM caritArtha hotA hai | isa prakAra zramaNa bhagavAna zrI mahAvIrasvAmI vAstava meM trilokaguru . trijagaguru the / What is soundless. touchless, formless, imperishable, Likewise tasteless, constant, odourless, Without beginning, without end, higher than the great, stable - By discerning that, one is liberated from the mouth of death. Kathopnishad - 3.15 Knowledge, which comes from such an experience, is called absolute knowledge'.