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________________ AD sAdhanA, sAhitya aura itihAsa nAnA ke kSetra meM viziSTa yogadAna dyto 0 zrI lAlacanda jaina sAdhanA kA kSetra : jaina sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kI dinoMdina ho rahI kamI aura bhArata jaise vizAla kSetra meM janasaMkhyA ke anupAta meM bar3ha rahI jainiyoM kI saMkhyA ke liye jaina dharmadarzana kA pracAra-prasAra pUrA na ho sakane ke kAraNa AcArya pravara ne socA ki sAdhu-sAdhviyoM aura gRhasthoM ke bIca eka aisI zAMti senA ko taiyAra karanA cAhiye jo pracArakoM ke rUpa meM deza ke kone-kone meM jAkara jaina dharma-darzana kA pracAra-prasAra kara sake / jaba prAcAryazrI kA cAturmAsa ujjaina meM thA (lagabhaga san 1943 kA varSa) taba dhAra se eka zrAvaka ne Akara kahA ki hamAre yahA~ koI sAdhu-sAdhvI nahIM hai| yadi Apa kisI ko paryuSaNa meM vyAkhyAna dene bheja sakeM to bar3I kRpA hogii| usa samaya maiM AcAryazrI ke pAsa rahakara jaina dharma aura prAkRta bhASA kA adhyayana kara rahA thA / AcAryazrI ne mujhe AjJA dI ki maiM dhAra nagarI meM jAkara paryuSaNa karavAU~ / yadyapi maiM nayA-nayA thA tathApi prAcArya zrI kI AjJA ko zirodhArya kara maiM gayA aura vahA~ paryuSaNa kI ArAdhanA AcArya zrI kI kRpA se bahuta hI zAnadAra huI / vahA~ ke zrAvakajI ne vApasa Akara AcArya zrI ko paryuSaNa kI jo riporTa dI usase AcAryazrI kA svAdhyAya saMgha kI pravRtti calAne kA vicAra dRr3ha ho gayA aura dUsare hI varSa bhopAlagar3ha meM svAdhyAya saMgha kA prArambha ho gyaa| Aja to deza ke kone-kone meM svAdhyAya saMgha kI zAkhAe~ khula cukI haiN| samyagjJAna pracAraka maNDala jayapura ke tattvAvadhAna meM jaina sthAnakavAsI svAdhyAya saMgha kA mukhya kAryAlaya jodhapura meM kArya kara rahA hai / aneka svAdhyAyI bhAIbahina deza ke kone-kone meM jAkara sAdhu-sAdhvI rahita kSetroM meM paryuSaNa kI ArAdhanA karavAte haiM / jaba AcAryazrI kA cAturmAsa indaura aura jalagA~va meM thA taba indaura meM madhyapradeza svAdhyAya saMgha kI tathA jalagA~va meM mahArASTra svAdhyAya saMgha kI sthApanA huI / usake bAda to jaise-jaise AcArya prabara kA vihAra hotA gayA, vaise-vaise una-una rAjyoM meM svAdhyAya saMgha kI zAkhAe~ khulatI giiN| Aja to karnATaka aura tamilanADu jaise dUradarAja ke rAjyoM meM bhI svAdhyAya saMgha kI zAkhAe~ haiM / sAdhanA ke kSetra meM svAdhyAya ko ghara-ghara meM pracArita karane ko AcAryazrI kI bahuta bar3I dena hai| Jain Educationa international For Personal and Private Use Only
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________________ * 170 AcAryazrI ke pAsa jaba bhI koI darzana karane AtA to prAcAryazrI kA pahalA prazna hotA " koI dhArmika pustaka par3hate ho ? kucha svAdhyAya karate ho ?" yadi darzanArthI kA uttara nahIM meM hotA to use kama se kama 15 miniTa svAdhyAya kA niyama avazya dilA dete / * svAdhyAya eka aisA prAMtarika tapa hai jisakI samAnatA anya tapa nahIM kara sakate / 'uttarAdhyayana sUtra' meM mahAvIra ne pharamAyA hai- 'sajjhAeNaM samaM tavo nAvi pratthi nAvi hoI / ' svAdhyAya ke samAna tapa na koI hai na koI hogA / 'sajjhAe vA niutteNaM, savva duvakha vimokkhaNe / ' svAdhyAya se sarva duHkhoM se mukti hotI hai / 'bahu bhave saMciyaM khalu samjhAeNa khaveI / ' bahu saMcita kaThora karma bhI svAdhyAya se kSaya ho jAte haiM / bhUtakAla meM jo aneka dRr3hadharmI, priyadharmI, AgamajJa zrAvaka hue haiM, ve saba svAdhyAya ke bala para hI hue haiM aura bhaviSya meM bhI yadi jaina dharma ko jIvita dharma ke rUpa meM cAlU rakhanA hai to vaha svAdhyAya ke bala para hI raha sakegA / Aja prAcAryazrI kI kRpA se svAdhyAyiyoM kI zAMti senA isa kArya kA aMjAma dezabhara meM de rahI hai / vyaktitva evaM kRtitva AcAryazrI ne dekhA ki loga sAmAyika to varSoM se karate haiM kintu unake jIvana meM koI parivartana nahIM hotaa| jIvana meM samabhAva nahIM AtA, rAga-dva eSa nahIM chUTatA, krodha nahIM chUTatA, lobha nahIM chUTatA, viSaya-kaSAya nahIM chUTatA / isakA kAraNa yaha hai ki loga mAtra dravya sAmAyika karate haiM / sAmAyika kA veSa pahanakara, upakaraNa lekara eka sthAna para baiTha jAte haiM aura idhara-udhara kI bAtoM sAmAyika kA kAla pUrA kara dete haiM / ataH jIvana meM parivartana lAne ke lie Apane bhAva sAmAyika kA upadeza diyA / Apa svayaM to bhAva sAmAyika kI sAdhanA kara hI rahe the / ApakA to eka kSaNa bhI svAdhyAya, dhyAna, mauna, lekhana Adi ke atirikta nahIM bItatA thA / ataH Apake upadeza kA logoM para bhArI prabhAva par3A / Apane sAmAyika lene ke 'tassa uttarI' ke pATha ke antima zabdoM para jora diyA / sAmAyika 'ThANeNaM, moNeNaM, bhANeNaM' arthAt eka grAsana se, mauna pUrvaka aura dhyAnapUrvaka honI cAhiye / yadi isa prakAra bhAvapUrvaka sAmAyika kI jAya, sAmAyika meM mauna rakheM, svAdhyAya kareM aura AtmA kA dhyAna kareM to dhIredhIre abhyAsa karate-karate jIvana meM samabhAva kI prAya hogI, jisase jIvana parivartita hogA / isa prakAra Apane bhAva sAmAyika para adhika bala diyA / Apake pAsa jo koI prAtA, usase Apa pUchate ki vaha sAmAyika karatA hai yA nahIM ? yadi nahIM karatA to use nitya eka sAmAyika yA nitya na ho sake to kama se kama saptAha meM eka sAmAyika karane kA niyama avazya dilavAte / . Aja to AcAryazrI kI kRpA se grAma-grAma, nagara-nagara, meM sAmAyika saMgha kI sthApanA ho cukI hai aura jayapura meM akhila bhAratIya sAmAyika saMgha kA Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only
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________________ * prAcArya zrI hastImalajI ma. sA. kAryAlaya ina sabhI saMghoM ko zRMkhalAbaddha kara bhAva sAmAyika kA evaM jIvana meM sAmAyika se parivartana lAne kA pracAra-prasAra kara rahA hai / sAdhanA ke kSetra meM AcAryazrI ko yaha bhI eka mahAn dena hai| hastI guru ke do pharamAna / sAmAyika svAdhyAya mahAna / / sAdhuoM aura svAdhyAyiyoM ke madhya santulana-samanvaya banAye rakhane ke liye kucha aise logoM ke saMgaThana kI AvazyakatA mahasUsa huI jo sAdhanA ke kSetra meM pragati kara raha hoM. jo apanI gRhastha jIvana kI maryAdAoM ke kAraNa sAdhu banane meM to asamartha haiM, phira bhI apanA jIvana bahuta hI sAdagI se, aneka vrataniyamoM kI maryAdAoM se, zAstroM ke adhyayana-adhyApanapUrvaka sAdhanA meM bitAte haiM / aise sAdhakoM kA eka sAdhaka saMgaThana bhI banAyA gayA, jisakA mukhya kAryAlaya udayapura meM zrI cA~damalajI karNAvaTa kI dekharekha meM cala rahA hai| isa saMgha kI tarapha se varSa meM kama se kama eka sAdhaka-zivira avazya lagatA hai jisameM dhyAna, mauna, tapa Adi para vizeSa prazikSaNa diyA jAtA hai| indaura, jalagA~va aura jodhapura meM ina ziviroM meM maiMne bhI bhAga liyA aura mujhe inameM sAdhaka jIvana ke viSaya meM aneka bAteM sIkhane ko milI aura citta ko bar3I zAMti prApta huii| ___yoM to prAcArya pravara kA pUrA jIvana hI sAdhanAmaya thA kintu unhoMne apane antima jIvana se logoM ko Atma-sAkSAtkAra kI zikSA bhI sodAharaNa prastuta krdii| yaha sAdhanA ke kSetra meM gurudeva kI hama sabake liye sabase bar3I dena hai| ve deha meM rahate hue bhI dehAtIta avasthA ko prApta ho gye| unhoMne yaha pratyakSa siddha kara diyA ki zarIra aura AtmA bhinna hai| zarIra jar3a hai, AtmA cetana hai / zarIra maratA hai, AtmA nahIM maratI / jise yaha bhedajJAna ho gayA hai, vaha nirbhaya hai| use mutyu se kyA bhaya ? usake liye mRtyu to purAne bastra kA tyAga kara naye vastra ko dhAraNa karane ke samAna hai / usake lie mRtyu to mahotsava hai| samAdhimaraNapUrvaka zarIra ke moha kA tyAga kara, mRtyu kA varaNa kara, gurudeva ne hamAre samakSa dehAtIta avasthA kA, bhedajJAna kA pratyakSa spaSTa udAharaNa prastuta kara diyaa| yaha sAdhanA ke kSetra meM gurudeva kI sabase bar3I dena hai| sAhitya kA kSetra : AcArya pravara bahuta dUradarzI the / jaba unhoMne dekhA ki jaina dharma kI koI uccakoTi kI sAhityika patrikA nahIM nikalatI jo gorakhapura se nikalane vAle 'kalyANa' kI taraha preraka ho, taba unhoMne bhopAlagar3ha se 'jinavANI' mAsika patrikA prArambha karane kI preraNA dI / yaha patrikA dinoMdina pragati karatI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only
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________________ * 172 * vyaktitva evaM kRtitva gii| use bhopAlagar3ha se jodhapura lAyA gayA taba yaha tripoliyA meM vijayamalajI kumbhaTa ke presa meM chapatI thI aura maiM isakA prabandha sampAdaka thaa| bAda meM to 'jinavANI' kA sampAdana DaoN0 narendra bhAnAvata ke sakSama hAthoM meM jayapura se hone lagA aura isane aisI pragati kI ki Aja yaha jaina samAja meM 'kalyANa' kI taraha pratiSThita hai / isake 'karmasiddhAnta' vizeSAMka, 'aparigraha' vizeSAMka, 'jaina saMskRti aura rAjasthAna' vizeSAMka aura abhI kA 'zraddhAMjali vizeSAMka' sAhitya jagat meM samAdRta haiM / Aja jinavANI' ke hajAroM AjIvana sadasya bana cuke haiM deza meM hI nahIM videza meM bhii| bhArata ke sabhI vizvavidyAlayoM meM yaha pahu~catI hai| gurudeva svayaM janmajAta sAhityakAra aura kavi the| unhoMne 'uttarAdhyayana' sUtra kA prAkRta bhASA se sIdhA hindI bhASA meM padyAnuvAda kiyA hai jo unake kavi aura sAhityakAra hone kA bejor3a namUnA hai / 'praznavyAkaraNa' sUtra para unhoMne hindI meM TIkA likhI hai| ve prAkRta, saMskRta, hindI aura gujarAtI bhASAoM ke vidvAn the| unake vyAkhyAna bhI bahuta sAhityika hote the| isakA pramANa 'gajendra vyAkhyAna mAlA' ke sAta bhAga haiM / unhoMne kaI padya hindI meM likhe haiM jo bahuta prasiddha haiM aura aksara prArthanA sabhA meM gAye jAte haiN| itanA hI nahIM ki ve svayaM sAhityakAra the balki unhoMne sadaiva kaI logoM ko likhane kI preraNA dI hai| zrI raNajItasiMha kUmaTa, DaoN0 narendra bhAnAvata, zrI kanhaiyAlAla lor3hA, zrI ratanalAla bAphanA Adi kaI vyaktiyoM ne apanI 'zraddhAMjali' meM yaha svIkAra kiyA hai ki AcAryazrI kI preraNA se hI unhoMne likhanA prArambha kiyA thaa| svayaM mujhe bhI gujarAtI se hindI anuvAda kI ora lekhana kI preraNA pUjya gurudeva se hI prApta huI / unhIM kI mahatI kRpA se maiM 'upamiti bhava prapaMca kathA' jaise mahAn grantha kA anuvAda karane meM saphala huaa| jisa vyakti kI giraphtArI ke do-do vAranTa nikale hue hoM use vairAgI ke rUpa meM prAzraya dekara use prAkRta, saMskRta, jaina dharma aura darzana kA adhyayana karavAnA aura lekhana kI preraNA denA gurudeva ke sAhitya-prema ko spaSTa karatA hai / AcAryazrI kI kRpA se mujhe paM. duHkha mocana jI jhA se bhI prAkRta sIkhane meM kAphI sahAyatA milI kintu bAda meM to paMDita pUrNacandajI daka jaise vidvAn ke pAsa sthAyI rUpa se rakhakara jaina siddhAnta vizArada aura saMskRta vizArada taka kI parIkSAe~ dilavAne kI sArI vyavasthA pUjya gurudeva kI kRpA se hI huI / mAtra mujhe hI nahIM unhoMne apane jIvana meM isI prakAra kaI logoM ko likhane kI preraNA dI thii| aise the sAhitya-premI hamAre pUjya gurudeva ! sAhityakAroM ko apane sAhitya ke prakAzana meM bar3I kaThinAI hotI hai| isalie AcAryazrI kI preraNA se jayapura meM samyagjJAna pracAraka maMDala kI Jain Educationa international For Personal and Private Use Only
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________________ * prAcArya zrI hastImalajI ma. sA. * 173 sthApanA huI jisase 'jinavAraNI' ke sAtha-sAtha AdhyAtmika satsAhitya prakAzita hotA hai| jaina vidvAnoM kA koI saMgaThana nahIM hone se vidvAn prakAza meM nahIM pA rahe the aura unakI vicAradhArA se jana-sAdhAraNa ko lAbha prApta nahIM ho rahA thaa| ataH prAcArya pravara kI preraNA se jayapura meM DaoN0 narendra bhAnAvata ke suyogya hAthoM meM akhila bhAratIya jaina bidvat pariSad kI sthApanA kI gaI jisakI varSa meM kama se kama eka vidvat saMgoSThI avazya hotI hai| isase kaI jaina vidvAn prakAza meM Aye haiM aura TraikTa yojanA ke antargata 101 rupaye meM 108 pustakeM dI jAtI haiN| isa yojanA meM aba taka 83 pustakeM prakAzita ho cukI haiM / isake atirikta svAdhyAyiyoM ko vizeSa prazikSaNa ghara baiThe dene ke liye prAcAryazrI kI preraNA se 'svAdhyAya zikSA' dvaimAsika patrikA kA prakAzana bhI ho rahA hai jisameM prAkRta, saMskRta aura hindI vibhAga haiN| isa patrikA meM prAkRta aura saMskRta para adhika bala diyA jAtA hai aura pratyeka aMka meM prAkRta bhASA sIkhane ke niyamita pATha prakAzita hote haiN| gurudeva kI preraNA se akhila bhAratIya mahAvIra jaina zrAvikA saMgha kI bhI sthApanA huI aura mahilAoM meM jJAna kA vizeSa prakAza phailAne ke lie 'vIra upAsikA' patrikA kA prakAzana madrAsa se prArambha huA jisameM adhikAMza lekha mAtra mahilAoM ke lie hI hote the| aAja ke vidyArthI hI bhaviSya meM sAhityakAra aura vidvAna baneMge ataH vidyArthiyoM ke zikSA ko ucita vyavasthA honI cAhiye / isI uddezya se bhopAlagar3ha meM jaina ratna ucca mAdhyamika vidyAlaya aura chAtrAvAsa kI sthApanA kI gaI jisase nikale hue chAtra prAja deza ke kone-kone meM phaile hue haiN| isa vidyAlaya ke parIkSAphala sadaiva bahuta acche rahe haiN| itihAsa kA kSetra : itihAsa likhane kA kArya sabase Ter3hA hai kyoMki isameM tathyoM kI khoja karanI par3atI hai aura pratyeka ghaTanA ko sapramAraNa prastuta karanA hotA hai / phira eka saMta ke lie to yaha kArya aura bhI kaThina hai| prAcIna hastalikhita granthoM aura zilAlekha Adi ko DhUMr3hane ke lie prAcIna maMdiroM, guphAoM, grantha bhaMDAroM Adi kI khAka chAnanI par3atI hai jo eka santa ke lie isalie kaThina hai ki vaha vAhana kA upayoga nahIM kara sktaa| Jain Educationa international For Personal and Private Use Only
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________________ * 174 * vyaktitva evaM kRtitva phira bhI gurudeva ne isa kaThina kArya kA bIr3A uThAyA aura use yathAzakya prAmANika rUpa meM prastuta kiyaa| bhagavAna RSabhadeva se lekara vartamAnakAla taka kA prAmANika jaina itihAsa likhanA koI baccoM kA khela nahIM thA, kintu prAcArya pravara ne apanI tIkSNa samIkSaka buddhi aura lagana se isa kArya ko pUrA kara dikhAyA aura karIba hajAra-hajAra pRSThoM ke cAra bhAgoM meM jaina itihAsa (madhyakAla taka) likhakara eka adbhuta sAhasa kA kArya kiyA hai| isa itihAsa-lekhana ke lie prAcArya pravara ko kitane hI jaina grantha bhaMDAroM kA avalokana karanA par3A / kitane hI maMdiroM aura mUrtiyoM ke abhilekha par3hane par3e / AcArya pravara kA gujarAta, mahArASTra, karnATaka, tAmilanADu, rAjasthAna, madhyapradeza, dillI meM jahA~ kahIM bhI vihAra huA, sthAna-sthAna para prAcIna grantha bhaMDAroM evaM maMdiroM meM hastalikhita granthoM evaM zilAlekhoM kA zodhakArya satata calatA hI rahA / vizrAma karanA to pUjya gurudeva ne sIkhA hI nahIM thA / sUryodaya se sUryAsta taka nirantara lekhana kArya, saMzodhana kArya Adi calatA rahatA thaa| itanA kaThina parizrama karane para bhI loMkAzAha ke viSaya meM prAmANika tathya nahIM mila rahe the| ata: mujhe lAlabhAI dalapata bhAI bhAratIya zodha saMsthAna ahamadabAda meM lokAzAha ke biSaya meM zodha karane ke lie mAlavaNiyAjI ke pAsa bhejA / maiMne vahA~ lagAtAra chaH mahIne rahakara nitya prAtaH 10 baje se 4 baje taka aneka hastalikhita granthoM kA avalokana kiyA aura zrI mAla vaNiyAjI ke sahayoga se loMkAzAha aura loMkAgaccha ke viSaya meM jo bhI pramANa mile, unakI phoTo kApiyAM banavAkara jaina itihAsa samiti, lAla bhavana, jayapura ko bhejatA rhaa| isI se aMdAja lagAyA jA sakatA hai ki itihAsa lekhana kA kArya kitanA zramapUrNa rahA hogA / AcAryazrI ne vaha kArya kara dikhAyA hai jise karanA bar3e-bar3e dhuraMdhara itihAsavidoM ke liye kaThina thaa| bhAvI pIr3hI jaba bhI isa itihAsa ko par3hegI vaha AcAryazrI ko unakI isa mahattvapUrNa aitihAsika dena ke lie yAda kiye binA nahIM raha skegii| -10/565, nandanavana nagara, jodhapura - . manuSya ko tAta tapta avasthA se ubAranA akhilAtmA puruSa kI sabase bar3I sAdhanA hai| * itihAsa manuSya kI tIsarI A~kha hai| - -hajArIprasAda dvivedI Jain Educationa International For Personal and Private Use Only