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________________ paDa4-aka7-8 pharavarI-mAja se tulasI prajJA yuvAcArya-vizeSAMka JOURNAL OF THE JAIN VISHVA BHARATI YUVACHARYA MAHAPRAJNA TA anAvizvabhAratI lAdata (yAjadhAna)
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________________ yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke manonayana para hamArI hArdika abhinandana va maMgala kAmanAeM terApaMtha dharma saMgha ke prANa, mahAna dRSTA yugapradhAna AcArya zrI dvArA mahAprajJa zrI jI kA yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM manonayana isa dharma saMgha ke uttarottara vikAsa kA eka sarvAdhika gauravapUrNa caraNa hai / hamArI hArdika maMgala kAmanAeM va abhinandana hai| hanumAnamala baiMgAnI, saMsthApaka-pradhAna dRsTI zrI motIlAla baiMgAnI ceriTebala TrasTa 12 iNDiyA eksaceMja plesa, kalakattA TrasTa ne apane prAraMbhakAla se san 1978-76 taka kI bIsa varSa kI avadhi meM 22 lAkha 63 hajAra rupayoM se adhika kI rAzi ke anudAna se jina saMsthAoM kI sthApanA va saMcAlana kiyA hai* homyo hospITala, lADanUM * motIlAla baiMgAnI sAIsa kaoNleja. lADanUM * vartamAna pratyAgAra, jaina vizva bhAratI, lADanU * ThakkarabApA bAlamandira, lADanU * motIlAla baiMgAnI sabhA-sthala, rANAvAsa * seTha motIlAla baiMgAnI granyAgAra, baraunI, bihAra * seTha ema0 ela0 ceriTebala DispeMsarI, (mitra pariSad bhavana) kalakattA, (pa0 bNgaal)| seTha motIlAla beMgAnI ceriTebala TrasTa (sthApata san 1956 I0) 12 iMDiyA eksaceMja plesa kalakattA-700001 (pa0 bagala)
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________________ bela bhAratIya bRha sammela paMthI dinAMka avaraha ICC gopAla AcArya zrI tulasI ne uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ko niyukta kiyA / yuvAcArya zrI ko AcArya zrI uttarAdhikAra-patra pradAna kara rahe haiM. usa samaya kA dRzya /
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________________ 3030 300 38888888 8380038085303 888560380866600308888888888883 33033333333333338 - 8235333 B OM -3303333333000 -- 30 - 3 00 83 3883 8008 - yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kI uttarAdhikArI ghoSita karane ke pazcAt AcArya zrI tulasI ne unheM apane pAsa paTTa para biThAyA / yuvAcArya zrI ne atyanta saMkoca ke sAtha paTTa para baiThanA svIkAra kiyA, usa samaya kA eka bhAvapUrNa dRzya /
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________________ reDiyojA yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kI niyukti ke pazcAt samasta zramaNa-saMgha khar3A hokara abhinandana kara rahA hai| bIca meM AcArya zrI tulasI paTTAsIna haiN|
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________________ 3-3 333 33 105 - 230038 2888888888888888888888888 33 388 38 1980 35888 88 38888 tulasI adhyAtma nI'm, jaina vizva bhAratI tathA adhyAtma sAdhanA kendra ke saMyukta tattvAvadhAna meM dillI meM 18 mArca se 25 mArca taka Ayojita navama prekSA dhyAna zivira meM pravacana karate hue yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa / AcArya zrI tulasI kA sannidhya prApta ho rahA hai|
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________________ - - juhiy'aa-bhaanggaa sampAdaka DaoN. nathamala TATiyA saha-sampAdaka . DaoN. kamalezakumAra jaina prabandha sampAdaka gopIcanda copar3A vimAkravAta nika jaina vizva bhAratI lADanU (rAjasthAna)
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________________ AjIvana sadasyatA zulka : 201-00 rupaye mAtra, vArSika zulka : 25-00 rupaye, eka aMka kA mUlya isa vizeSAMka kA mUlya : 2-50 rupaye, : 10-00 rupaye prakAzita kiye jAte mAsika banA diyA 'tulasI prajJA' pahale mAsika patrikA thI, jisameM kevala zodha - lekha hI the, kintu aba ise khaNDa 4, aMka 3-4 ( akTUbara-navambara 1978 ) se gayA hai / prastuta aMka bhI yugmAMka ke rUpa meM prakAzita kiyA jA rahA hai| 'tulasI prajJA' meM jaina vidyA ke vividha kSetroM meM cala rahI zodha pravRttiyoM se sambandhita zodha nibandha evaM anya jJAnavardhaka sAmagrI ( kathAeM, kavitAyeM, muktaka, mahApuruSoM kI jIvaniyAM saMsmaraNa, saMsthA paricaya Adi) prakAzita kI jAyegI / prakAzanArtha preSita nibandha evaM anya sAmagrI anyatra prakAzita nahIM honI cAhiye / sAmagrI kAgaja ke eka ora suspaSTa rUpa se hastalikhita yA TaMkita honI caahie| sAtha meM lekhaka apanA paricaya bhI bhejeM / jaina vidyA kI vividha vidhAoM se sambaddha viSayoM para vizvavidyAlayoM ke dvArA svIkRta zodha mahAnibandhoM ke sAra-saMkSepa bhI prakAzanArtha bheje jA sakate haiM / 'sAhitya-samIkSA' stambha ke antargata samIkSArtha bhejI jAne vAlI pustaka kI do pratiyA~ prApta honI cAhie / noTa: yaha Avazyaka nahIM hai ki isa aMka meM prakAzita lekhoM meM ullikhita vicAra sampAdaka athavA saMsthAna ko mAnya hoM /
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________________ aMka 7-8 315 317 316 321 323 324 325 khaNDa-4 pharavarI-mArca 1976 yuvAcArya vizeSAMka lekha-sUcI 1. sampAdakIya 2. vacana vIthI -Agama vacana 3. AcArya pravacana : anAsakti -yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI 4. yuvAcArya kA manonayana : eka aitihAsika ghoSaNA 5. uttarAdhikAra patra 6. AcArya pravara kA zubhAzIrvAda 7. nayI kasorI : nayA dAyitva -yuvAcArya mahAprajJa 8. yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa : ullekhanIya tithiyAM 6. maiM naye dAyitva ke prati samarpita rahUMgA -yuvAcArya mahAprajJa 10. isa pala kA bhI abhinandana -mahAzramaNI sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA 11. zramaNa-parivAra dvArA samarpita abhinandana-patra 12. zramaNI-parivAra dvArA samarpita abhinandana-patra 13. maiM to Apako kRti hUM --yuvAcArya mahAprajJa 14. dAyitva nirvAha ke udagra AkAMkSI : yuvAcArya mahAprajJa -mahAzramaNI sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA 15. prAcArya zrI tulasI ke uttarAdhikArI : yuvAcArya kA abhinandana --pro0 dalasukha bhAI mAlavaNiyA 16. yuvAcArya mahAprajJa : eka gambhIra cintaka -----agaracanda nAhaTA 17. samanvayazIla santa : yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa -~-jamanAlAla jaina 328 324 . 337 338 mr 340 346 351 353
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________________ 356 361 364 372 374 376 377 376 18. advaita bhI, dvata bhI, ekAdaza rUpa bhI -gopIcanda copar3A 16. yuvAcArya kI niyukti : AcArya kA mahAn dAyitva -jabaramala bhaMDArI 20. munizrI nathamala jI kI bahumukhI yogyatA kA samucita bahumAna -ratilAla bhAI 21. yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa : AcAryazrI tulasI ke darpaNa meM --prastotA muni kizanalAla 22. yuvAcArya mahAprajJa se eka bheMTa --prastotA muni kizanalAla 23. yuvAcArya ko niyukti para AcAryazrI tulasI ke prati ____-muni nathamala (bAgaura) 24. nAva se nAvika -muni nathamala (bAgaura) 25. sthitaprajJa yuvAcArya -muni.chatramala 26. ve sAre saMgha ke zIrSastha vyakti bana gae --muni buddhamala 27. apUrva kalAkRti -muni dulaharAja 28. nayA vAyitva, naye dAyare : yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa -sAdhvI kanakazrI 26. yuvAcArya kI jaya ho --muni ravIndrakumAra 30. adhyAtma ke preraNA-sota : yuvAcArya mahAprajJa -muni vimalakumAra 31. he yogirAja : zata zata praNAma --lUnakaraNa vidyArthI . 32. Aja kareM kisakA abhinandana -sAdhvI mohanakumArI (zrI DUMgaragar3ha) 33. eka upalabdhi -sAdhvIzrI AnandazrI 34. yuvAcArya mahAprajJa kI niyukti : eka abhinava itihAsa-prasaMga --sohanarAja koThArI 35. saMsmaraNoM ke prakAza meM usa samaya ke muni nathamala : Aja ke yuvAcArya ___-munizrI buddhamala 36. maryAdA mahotsava : viziSTa upalabdhi -sAdhvI saMghamitrA 380 383 384 385 387 388 393
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________________ 37. manISI saMta, sAdhaka mana, vaijJAnika dArzanika aura prAjJa - DA0 narendra bhAnAvata 38. mahAprajJa se dharma anuzAstA : eka gauravapUrNa upalabdhi --devendrakumAra karNAvaTa 36. yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa: pahale aura bAda meM - sAdhvIzrI kamalazrI 40. yuvAcArya zrI kA abhinandana - upAdhyAyazrI amaramuni 41. zabda va bhAva ke amara zilpI, saMskAra-niSpanna manISI evaM prabuddha sAdhaka : yuvAcArya mahAprajJa -- DA0 chaganalAla zAstrI 42. abhinandana ! abhinandana ! 43. abhinandana kA pratyuttara - yuvAcArya mahAprajJa 44. terApantha ko AcAryazrI tulasI kI dena - sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA 45. itihAsa ke svarNima pRSThoM se munizrI anopacanda jI ( nAthadvArA ) -- muni navaratnamala 46. pA~ca muktaka - muni mohanalAla "zArdUla" 47. zrImajjAcArya racita "jhoNI carcA " - sampA0 anu0 muni navaratnamala 48. eka yuvA zramaNI mahAzramaNI - sAdhvI yazodharA 46. Adarza zrAvaka - mahAvIra kI kalpanA - muni kizanalAla 50. naTakanyA aura zreSThI putra - sohanarAja koThArI 51. zodha-lekha : gRhastha dharma kA AdhyAtmika mahattva - pro0 kailAzacanda jaina 52. cAya yuga - DaoN0 jeThamala bhaMgAlI 53. eka sandeza : yuvA pIr3hI ke nAma - ku0 mukeza jaina 54. samAcAra - darzana 55. jaina vizva bhAratI : pravRtti evaM pragati 56. sAhitya samIkSA 57. praNAma mahAprajJa - DA0 nemIcanda jaina 401 403 405 407 408 411 422 423 431 441 442 446 450 452 456 461 465 468 427 500 503
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________________ 1. yuga pradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI jaina zvetAmbara terApaMtha ke navama AcArya evaM aNuvrata anuzAstA 2. yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jaina zvetAmbara terApaMtha meM AcArya zrI tulasI ke uttarAdhikArI (pUrNa nAma muni nathamala ) 3. sAdhvI pramukhA zrI kanakaprabhA jaina zvetAmbara terApaMtha sAdhvI samudAya kI pramukha evaM AcArya zrI tulasI kI ziSyA 4. pro0 dalamukha bhAI mAlavaNiyA bhU0 pU0 nidezaka lAla bhAI dalapata bhAI bhAratIya saMskRti vidyAmandira ahamadAbAda-6 5. zrI agara canda nAhaTA nAhoM kI gavAr3a bIkAnera (rAjasthAna) 6. zrI jamanAlAla jaina abhayakuTIra sAranAtha vArANasI ( u0 pra0 ) 7. zrI gopIcanda copar3A kula saciva jaina vizva bhAratI lADanU N (rAjasthAna)' 8. zrI jabaramala bhaMDArI jATAvAsa jodhapura lekhaka paricaya 312 6. zrI ratilAla bhAI ahamadAbAda muni zrI kizanalAla AcArya zrI tulasI ke ziSya 10. 11. muni zrI nathamala (bAgaura) jaina zvetAmbara terApaMtha ke sarvAdhikajyeSTha santa ( AcArya zrI tulasI ke AjJAnuvartI) 12- muni zrI dulaharAja AcArya zrI tulasI ke ziSya 13. muni zrI buddhamalla AcArya zrI tulasI ke ziSya evaM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke sahapAThI 14. sAdhvI zrI kanakazrI AcArya zrI tulasI kI ziSyA 15. muni zrI ravIndrakumAra AcArya zrI tulasI ke ziSya 16. muni zrI vimalakumAra AcArya zrI tulasI ke ziSya 17. zrI lUnakaraNa vidyArthI pravaktA jaina vizva bhAratI lADanUM ( rAjasthAna ) 18. sAdhvI zrI mohana kumArI "zrIDUMgaragar3ha" AcArya zrI tulasI kI ziSyA 19. sAdhvI zrI AnandazrI AcArya zrI tulasI kI ziSyA 20. zrI kanhaiyAlAla phUlaphagara hindI ke prasiddha kavi mitra pariSada, kalakattA
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________________ 21. zrI sohanarAja koThArI nyAyAdhIza, audyogika nyAyAdhikaraNa 31, gaMgavAla pArka jayapura (rAjasthAna) 22. sAdhvI zrI saMghamitrA AcArya zrI tulasI kI ziSyA 23. DA0 narendra bhAnAvata prAdhyApaka, hindI vibhAga rAjasthAna vizvavidyAlaya jayapura (rAjasthAna) 24. zrI devendrakumAra karNAvaTa sampAdaka "saMsthAna", rAjasamanda 25. sAdhvI zrI kamalazrI ___ AcArya zrI tulasI kI ziSyA 26. upAdhyAya zrI amara muni jaina zvetAmbara sthAnakavAsI sampradAya ke upAdhyAya vIrAyatana, rAjagRha 27. DA0 chaganalAla zAstrI saradArazahara 28. muni zrI chatramala AcArya zrI tulasI ke ziSya 26. muni zrI navaratnamala AcArya tulasI ke ziSya 30. muni zrI mohanalAla 'zArdUla' AcArya zrI tulasI ke ziSya 31. sAdhvI zrI yazodharA / AcArya zrI tulasI kI ziSyA 32. pro0 kailAzacanda jaina itihAsa vibhAga zrI di0 jaina kAleja bar3auta (u0 pra0) 33. DaoN0 jeThamala bhaMsAlI 10 I kemeka korTa 25 kemeka sTrITa kalakattA-16 34. kumArI mukeza jaina itihAsa vibhAga zrI di0 jaina kAleja bar3auta (u0 pra0) 35. DA0 nemIcanda jaina ___ sampAdaka, tIrthaMkara, indaura 36. DA0 esa0 ke0 rAmacandra rAva baiMglora 37. zrI rAmasvarUpa sonI jaina vizva bhAratI lADanU (rAjasthAna) 38. suzrI vINA jaina jaina vizva bhAratI lADanU (rAjasthAna) 36. DA0 nathamala TATiyA nidezaka, zodha vibhAga jaina vizva bhAratI lADanU (rAjasthAna) 40.DA0 zivakumAra uccAnuzIlana saMskRta kendra pUnA vizvavidyAlaya pUnA-7
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________________ vidvAnoM ko sammatiyA~ DA0 nemIcanda jaina, sampAdaka 'tIrthakara' indaura (ma0pra0) 'tulasI prazA' acchA nikala rahA hai / usakA vyaktitva aura caritra alaga hai| vaha dUsarI taraha kI bhUkha miTAtA hai| usakA honA bhI Avazyaka hai| kvAliTI kI dRSTi se sampAdaka gaNa badhAI ke pAtra haiN| zrI kapUracanda jaina, pravaktA ke0 ke0 jaina DigrI kAleja, khataulI (u0 pra0) 'tulasI prajJA' kA prApta aMka dekhakara prasannatA huI aura yaha jAna kara aura bhI prasannatA huI ki aba yaha patrikA mAsika se mAsika hone jA rahI hai / " ...."maiM AzA karatA hUM ki yaha patrikA samagra jaina samAja kI pratinidhi starIya patrikA hote hue apanA udAharaNa Apa hogii| - zrI kailAzacanda jaina 'manISa', pravaktA-di0 jaina kAleja baDauta 'tulasI prajJA' AdhyAtmika-jJAna, dharma-darzana, saMskRti ke prakAza kA bhaMDAra hai / bhautika yuga kI camaka-damaka meM Atmika cetanA dhUmila hotI jA rahI hai, mAnava-mana azAnti meM DUbatA jA rahA hai / "tulasI prajJA" meM uccakoTi ke vidvAnoM ke dvArA hRdayagrAhI, mAnavIya, naitikatA kI zikSA dene vAle lekhoM kA mahattva svayaM abhivyakta hai| "tulasI prajA" dharma-darzana, saMskRti ke chipe hue upayogI adhyAyoM ko prakaTa karane kA prayAsa kara rahI hai| jaina darzana ke atirikta anya dharma-darzanoM, prAcya itihAsa, saMskRti evaM sabhyatA ke tArkika vivecana ke lekhoM ko sthAna dekara patrikA apane uddezya meM adhika saphalatA prApta kara sakegI, jisase isakA dRSTikoNa aura adhika vyApaka hogaa| zrI kundanalAla jaina, prisipala, zikSA nidezAlaya, dillI prazAsana ApakA patra aura patrikA donoM prApta kie / dhanyavAda / patrikA bar3I sundara sAjasajjA evaM TikAU kAgaja se paripUrNa hai| rUpa-raMga zodha-patrikA jaisA hI pratIta hotA hai| cintana-paraka sAmagrI kA bAhulya hai / muni zrI nathamala jI kI tAkika zailI evaM cintana nizcaya hI anusandhitsuoM ke lie pUrNatayA utpreraka haiM /
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________________ sampAdakIya jaina zvetAmbara terApaMtha dharmasaMgha prArambha se hI eka AcArya ke netRtva meM phalA-phUlA aura vikasita huA hai| yahI kAraNa hai ki samasta dharmasaMghoM meM ekatA kI dRSTi se isakA asAdhAraNa sthAna hai| isa dharmasaMgha meM dIkSita sAdhu-sAdhvI-saMgha eka hI AcArya ke kuzala nirdezana meM calatA hai| bhikSa svAmI ne jisa dharmavakSa kA bIjAropaNa kiyA, use kramazaH AcArya bhArimAla, RSirAya, jayajaza, maghavA, mANaka, DAlacanda, kAlUgaNI aura AcArya zrI tulasI ne siJcita kara samRddha kiyA hai| aNuvrata anuzAstA yugapradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke navama-AcArya haiM / Apake zAsana kAla meM isa dharmasaMgha ne jo cAturdiz unnati kI hai, vaha ApakI kAryakSamatA kA nidarzana hai| kisI bhI dharmasaMgha ko eka sUtra meM piroe rahane kA kArya gurutara hotA hai aura usase bhI gurutara kArya hotA hai apane suyogya uttarAdhikArI kA cayana / kintu AcArya zrI ne isa kArya meM apanI jisa alaukika sUjha-bUjha kA paricaya diyA hai, vaha abhinandanIya hai| gata 3 pharavarI ko rAjaladesara meM AcArya zrI ne terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke 115veM maryAdA mahotsava ke avasara para vizAla caturvidha saMgha ke samakSa muni zrI nathamala jI ko apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kiyA hai / kucha hI mahInoM pUrva paramapUjya AcAryapravara ne unheM mahAprajJa kI upAdhi se vibhUSita kiyA thA aura aba unheM yuvAcArya ke pada para AsIna kiyA hai| sAtha hI sAtha unakI mahAprajJa upAdhi ko unake nAma meM parivartita kara diyA hai aura aba mahAprajJa vizeSaNa vizeSya banakara unakA svarUpa bana gayA hai| isa prasaMga meM 'prajJA' zabda ke maulika artha para prakAza DAlanA aprAsaMgika na hogaa| prajJA ke sAmAnyataH tIna bheda ginAye gaye haiM-1. zrutamayI prajJA 2. cintAmayI prajJA evaM 3. bhAvanAmayI prajJA / Aptavacana ke AdhAra para vikasita prajJA ko zrutamayI prajJA, cintanamanana para AdhArita prajJA ko cintAmayI prajJA evaM samAdhijanya jJAna ko bhAvanAmayI prajJA kahA gayA hai| ye tInoM prajJAeM AdhyAtmika vikAsa ke sopAna haiN| pAtaJjala yogabhASya meM eka zloka uddhRta hai, jo prajJA ke svarUpa para vizada prakAza DAlatA hai| vaha isa prakAra hai khaNDa 4, aMDa 7-8
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________________ AgamenAnumAnena dhyAnAbhyAsarasena ca / tridhA prakalpayatprajJAM labhate yogamuttamam // yaha ukti yuvAcArya ke jIvana meM akSarazaH caritArtha hotI hai / AgamajJAna evaM cintana-manana antarrASTrIya khyAti pA cukA hai tathA dhyAna ke AyAma pradAna kiye haiM / paramArAdhya AcArya zrI ne munizrI ko yuvAcArya pada para niyukta karake eka atyanta mahattvapUrNa kArya susampanna kiyA hai, jo terApaMtha mahAsaMgha ko aura bhI adhika ujjvala banAyegA, aisA hamArA sudRr3ha vizvAsa hai / yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke sammAna meM 'tulasI prajJA' kA prastuta aMka yuvAcArya mahAprajJa vizeSAMka ke rUpa meM prakAzita kiyA jA rahA hai / ise prakAzita karane meM hameM bhAI kamaleza jI caturvedI dvArA prasArita vijJaptiyoM evaM vibhinna patra-patrikAoM se kAphI sahayoga milA hai, jisake lie hama atyanta AbhArI haiM / - nathamala TATiyA sampAdaka vijJApana dAtAoM ko AhvAna Apa apane se sambandhita athavA sampRkta vyAvasAyika saMsthAnoM ke vijJApana isa patrikA meM prakAzita karA kara hameM sahayoga pradAna kareM / vijJApana dara prati aMka isa prakAra hai kavara kA cauthA pRSTha kavara kA dvitIya va tRtIya pUrA pRSTha kavara kA dvitIya va tRtIya AdhA patrikA ke bhItara kA pUrA pRSTha patrikA ke bhItara kA AdhA pRSTha pRSTha 00/- ru0 316 ApakA gambhIra kSetra ko bhI naye 500 400 / - ru0 250/- ru0 - 300 /- ru0 175/- ru0 vijJApana dAtA kI ruci ke anukUla spezala ArTa pepara para eka se adhika raMgoM kI chapAI karAe jAne kA bhI prAvadhAna hai, jinakI daroM ke lie kula saciva athavA hamAre adhikRta pratinidhi se samparka sthApita kareM / vijJApana meM koI blaoNka denA abhISTa ho to vijJApana dAtA ke blaoNka bhejane para yA unake vyaya para usakI vyavasthA bhI ho sakegA / lagAtAra tIna yA kie jAne kA bhI adhika aMkoM meM vijJApana dene para uparokta daroM meM kucha riyAyata prAvadhAna hai, jisake lie saMparka sthApita kareM / - gopIcaMda caupar3A prabandha sampAdaka tulasI prajJA
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________________ vacana-vIthI khattiyagaNauggarAyaputA mAhaNabhoiya vivihA ya sippinno| no tesi vayaha silogapUyaM taM parinnAya parivvae sa bhikkhU // kSatriya, gaNa, ugra, rAjaputra, brAhmaNa bhogika (sAmanta) aura vividha prakAra ke zilpI jo hote haiM, unakI zlAghA aura pUjA nahIM karatA, kintu use doSa-pUrNa jAna usakA parityAga kara jo parivrajana karatA hai-~-vaha bhikSu hai| gihiNo jo pavvaieNa viTThA appavvaieNa va saMyuyA hvijjaa| tesi ihaloiyaphalaTThA jo saMthavaM na karei sa bhikkhU // dIkSA lene ke pazcAt jinheM dekhA ho yA usase pahale jo paricita hoM, unake sAtha ihalaukika phala (vastra-pAtra Adi) kI prApti ke lie jo paricaya nahIM karatA-vaha bhikSu sayaNAsaNapANabhoyaNaM vivihaM khAimasAimaM paresi / adae paDisehie niyaNThe je tattha na paussaI sa bhikkhU // ___ zayana, Asana, pAna, bhojana aura vividha prakAra ke khAdya-svAdya gRhastha na de tathA kAraNa vizeSa se mAMgane para bhI inkAra ho jAe, usa sthiti meM jo pradveSa na kare--vaha bhikSu hai| jaM kiMci AhArapANaM vivihaM khAimasAimaM paresiM laddha / jo taM tiviheNa nANukampe maNavayakAyasusaMvuDe sa bhiks // gRhasthoM ke ghara se jo kucha AhAra, pAnaka aura vividha prakAra ke khAdya-svAdya prApta kara jo hastha kI mana, vacana aura kAyA se anukampA nahIM karatA-unheM AzI rvAda nahIM detA, jo mana, vacana aura kAyA se susaMvRta hotA hai-vaha bhikSu hai / osAmana, jau kA daliyA, ThaNDA-vAsI AhAra, kA~jI kA pAnI, jau kA pAnI jaisI nIrasa bhikSA kI jo nindA nahIM karatA, jo sAmAnya gharoM meM bhikSA ke lie jAtA haivaha bhikSu hai| AyAmagaM ceva javodaNaM ca sIyaM ca sovIrajavodagaM c| no holae piNDaM nIrasaM tu pantakulAI parivvae sa bhikkhU / /
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________________ sadA vivihA bhayanti loe divyA mANussagA tahA tiricchA / bhImA bhayabharavA urAlA jo soccA na vahijjaI sa bhikkhU // loka meM devatA, manuSya aura tiryaJcoM ke aneka prakAra ke raudra, amita bhayaMkara aura adbhuta zabda hote haiM, unheM sunakara jo nahIM DaratA-vaha bhikSu hai| vAdaM vivihaM samicca loe sahie kheyANugae ya koviyappA / panne abhibhUya savvadaMsI uvasante aviheDae sa bhikkhU // loka meM vividha prakAra ke vAdoM ko jAnakara bhI jo bhikSuoM ke sAtha rahatA hai, jo saMyamI hai, jise Agama kA parama artha prApta huA hai, jo prAjJa hai, jo parISahoM ko jItane vAlA aura saba jIvoM ko Atma-tulya samajhane vAlA hai, jo upazAnta aura kisI ko bhI apamAnita na karane vAlA hotA haivaha bhikSu hai| prasippajIvI agihe amitte jiindie savvao viSpamukke / aNukkasAI lahuappabhakkhI ceccA gihaM egacare sa bhikkhU / / jo zilpa-jIvI nahIM hotA, jisake ghara nahIM hotA, jisake mitra nahIM hote, jo jitendriya aura saba prakAra ke parigraha se mukta hotA hai, jisakA kaSAya manda hotA hai, jo thor3A aura nissAra bhojana karatA hai, jo ghara ko chor3a akelA (rAgadveSa se rahita ho) vicaratA hai--vaha bhikSu hai| (uttarajjhayaNANi, a0 15/6-16) tulasI-prajJA
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________________ AcArya pravacana* anAsakti Asakti aura karma ke AdhAra se puruSa cAra prakAra ke hote haiM - 1. kucha puruSa Asakti chor3a dete haiM, para karma ko nahIM chor3ate / 2. kucha puruSa karma ko chor3a dete haiM, para Asakti ko nahIM chor3ate / 3. kucha puruSa Asakti aura karma donoM ko chor3a dete haiM / 4. kucha puruSa na karma ko chor3ate haiM aura na Asakti ko / mahAn vyakti vaha hotA hai, jo karma aura Asakti donoM se mukta ho jAtA hai| para aise vyakti virale hI hote haiN| sAmAnya vyakti donoM ko chor3ane kI kSamatA nahIM rakhate / ve kisI eka se mukta hone kA prayatna karate haiN| kArya utanA hI karanA cAhie, jitanI kSamatA ho| kSamatA ke bAhara kiyA gayA kArya yA to kArya-sampUrti se pahale hI chor3a diyA jAtA hai athavA vaha vighnotpAdaka bana jAtA hai| koI bhI kArya kyoM na ho, prArambha karake pIche haTanA klIvatA kA sUcaka hai| kisI nItikAra ne kahA hai prArabhyate na khalu vighnabhayena nIcaH, prArabhya vighnavihatA viramanti madhyAH / vighnaH punaH punarapi pratihanyamAnAH, prArabhya cottamajanA na parityajanti / / ___ kucha vyakti vighna ke bhaya se kisI kArya ko prArambha hI nahIM krte| unheM pratikSaNa sandeha banA rahatA hai ki kArya prArambha kiyA aura vighna upasthita ho gayA, to phira kyA hogA ? madhyama zreNI ke vyakti kArya ko prArambha to kara dete haiM, para jyoMhI kucha kaThinAiyA~ *AcArya zrI tulasI ke pravacana se / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 316
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________________ AtI haiM, kArya ko bIca meM hI chor3a dete haiN| tIsarI koTi ke vyakti mahAna vyakti hote haiN| ve dhIra, vIra aura gambhIra hote haiN| bhale unake sAmane kitanI hI kaThinAiyA~ kyoM na AeM, svIkRta mArga se ve eka iMca bhI idhara-udhara nahIM hote| unakA vivekI aura puruSArthI mAnasa kabhI bhI aucitya kA ativartana nahIM krtaa| jo vivekapUrvaka Asakti aura karma donoM ko chor3ane kI kSamatA rakhatA hai, vastutaH vaha mahAn hotA hai| Atma-sAdhanA ke kSetra meM anAsakti kA bahuta bar3A mahattva hai| mokSa-prApti meM gahatyAga kI bhI kama mahattA nahIM hai, para Asakti se mukta hue binA kevala gRhatyAga phaladAyI nahIM hotaa| bhagavAn mahAvIra se pUchA gayA--bhante ! kyA mokSa pAne ke lie gRhavAsa kA tyAga karanA aura sAdhu-veSa dhAraNa karanA anivArya hai ? bhagavAn ne kahA-veSa aura gRhavAsa mokSa-prApti meM itane bAdhaka nahIM, jitanI bAdhaka hai Asakti / mukti kA sambandha antarvattiyoM se hai / antarvattiyA~ yadi anAsakta nahIM haiM, to veSa badala lene para bhI mukti nahIM hotI aura Antarika vRttiyA~ anAsakta haiM, kaSAya-mukta haiM, to gRhavAsa se mukta hue binA bhI mukti ho jAtI hai| __koI vyakti yaha Agraha kare ki bhagavAn ne gRhastha veSa meM bhI mukta honA batAyA hai, isalie maiM to isI veSa meM rahU~gA, sAdhu-veSa svIkAra nahIM karUMgA, yaha cintana bhUla bharA cintana hai| gRhastha veSa kA Agraha bhI merI dRSTi meM eka Asakti hI hai| jaba manuSya virakta bana gayA, saMsAra-tyAga kI ora unmukha bana gayA, phira sAdhu-veSa dhAraNa na karane kA kyA prayojana ? hamAre sAmane apavAda rUpa meM eka yA do udAharaNa hI aise milate haiM, marudevI mAtA va bharata cakravartI kA, jinhoMne gRhastha veSa meM rahate hue bhI kaivalya prApta kiyaa| sAdhu-veSa eka pahacAna hai, para yaha vicAroM ko bhI bahuta prabhAvita karatA hai| sAdhaka kA yaha cintana rahatA hai ki maiMne sAdhu kA veSa dhAraNa kiyA hai| maiM yadi anucita kArya karUgA, to loga mujhe kyA kaheMge ? merI eka galatI se sArA saMgha badanAma hogaa| yaha mere lie ucita nahIM hai / veSa bhI manuSya kA trANa bana jAtA hai aura use pathacyuta hone se bacA letA hai, aise aneka udAharaNa par3he aura sune jAte haiN| 320 tulasI prajJA
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________________ yuvAcArya kA manonayana : eka aitihAsika ghoSaNA AcArya tulasI [terApantha dharma-saMgha ke rAjaladesara meM Ayojita 115veM maryAdA mahotsava (di0 3 pharavarI, 1976) ke zubhAvasara para yuga pnadhAna AcArya zrI tulasI ne yuga-nirmANa kArI ghoSaNA dvArA caturvidha dharma saMgha ko Atmavibhora kara diyaa| unhoMne pharamAyA-] __ Aja mujhe isa dharma saMgha kA netRtva aura dAyitva nibhAte 43 varSa ho gae aura maiMne apane dAyitva ko manasA, vAcA, karmaNA nibhAyA aura nibhAtA rhuuNgaa| Aja merI avasthA 65 varSa kI ho gaI hai / Apa dekhate haiM ki hamAre dharma-saMgha ke aba taka jitane AcArya hue haiM, eka ko chor3akara sabhI AcAryoM ne isa umra se pahale-pahale apanA dAyitva auroM ko sauMpa diyA / maiM bhI Aja eka ghoSaNA karanA cAhatA hU~ / (sArI sabhA meM eka snnaattaa)| eka nAma kI ghoSaNA karanA cAhatA huuN| (logoM kI utsukatA tIvratama ho gii)| kucha logoM meM becainI hai, kyA ? 65 varSa kI umra hai, aba taka uttarAdhikAra kI koI carcA nahIM hai, kahIM mANakagaNI kI taraha baratArA na bIta jAe / kucha logoM ko yaha cintA hai ki AcArya zrI parezAnI meM haiN| karanA cAhate haiM, kintu kara nahIM sakate / kucha loga yaha kahate haiM ki kareM kyA, sAdhuoM meM bar3A bhArI virodha hai, na jAne kaba kyA ho jAya / aisI bAteM pAgalapana kI upaja haiM, nirarthaka haiM aura asatya haiN| Aja taka mere mana meM isake lie kabhI bhI eka kSaNa bhI becainI nahIM huI hai| isa bAre meM kabhI maiMne nirNaya liyA hI nhiiN| eka do bAra mere mana meM yaha bAta jarUra AI / Akasmika bImArI aaii| taba maiMne socA ki akasmAt koI kAma ho jAve to kyA karanA caahie| maiMne koI cintana bhI kiyA aura phira use chor3a diyaa| maiM ThIka kaha rahA hU~ / dharmasaMgha ke saba sAdhu-sAdhvI baiThe haiM / maiMne isa viSaya meM kabhI cintA nahIM kii| mujhe lagatA hai, Aja bhI mere lie saM0 1663 vi0 kA sAla hai| merA ullAsa, merI prasannatA meM koI kamI nahIM hai| lekina Aja maiM eka nAma ghoSita karanA cAhatA huuN| loga cintana kara rahe hoNge| nAma purAnA hai / bhAratavarSa meM hI hai, bAhara nahIM hai / (logoM kA dhairya vicalita ho rahA thaa| saba AcArya zrI kI ora TakaTakI bA~dhe hue the|) merI dRSTi meM, merI AjJA meM, mere cintana aura igita para calane vAle sAdhu kA nAma hai| sAdhu sakSama hai merA dAyitva khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 321
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________________ nibhAne ko / aba kina-kina kA nAma lUM / maiM jisa kisI para hAtha rakha kara kahU~ ki tuma nibhAo, vahI nibhA sakatA hai| aba Apa loga Atura ho rahe hoMge / mere samUce jIvana kA sabase bar3A nirNaya hai| yaha nirNaya samUce saMgha kA nirNaya hai / kisI sAdhu ko kala nA nahIM hai ki kyA hone vAlA hai Aja ? yaha patra (uttarAdhikAra) mere hAtha meM hai| isa patra ko maiMne Aja hI dina ke sAr3he gyAraha baje likhA hai / aba maiM apane uttarAdhikArI kA nAma ghoSita kara rahA huuN| ____ AcArya pnavara ne Age kahA, ''maiM Aja terApantha dharma saMgha ke 115ve maryAdA mahotsava meM apane uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM mahAprajJa muni nathamala ko niyukta karatA huuN|" basa, itanA sunate hI AcArya zrI tulasI kI jaya jayakAra se AkAza gujita ho utthaa| lo| thirakane se lage / khuzI kA apAra samudra laharAne lgaa| AcArya pnavara ne Age kahA-maiM cAhatA hU~ ki yuvAcArya mahApnajJa eka kSaNa ke lie mere Asana para baitthe| ye saMkoca kara rahe haiM / yaha koI nayA kAma nahIM hai / jayAcA ne aisA kiyA thA / jayAcArya ne kisI viziSTa sAdhu ko apane pAsa biThAyA thaa| maiM to yuvAcArya ko biThA rahA huuN| kintu ye upacAra pasanda nahIM karate haiN| mujhe lagatA hai ki inakA paTTa para baiThanA bar3A muzkila ho jAyagA / maiM yaha bahuta acchA mAnatA huuN| Upara baiThane mAtra se koI bar3A nahIM hotA hai, nIce baiThane se koI choTA nahIM hotA hai| saba loga apane-apane sthAna para baiThe-baiThe inakA abhivAdana kreN| (upasthita jana samudAya harSa-vibhora hokara vandana karatA hai|) mujhe bahuta prasannatA hai isa dAyitva ko sauMpa kr| tathApi maiM apane ko halkA anubhava nahIM kara rahA huuN| dAyitva to maiMne sauMpa diyA, parantu merA bhAra to mujhe vahana karanA hI hogA / ye kisI dUsare kAma meM saMlagna haiM / maiM bAdhaka bananA nahIM cAhatA / maiM inako AzvAsana detA hU~ ki tuma nizcinta raha kara apanI sAdhanA ko calAo / bAkI saba kAma maiM samhAlatA rhuuNgaa| abhI maiM svayaM sakSama hU~ kAma karane ke lie| hamArI sAdhvI pramukhA ne kahA Apa yaha kAma kara to rahe ho, kyA Apako kArya se rAhata milegI ? mujhe rAhata nahIM milegI aura na maiM yaha cAhatA huuN| itanA sundara vAtAvaraNa dekha kara maiM svayaM harSa-vibhora ho rahA huuN| dharmasaMgha ke lie eka akalpita kAma huA hai, jisase dharmasaMgha kI zobhA bar3hegI aura isakA bahumukhI vikAsa hogaa| maiM atyanta prasanna mana se inako AzIrvAda detA hU~ ki inake netRtva meM dharmasaMgha phUle-phale / mere jIvana kA karaNIya kArya sampanna huaa| kAma karane ke bAda itanI prasannatA huI ki kala rAta ko nIMda bhI nizcitatA kI AI / maiMne apanA kArya kiyA hai / samUcA saMgha prasanna hai|" - AcArya tulasI 322 tulasI prajJA
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________________ uttarAdhikAra patra aham / / namotthaNaM samaNasta bhagavao mahAvIrassa / / // zrI bhikSu bhArimAla RSirAya jayajasa maghavA mANaka DAlacanda kAlu gurubhyo namo namaH // maiM Aja terApantha dharma saMgha ke 115veM maryAdA mahotsava samAroha meM apane uttarAdhi- 1 1 kArI ke rUpa meM mahAprajJa ziSya muni nathamala ko niyukta karatA huuN| muni nathamala prArambha se hI mere prati samarpita rahA hai aura anirvacanIya Ananda kI anubhUti karatA rahA hai / merA vizvAsa hai muni nathamala apane dAyitva kA samagratA se nirvAha hai 6 karate hue hamAre dharma saMgha ko uttarottara vikAsonmukha banAtA rhegaa| AcArya tulasI sAkSya : sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA 1 vi0 saM0 2035, mAgha zuklA 7, zanaizcara, dinamAna 11 / / baje nAhara-bhavana, rAjaladesara (rAja.) 63 / 2 / 1976 khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ AcArya pravara kA zubhAzIrvAda nathamala-nAmagaM sIsaM, mahApaNNaM samappiyaM / Ayariyo tulasI haM, uttarAhigAra mappemi / / / / maiM AcArya tulasI apane mahAprajJa aura samarpita ziSya muni nathamala ko apanA uttarAdhikAra sauMpatA huuN| jANaNaM dasaNeNaM ya, pehAjhANeNa saMtayaM / vigAsaM kuNamANo so, ciraM acchau sAsaNe // 2 // jJAna, darzana aura prekSA-dhyAna ke dvArA satata vikAsa karate hue yuvAcArya mahAprajJa dharma-zAsana meM dIrghajIvitA prApta kreN| sato daMto suI dakkho, oyaMsI supittttio| gahIyanavvadAitto, ciraM acchau sAsaNe / / 3 / / zAnta, dAnta, zuci, dakSa, ojasvI aura supratiSThita yuvAcArya mahAprajJa apane nae dAyitva ko svIkAra kara dharma-zAsana meM dIrgha-jIvitA prApta kreN| sAhuNo sAhuNIo ya, sAvagA sAviyA tahA / samma AsAsayaMto so, ciraM acchau sAsaNe / / 4 / / sAdha-sAdhviyoM aura zrAvaka-zrAvikAoM ko pUrNa rUpa se Azvasta karate hue yuvAcArya mahAprajJa dharma-zAsana meM dIrgha-jIvitA prApta kreN| saMghe NavaNavAyAmA, navammesA nnvkkmaa| NiccaM ugghADayaMto so ciraM acchau sAsaNe // 5 // dharmasaMgha meM sadA nae-nae AyAmoM, unmeSoM aura abhikramoM kA udghATana karate hue yuvAcArya mahAprajJa dharma-zAsana meM dIrgha-jIvitA prApta kreN| *AcArya zrI tulasI dvArA apane uttarAdhikArI yuvAcArya zrI mahApnajJa (pUrvanAma-muni zrI nathamala) ko paTTAbhiSeka ke samaya pradatta AzIrvAda / 324 tulasI prajJA
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________________ nayI kasauTI : nayA dAyitva * yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa AcAryavara ! Apa bahuta zaktizAlI haiM / Apa meM asIma zakti hai / Apako rAhata lene kI bhI jarUrata nahIM aura Apako koI rAhata de sake, yaha bhI eka cintanIya prazna hai / kintu Aja Apa svayaM bhArI haiM, guru haiM para svayaM rAhata lenA bhI nahIM cAhate aura dUsare ko bhArI banA denA cAhate haiM / yaha donoM bAteM bahuta hI ajIba-sI haiM / merA sArA jIvana mere sAmane citrapaTa kI bhA~ti aMkita hai / maiM jisa dina dIkSita hokara AyA, pUjya AcArya kAlUgaNI jI ne kahA tuma muni tulasI ke pAsa jaao| vahIM tumhArI zikSA-dIkSA hogii| maiM calA gayA / unake pAsa rhaa| kaise rahA, yaha Apako batAU' to zAyada nahIM bhI mAneM / jAnane vAle jAnate haiM, jAnane vAle bhI baiThe haiM, jinhoMne hamAre bacapana ko dekhA hai / sAkSI haiM, jo jAnate haiM / maiM Apako nahIM kaha sakatA ki AcArya tulasI ke prati samarpita huA, loga kahate haiM aisA / kintu maiM isa bAta ko nahIM mAnatA / jahA~ advaita lagatA ho, vahA~ samarpaNa kI bAta hI kaise ho sakatI hai ? maiMne dekhA, anubhava kiyA, koI aisA ajJAta saMskAra yA, jise maiM svayaM nahIM samajhatA / eka ghaTanA maiM Apako batAUM / pAlI kI bAta hai / pUjya kAlUgaNI virAja rahe the / kisI kAraNavaza maiM koI pATha yAda nahIM kara skaa| muni tulasI kucha nArAja ho gaye / yaha mere lie sabase bar3A daNDa thA / pratikramaNa ke bAda maiM gayA aura paira yaha kabhI mAnya nahIM thA / bahuta kaThina samasyA thI / pakar3akara baiTha gayA / itane samaya taka baiThA rahA ki lagabhaga pUrA pahara bIta gayA / na ye bole aura na maiM bolA / sone kA samaya AyA / uThakara cale / Apa kalpanA kara sakate haiM ki yaha samarpaNa nahIM hotA, yaha koI advaita hI ho sakatA hai / AcAryavara ko lADanUM rahanA par3A, kisI kAraNavaza / maiM A gayA chApara pUjya kAlUgaNI ke sAtha / merA to mana nahIM lagatA thA, para mujhe lagatA thA mana AcAryavara kA bhI nahIM lagatA thA / kucha sAdhu Ae, sukhalAla jI svAmI, amolakacanda jI, prArthanA kii| mujhe bhejA gayA / maiM vahA~ pahucA / saba sAdhu gocarI gaye hue the / kevala maiM baiThA thA, ApakI upAsanA meM / Apane kahA- - kyA tuma bhI mere jaise banoge ? maiMne kahA - Apa banAyeMge to bana jAUMgA / nahIM banAyeMge to nahIM banUMgA / maiM mAnatA hU~ ki mere jaisA nizcinta vyakti bahuta kama ho / maiMne apanI koI cintA nahIM kI / kabhI nahIM kI aura karane kI mujhe jarUrata nahIM / jaba mere itane bar3e cintAkAra vAcArya zrI dvArA uttarAdhikArI - pada grahaNa ke pazcAt pradatta vaktavya / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 * 325
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________________ kA AzIrvAda mere mAthe para hai, to mujhe karane kI koI jarUrata nahIM hogii| Apa dekheM, Aja kA sAdhu-sAdhvI koI kalpanA bhI nahIM kara sakatA hogA ki pachevar3I oDhanI hai, kaba or3hanI hai aura kaba silavAnI hai sAdhviyoM se / mujhe koI patA nahIM hotaa| vasa yantravat hotA hai to kAma ho jAtA hai aura nahIM hotA to calatA rahatA hai / mujhe kabhI cintA nahIM hotii| itanI nizcintatA kA jIvana maiMne jIyA / jaba koI AcArya banatA hai, prasannatA hotI hai / maiM yaha saba kahatA huuN| AcArya tulasI jaba AcArya bane to sabako bahuta prasannatA huI, para mujhe bahuta prasannatA nahIM huI / isalie nahIM huI ki maiMne socA-jahA~ maiM rahatA thA, mere sAre jIvana kA sambandha thA, aba nahIM rhegaa| AcArya zrI tulasI pahale to mere the aura aba sabake bana gaye to maiM bahuta kaTa gyaa| - maiM apanA saubhAgya mAnatA hai| AcAryavara ne mujha para eka nayA dAyitva sauMpA aura kasauTiyA~ to merI bahuta hotI rahIM haiN| samaya-samaya para aneka parIkSAeM huI haiN| para Aja sabase bar3I parIkSA aura kasauTI inhoMne karanI cAhI hai| Aja taka AcAryavara ne mujhe jo bhI kAma sauMpA, maiM usameM zata-pratizata saphala huA huuN| maiM apane Atma-vizvAsa ke sAtha AcAryavara ke caraNoM meM yaha prArthanA upasthita karatA hU~ ki Apane jo kAma sauMpA hai, Apake AzIrvAda se yaha bhI zata-pratizata saphala hogA, isameM mujhe koI sandeha nahIM hai| parama pUjya AcArya bhikSu aura AcArya bhikSu kI samUcI paramparA meM AcArya kAlUgaNI taka sabhI AcAryoM kI jo eka mahAn paramparA aura jisa paramparA ko AcAryavara itane lambe samaya taka eka pragati ke sAtha jisa prakAra agrasara kara rahe haiM, usI kar3I meM mujhe jor3akara aura pragati kA bhAgIdAra mujhe banAyA hai| maiM kRtajJatA jaise choTe zabda kA prayoga karanA nahIM caahtaa| AcAryavara ne ananta upakAra se mujhe upakRta banA diyA hai ki maiM usake lie zAyada koI nayA zabda gaDhUM, yaha bAta bahuta choTI hai| maiM anubhava karatA hU~ ki AcArya vara kA anuzAsana kaThora bhI thA aura komala bhI thaa| mere sabhI sahapAThiyoM muni dulIcanda jI, mani badhamalla jI, muni jaMvarImala jI Adi-Adi sabhI donoM prakAra ke anuzAsana se gujare haiN| itane kaThora anuzAsana kI paramparA se hama loga gujare haiM, zAyada bahuta kama loga gujarate hoNge| eka bAra maiM aura muni budhamalla jI pUjya kAlUgaNI ke pAsa gaye / prArthanA kI-gurudeva ! muni tulasI hameM par3hAte haiM, saba kucha karate haiM, para bar3A kaThora anuzAsana rakhate haiN| hamane zikAyata kii| unhoMne kahA- tumheM eka kahAnI sunAtA huuN| hama donoM baiTha gaye / pUjya kAlUgaNI ne kahA kAjI jI par3hA rahe the| bahuta sAre chAtra the| bAdazAha kA lar3akA bhI thaa| parIkSA kA samaya AyA / saba chAtra ghara jA rahe the| bAjAra se gujre| kAjI ne pA~ca-dasa sera gehU~ tulavAye, eka poTalI bA~dhI aura bAdazAha ke zAhajAde ke kandhe para rakha diye / parIkSA huii| parIkSA meM zAhajAdA uttIrNa huaa| kAjI kA yaha vyavahAra bAdazAha ko acchA nahIM lagA, zAhajAde ko bhI acchA nahIM lgaa| bAdazAha bolA-yaha Apane acchA nahIM kiyaa| kAjI ne kahA -- maiMne bahuta soca-samajhakara kiyA hai| yaha bAdazAha bnegaa| ApakA uttarAdhikArI hogA to yaha dUsare ko daNDa degaa| patA cala jAe ki bhAra uThAne meM kitanI kaThinAI hotI hai| isaliye maiMne yaha kAma kiyA hai| kAlUgaNI ne kahA- guru aura 326 tulasI prajJA
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________________ adhyApaka jaba bAdazAha zAhajAde kandhe para poTalI rakha sakate haiM to jAo tumhArI sunavAI nahIM hogI / hama donoM phaMsa gaye / na to kAlUgaNI ne sunAI kI aura hamane socA ki bAta muni tulasI taka pahuMca jAyegI to aura kaThinAI hogii| maiM anubhava karatA hU~ ki AcAryazrI ne jisa anuzAsana ke sAtha hamAre jIvana kA nirmANa kiyA hai, aise adhyApaka bhI zAyada nahIM mileMge / gurudeva ! maiM aba taka apane sAja meM thA aura mere pAsa kucha santa the / kAma karatA thA / Aja maiM kisI vizeSa kA nahIM rahA / kisI vyakti vizeSa kA nahIM rahA / na merA sAja rahA, na mere pAsa rahane vAle sAdhu rahe, na koI dUsare rahe / maiM to aba sabakA ho gayA hU~ / maiM AzA karatA hUM ki sAdhu-sAdhvI, zrAvaka-zrAvikA, saba mujhe merA kAma karane meM pUrA-pUrA sahayoga deNge| maiM cAhU~gA ki AcAryavara kA yaha AzIrvAda, asIma karuNA mujhe nirantara upalabdha rhe| maiM apane mahAn AcAryoM kI paramparA ko aura ujjvala banA sakUM, terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke gaurava ko aura bar3hA sakUM, yahI AzIrvAda AcAryavara se cAhatA hU~ / 1:0:1 'tuma nizcinta raho' vikrama saMvata 2021 kA maryAdA mahotsava bAlotarA thA / AcArya pravara ne mahotsava ke dina sAdhu sAdhviyoM ke lie do zreNiyA~ niyukta kI - 1 - bhAviyappA - bhAvitAtmA 2 -- sevaTThI -- sevArthI / donoM zreNiyoM ke lie usI samaya sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ke nAma mAMge gaye / kucha sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ne apane nAma bhI diye / mujhe yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJajI ne sevaTThI zreNI ke lie nAma dene kA saMketa diyA, mujhe hicakicAhaTa huii| mere meM itanI yogyatA kahA~ thii| lekina maiM yuvAcArya zrI ke iMgita ko kaise TAla sakatA thA / Akhira maiMne apanA nAma de diyA / usake bAda kucha saMtoM ne mujhase kahA- aba tumhArA adhyayana Thappa ho jAyegA, kyoMki tumane sevI zreNI meM apanA nAma de diyA / aba AcArya zrI tumheM jaba kabhI bhI jahA~ jarUrata hogI bheja deMge / maiMne yuvAcArya zrI ko saMtoM kA kathana nivedana kiyA / taba yuvAcArya zrI ne pharamAyA- tuma nizcinta raho / yuvAcArya zrI ke ye zabda mere lie AlaMbana bana gaye aura maiM nizcinta ho gayA / -- muni vimala kumAra khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 327
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________________ yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa : ullekhanIya tithiyAM 1. janma-vi0 saM0 1977, ASADha kRSNA 13, Tamakora / pitA-tolArAma jI coraDiyA / mAtA bAlU jii| 2. bIkSA-vi0 saM0 1987, mAgha zuklA 10, saradAra shhr| 3. agragaNya-vi0 saM0 2001 / 4. sAjha -- vi0 saM0 2004, ratanagar3ha / 5. nikAyasabhiva-vi0 saM0 2022, mAgha zuklA 5, hisAra / 6. bakzIza-kAma-kAja tathA bojhabhAra, vi0saM0 2022, srdaarshhr| 7. mahAprajJa-upAdhi-alaMkaraNa -vi0 saM0 2035, kArtika zuklA 13, gaMgAzahara / 8. yuvAcArya pada-niyukti - vi0 saM0 2035, mAgha zuklA 7, raajldesr| 328 tulasI prajJA
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________________ maiM naye dAyitva ke prati samarpita rahUMgA * yuvAcArya zrI mahAraza bhAgyavidhAtA AcAryapravara, mahAzramaNI sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA jI, zramaNa-zramaNI parivAra evaM antaraGga pariSad ke sadasya ! maiM sabase pahale apane usa guru ko namaskAra karatA hUM, jisane merI prajJA ko prajAgRta kiyA aura citta ko nirmala kiyA, jo bhinna nahIM 1 guru kabhI bhinna nahIM hotA hai / guru ho aura bhinna ho to mAnanA cAhie ki guru nahIM hai / guru guru hI hogA / yaha nahIM ho sakatA ki guru bhI ho aura Alocya bhI ho| donoM bAteM kabhI eka sAtha nahIM hotI / merA bacapana kA eka saMkalpa thA ki jisako guru mAna liyA, use guru hI mAnanA hai, usako aura kucha nahIM mAnanA hai / guru bhI mAnate cale jAeM aura saba kucha bhI karate cale jAeM, isase durbhAgyapUrNa viDambanA jIvana meM aura kucha ho nahIM sakatI / guru abhinna hI hogA, AtmA se bhinna nahIM hogA / maiM mAnatA hU~, mere jIvana kI saphalatA kA eka sUtra thA - - maiMne muni tulasI aura AcArya tulasI ko guru rUpa meM svIkAra kiyA / maiM vaisA koI bhI kAma nahIM karUMgA, jisase muni tulasI aura AcArya tulasI aprasanna hoM / isa sUtra ne mujhe hara bAra uvArA aura merA patha prazasta kiyA / maiM Aja isa zramaNa zramaNI pariSad meM AcAryapravara ke prati apanI sArI zraddhA samapita karanA cAhUMgA aura mAnatA hU~ ki yaha punarAvRtti hI kara rahA hU~ / saMskAravaza to maiMne jisa dina dIkSA lI thI, usa dina zraddhA hI nahIM apane Apako sarvathA samarpita kara cukA thA / mere pAsa aisA kucha bacA nahIM thA, jise maiM apanA kahU~ / para isa avasara para usa bAta ko punaH duharAnA bhI jarUrI samajhatA hU~ aura isaliye samajhatA hU~ ki AcAryapravara ne apane vizvAsa ko duharAyA hai / mujha para apanA bharosA duharAyA hai / maiM mAnatA hU~ ki vizvAsa mujha para hamezA banA rahA hai aura usakA sabase bar3A sAkSI maiM svayaM hU~ ki mujha para kitanA vizvAsa rahA / kintu usa vizvAsa ko AcAryapravara ne samUce saMgha ke samakSa jisa prakAra * yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa dvArA AcArya zrI tulasI ke sAnnidhya meM dinAGka 7-2-76 ko sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kI eka antaraGga goSThI meM vyakta udgAra / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 32 6
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________________ duharAyA aura mujhe usa vizvAsa se jitanA bhArI banAyA, usa vizvAsa kI punarAvRtti ke sAtha-sAtha maiM bhI apanI zraddhA kI punarAvRtti karanA cAhatA huuN| mere lie sabase bar3A saMbala AcAryapravara kA igita, nirdeza aura Adeza hI hogA / usI ke anusAra mere jIvana kA samUcA krama clegaa| maiM nanhA-sA bAlaka thA aura choTe-se gA~va meM janma huA thaa| bholA-bhAlA thaa| kucha par3hanA-likhanA nahIM jAnatA thaa| kisane kalpanA kI thI ki usake prati hamArA samAja, bhAratIya samAja, prabuddha samAja kina-kina saMjJAoM se apanI bhAvanA prakaTa kregaa| koI kalpanA hI nahIM kara sakatA thA / maiM sArI bAteM doharAU to laga sakatA hai ki garvokti kara rahA huuN| maiM nahIM cAhatA ki garvokti kruu| kintu eka-do bAteM isalie kahanA cAhatA hUM ki maiM merI garvokti nahIM, maiM usa kalAkAra kI kuzala sAdhanA, kArya-paddhati aura kRti kA eka udAharaNa prastuta karanA cAhatA hU~ ki yadi eka kuzala bhAgya-nirmAtA milatA hai, to vaha kisa prakAra ke vyakti ko bhI kaisA banA sakatA hai| logoM ne kahA ki AcArya zrI Apane aura bhI bahuta kucha diyA, kintu hameM eka vivekAnanda diyaa| patA nahIM, kauna vivekAnanda hai ? kintu yaha AcArya zrI kI kartRtvazakti kA hI eka prayoga hai| merA apanA kucha bhI nahIM hai| aura bhI na jAne kitanI bAteM logoM dvArA kahI gaI aura barAbara AcAryavara ke sAmane duharAI gii| aise vyaktiyoM ke dvArA bhI kahI gaI jo hamAre saMgha se sarvathA pratikUla calane vAle aura virodha rakhane vAle the / maiM mAnatA hU~ ki yaha sArA jo kucha ho rahA hai, usameM AcArya zrI kA kartRtva evaM sRjanazIlatA hI bola rahI hai| merA apanA kucha bhI nahIM hai| jisa mahAna nirmAtA ne mere jIvana kA nirmANa kiyA, jisa kuzalazilpI ne mere bhAgya kI pratimA ko gaDhA, usake prati maiM apanI kRtajJatA jJApita karU, bahuta choTA zabda hai| usa bhAra ko yaha 'kRtajJatA' zabda uThA nahIM sakatA hai| aura koI dUsarA zabda khojU to zAyada zabdakoza meM milatA nahIM hai| sabase acchA koI zabda ho sakatA hai to yahI ho sakatA hai ki gurudeva ! maiM sadA abhinna rahA hai aura isa artha meM hI saubhAgyazAlI houuNgaa| yaha abhinnatA sadaiva banI rahe / zAzvata banI rahe / kahIM bhI bheda kI rekhA sAmane na aae| ___ eka bAra bhivAnI meM AcAryapravara ne kahA thA-itane lambe jIvana meM eka sAtha rahanA aura kabhI mAnasika bheda na honA ise maiM bahuta bar3I bAta mAnatA hUM / AcAryapravara kI sevA meM rahate hue cAra dazakoM se bhI adhika samaya bIta gyaa| merA saubhAgya hai ki mujhe aisA kabhI nahIM lagA ki kahIM, koI mana meM bheda-rekhA AI ho| maiM kucha bAteM sunatA rahA hU~, jinheM Aja duharAnA jarUrI samajhatA huuN| bahuta loga kahate haiM, muni nathamala ko kahane kA koI artha nahIM hai / ve to kevala AcArya zrI kI hA~ meM hA~ milA deMge / unako kahanA yA mana kahanA koI artha nahIM / isase bhI kucha kaTu bAteM maiM sunatA rahA-kucha loga kahate, inako kahane kA artha kyA hai ? AcArya zrI kaheMge ki zilA do hAtha bar3ha gaI, to yaha kaheMge ki hA~ / AcArya zrI kaheMge ki zilA do hAtha ghaTa gaI to kaheMge, hA~ ! maiM vaise hI nahIM kaha 330 tulasI prajJA
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________________ rahA hU~, maiM barAbara aisI bAteM sunatA rahA huuN| para maiMne kabhI ina bAtoM kI saphAI dene kA prayatna nahIM kiyaa| mana meM bhI nahIM AyA ki kyA kahA jA rahA hai ? kyoMki maiM apane Apa meM spaSTa thaa| maiM mAnatA thA ki merA AcArya kitanA yathArthavAdI hai ki kabhI aisI bAta mujhase kahalAtA hI nhiiN| kalpanA karane vAle kalpanA karate raheM / yathArtha kucha aura hai| kalpanA kucha aura calatI rahe to usa kalpanA ke lie hameM saphAI yA sAkSya ke lie koI jarUrata nahIM hotI / hA~, maiM eka bAta nizcita kahatA rahA ki koI merA cAhe kitanA hI nikaTa kA kyoM na ho, maiM sabase pahale AcArya zrI ko prasanna rakhanA cAhatA hUM, phira koI bAda meM dUsarA ho sakatA hai| mujhase koI yaha AzA na kare ki maiM dUsaroM kI prasannatA ke lie isa prasannatA ko tarAjU para rakha duu| yaha agara AzA hai to sarvathA nirAzA hogii| yaha eka sacAI hai aura sabhI loga ise jAnate haiM / jo vyakti eka siddhAnta ko lekara calatA hai, usake sAmane aisI kaThinAiyA~ AtI haiN| kintu kabhI merI dhRti ne mujhe dhokhA nahIM diyaa| mere dhairya ne mujhe dhokhA nahIM diyaa| maiM jisa saMkalpa ko lekara calA thA, cala rahA hU~ aura pUrNa vizvAsa hai ki bhaviSya meM isI prakAra calatA rhuuNgaa| jisa mahAn guru ne mere jIvana kA nirmANa kiyA, mujhe apanA vizvAsa diyA aura vizvAsa tathA zraddhA lI aura usa vizvAsa ko aba carama bindu para saba logoM ke sAmane prastuta kara diyA, usake prati kucha bhI samarpita karU, bahuta tuccha bAta hogii| udayapura cAturmAsa ke bAda eka dina AtmA (mevAr3a kA eka choTA-sA gA~va) meM AcAryapravara ne mujhe apanA kucha antaraGga kAma sauMpA / Apane kahA--27 varSoM ke bAda Aja maiM apanA kucha antaraGga kAma pahalI bAra tumheM sauMpa rahA huuN| isa bAra AcAryapravara ne mujhe vaha saba kucha sauMpa diyA, jo kucha sauMpA jA sakatA hai / __ maiM socatA hUM ki maiMne kabhI kucha nahIM mA~gA / mere lie maiMne kabhI koI mA~ga nahIM rkhii| kabhI nahIM rkhii| isa bAta kI sacAI svayaM AcArya zrI jAnate haiM aura bhI jAnane vAle jAnate haiM ki kabhI merI koI mA~ga nahIM thii| Apa jJAna, darzana cAritra kI bAta chor3a diijie| maiM usakI bAta nahIM kaha rahA huuN| vaha to jIvana kI zAzvata mA~ga hai, kintu kisI vastU kI kabhI koI mA~ga nahIM kii| kevala eka hI mA~ga thI ki mujhe AcArya zrI tulasI milatA rahe / mujhe upalabdha rahe / basa itanI mA~ga thii| vaha merI mA~ga pUrI huii| AcArya zrI tulasI mujhe upalabdha the, upalabdha aura ho gaye / jaba AcArya tulasI mujhe svayaM upalabdha ho gaye to unakA jo kucha thA, vaha mujhe svayaM upalabdha ho gyaa| yaha merI koI mA~ga nahIM thii| __isa avasara para maiM kyA kahU~ ? tIna-cAra dinoM se patA nahIM merI sthiti kyA bana gaI hai ? zAyada kucha bola nahIM paataa| bolatA hU~ to bhAva-vibhora ho uThatA hU~ / AcAryapravara ke caraNoM meM vyavahArataH, vAstava meM to unakI AtmA meM, kintu vyavahAra kI bhASA meM kahU~ to unake caraNoM meM phira apane sarvasva ko samarpita karatA hU~ aura yaha AzIrvAda cAhatA hU~ ki gurudeva ! ApakA AzIrvAda mujhe nirantara upalabdha hotA rahe / Apane jisa prakAra mere bhAgya kA nirmANa kiyA, usakI pUrI saphalatA sAra-saMbhAla saba kucha Apake kara-kamaloM dvArA nirantara hotI rhe| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 331
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________________ AcAryapravara ne mujha para asIma vizvAsa kiyA hai / eka choTe-se bAlaka ko jise eka dina apane hAthoM meM liyA thA, Aja usI ko apane barAbara biThA diyaa| mere jaisA choTA baccA aura itane mahAn AcArya ! maiM to inake sadA caraNoM meM rahane vAlA thA aura unhoMne hAtha pakar3akara apane barAbara baiThA diyA / maiMne prArthanA kI - Apa aura kucha kaheM, kintu barAbara baiThane ke lie na kaheM, para Akhira nirdeza nirdeza hotA hai, Adeza Adeza hotA hai / na cAhate hue bhI mujhe vaisA karanA pdd'aa| yaha AcAryavara kA gaurava, unakI gurutA, mahAnatA aura vizAlatA hai ki jisa avodha bAlaka ko unhoMne apane hAthoM meM liyA aura eka dina usI bacce ko apane barAbara banA diyA aura baiThA diyA / isa mahAnatA ke prati maiM koI bhAvanA vyakta karU, mere pAsa koI zabda nahIM hai| AcAryapravara ne jo vizvAsa kiyA, jo anugraha kiyA, jo AzIrvAda diyA, use samUce zramaNa-zramaNI saMgha ne jisa prakAra jhelA aura mujhe Adara diyA, mere prati zraddhA, niSThA aura bhAvanA kI, usake lie maiM bahuta kRtajJa hU~ aura sabake prati AbhAra pradarzita karatA huuN| prathama kSaNa meM hI Apa logoM ne mere prati jo sadbhAvanA prakaTa kI hai, vaha bhAgya se hI mila sakatI hai yA guru ke AzIrvAda se hI mila sakatI hai / maiM apane Apa ko saubhAgyazAlI mAnatA hU~ ki mere guru kA AzIrvAda aura Apa saba logoM kI sadbhAvanA, donoM mujhe eka sAtha upalabdha haiM / maiM sacamuca gauravazAlI hU~, bhAgyazAlI haiN| __ maiM apane bhAgya kI kyA prazaMsA karU aura Apa sabake prati gaurava kI kyA bAta ko ? maiM kevala apane kartavya ko prakaTa kara denA cAhatA hUM ki AcAryavara ne jo sevA kA kArya mujhe sauMpA hai, saMgha ke prati mujhe jo sevA kA uttaradAyitva sauMpA hai, usa kArya ke nirvAha ke lie maiM apane Apako samarpita karatA huuN| AcAryavara ke nirdezoM ke anusAra saMgha kI pragati ke lie, saMgha ke vikAsa ke lie maiM apanI sArI prajJA ko samarpita karatA huuN| ___ aba AcAryavara ne mujhe nAmAtIta banA diyA hai| merA nAma bhI samApta kara diyaa| mahAprajJa koI nAma nahIM hotA, yaha to svayaM meM eka pada hai yA kucha hai| koI nAma to nahIM hotA / vizeSaNa hai| AcAryavara ne mujhe bilkula akiMcana banA diyA hai / kama se kama vyakti kA nAma to apanA hotA hai| usa para apanA adhikAra to hotA hai, aura kisI para ho yA na ho / vaha bhI merA chIna liyaa| jisa nAma ko bIsa-tIsa varSoM ke kartRtva se ajita kiyA, loga jAnane pahacAnane lage, vaha bhI samApta ho gayA / jaba nAmAtIta ho gayA hUM to sambandhAtIta bhI ho gayA huuN| koI sambandha nahIM rahA / kisI ke sAtha sambandha nahIM rahA; aura jaba kisI ke sAtha nahIM hotA hai to sahaja hI sabake sAtha ho jAtA hai / kyoMki jaba muni-avasthA meM thA, taba sambandha rakhanA bhI jarUrI hotA hai aura apekSA bhI hotI hai, kintu jaba AcAryavara ne mujhe yaha kArya sauMpa diyA, to kisI ke sAtha koI sambandha nahIM rahA / atIta kI koI rekhA bhI mere mana meM nahIM ho sakatI ki kisa vyakti ne mere sAtha kaisA vyavahAra kiyaa| kitanA acchA kiyA thaa| kitanA apriya bhI kisI ne kiyA hogaa| kisI ne mere sAtha apriya vyavahAra nahIM kiyA, yaha maiM jAnatA huuN| maiM isa artha meM bhAgyazAlI rahA hU~, kintu 332 tulasI prajJA
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________________ phira bhI kucha ho bhI sakatA hai / kintu jaba sAre sambandha samApta haiM aura yaha kA~ca vaisA hI nirmala ho gayA, jisameM koI bhI rekhA nahIM rhii| sambandha kAryoM kA bhI hotA hai, pArivArika bhI hotA hai aura janmajAta bhI hotA hai| merI svargIyA mAtA jI bAlU jI Aja nahIM haiM, anyathA ve bhI dIkSA meM thiiN| bahina bhI dIkSA meM haiN| kaI bahineM haiN| bhAnajiyA~ bhI haiN| kama se kama eka parivAra ke hama sAta loga dIkSita hue| mere saMsArapakSIya pitAjI cAra bhAI the aura cAroM ke hama dIkSita haiM / sambandha kA apanA vyAvahArika pakSa hotA hai / kintu jahA~ saMgha kA sambandha hai, vahA~ aura sAre sambandha gauNa ho jAte haiM / vahA~ sambandha kabhI mukhya nahIM hotaa| vahA~ saMgha mukhya hotA hai aura saba bAteM gauNa ho jAtI haiN| saMgha ke kArya meM kisI bhI sambandha ko yA kisI bhI nijI yA nikaTa ke vyakti ko kabhI mukhyatA nahIM dI jA sakatI hai / aura jaba gauNa bAteM mukhya bana jAtI hai tathA mukhya bAteM gauNa bana jAtI haiM, vahA~ bar3I kaThinAiyA~ aura samasyAeM paidA ho jAtI haiN| to maiM apanI ora se spaSTa kara denA cAhatA hU~ ki koI bhI yaha anubhava na kare ki hama to sambandhI haiM aura hama sambandhI nahIM haiM / mere lie sambandha kI koI bheda-rekhA nahIM hai / mere lie saba utane hI nijI aura mere apane haiM, jo AcAryavara kI, saMgha kI maryAdA evaM anuzAsana meM dakSa haiN| aba maiM una logoM kI smRti kara lenA cAhatA hU~ jinakA mere jIvana meM yogadAna rahA hai| sarvaprathama pUjya kAlUgaNI ke caraNoM meM apanI sampUrNa zraddhA evaM bhakti samarpita karatA hUM, jinakA varada hasta mere sira para TikA aura bhAgya kA sUryodaya huaa| unake prati nata honA yaha koI merA hI vrata nahIM hai, mere guru kA bhI yahI vrata hai / AcArya zrI ke sAmane bhI jaba koI sthiti hotI hai, taba vahI vrata hotA hai| mahAmuni maMtrI muni kI smRti bhI karanA cAhatA huuN| unake zikSA-padoM ne mujhe bahuta avakAza diyA saMbhalane kA / maiM eka ghaTanA kA ullekha kara denA cAhatA huuN| lADanUM meM pratikramaNa karane ke bAda unake pAsa vaMdanA karane ke lie gayA / maMtrI muni bole--dekho ! tuma graMtha par3ha rahe ho, adhyayana kara rahe ho, para eka bAta kA dhyAna rakhanA, kabhI ahaMkAra nahIM AnA cAhie / hama sAdhu bana gaye haiN| roTI ke lie hAtha pasArate haiM to phira ahaMkAra kisa bAta kA, abhimAna kisa bAta kaa| ina bAtoM ne mere bAlaka mana para bar3A asara kiyA / unhoMne AcArya pravara se bhI nivedana kiyA--mahArAjAdhirAja / natthU bahata graMtha par3ha rahA hai para mUla to ThIka hai ? AcArya zrI ne kahA--ThIka hai / cintA kI koI bAta nahIM hai / unakA samaya-samaya para jo dizA-nirdeza milA, vaha mere jIvana ke lie bahuta sambala bnaa| svargIya bhAIjI mahArAja campAlAla jI svAmI ko maiM nahIM bhUla sktaa| unhoMne bacapana se hI hamAre sAtha sAraNA-vAraNA kA prayoga kiyA aura ina varSoM meM to unakA itanA aTUTa sneha mujhe milA ki jisakI zAyada pahale kalpanA bhI nahIM thii| ve bahuta bAra kahate-- yaha pA~cavA~ ArA hai, agara cauthA hotA to kevalI ho jAte / na jAne kitanI bAra isa bAta ko dohraate| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 333
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________________ svargIyA mAtA jI bAlUjI ne AcArya zrI ke prati samarpita rahane meM pUrA yoga diyaa| ve hamezA yahI kahatIM ki AcArya zrI kI dRSTi hamezA dhyAna meM rakhanA / gurudeva kI dRSTi ke pratikUla kabhI koI kArya mata karanA / yaha unakA eka sUtra thaa| ___ aba maiM apanI antima bAta karanA cAhatA huuN| saMgha kI pragati aura vikAsa ke lie hameM kyA karanA hai ? hamAre saMgha kI pragati aura vikAsa kA sabase bar3A sUtra hai anuzAsana / AcArya zrI meM anuzAsana kI zakti hai, kartRtva kI zakti hai, ve kara sakate haiN| isalie hama saMbhAvanA karate haiM ki AcArya zrI ke dvArA saMgha kA bahuta bar3A vikAsa ho skegaa| bhAratIya cintana kA vikAsa ho skegaa| jaina dharma kA vikAsa ho skegaa| to sabase pahalI hamArI zakti hai anuzAsana / ise hama kabhI gauNa nahIM kreN| terApaMtha kI Aja jo karmajA zakti sAre vizva ke sAmane prastuta ho rahI hai aura Aja bar3e-bar3e samAja AcArya zrI tulasI kA lohA mAna rahe haiM, usakA AdhAra kyA hai ? yahI anuzAsana hai / eka anuzAsana meM itane yogya aura kSamatA-zIla sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kA honA, maiM bar3e saubhAgya kI bAta mAnatA hU~ / Der3ha hajAra varSa ke itihAsa meM aisA koI udAharaNa nahIM milatA ki eka AcArya ke netRtva meM aise sazakta sAdhu-sAdhviyA~ hoM aura itane kAryazIla sAdhu-sAdhviyA~ hoN| kisI AcArya ke pAsa pA~ca-dasa ho sakate haiM, kintu jahA~ pacAsoM-pacAsoM sAdhu-sAdhviyAM sakSama ho, yaha kisI virala, bhAgyazAlI AcArya ko hI upalabdha ho sakatA hai| yaha hamArA gaurava hai / isakA mUla AdhAra hai anuzAsana / AcArya pravara ne samaya-samaya para jo nirdeza diye aura sAdhusAdhviyoM ne tatparatA se unakA pAlana kiyA, pariNAmata: Aja hamArA dharma-saMgha bahuta zaktizAlI bana gyaa| dUsarI bAta, vikAsa ke lie bahuta jarUrI hai zikSA kI / anuzAsana ho aura bauddhika vikAsa na ho, zikSA na ho, to kAma bahuta Age nahIM bar3ha sakatA / hama eka sAtha raha sakate haiM, acche DhaMga se raha sakate haiM, para dUsaroM ko jo denA cAhate haiM, vaha nahIM de sakate / samAja ke prati aura eka vizAla samAja ke prati hamArA koI anudAna nahIM ho sktaa| vaha taba ho sakatA hai, jaba hamArA bauddhika vikAsa ho / hamAre saMgha ne AcArya zrI ke netRtva meM zikSA ke kSetra meM bahuta pragati kI hai, para eka bAta sAtha-sAtha yaha bhI kahanA cAhatA hU~, jo pragati ho rahI thI, usameM thor3A-thor3A avarodha bhI AyA hai| pragati kA yuga vaha thA, jaba muni tulasI hameM par3hAte the aura hama par3hate the| vaha krama barAbara calatA to Aja saMgha kA rUpa hI kucha dUsarA hotA / kintu kyA kahU~, vaisA nahIM ho skaa| muni tulasI muni nahIM raha sake aura muni nathamala, muni budhamala vidyArthI nahIM raha ske| saba kucha badala gyaa| hama loga zikSA ke kSetra meM eka kAryakrama banAeM aura jo kIrtimAna hamAre dharmasaMgha ne sthApita kiyA hai, usa kIrtimAna ko sthAyI rakheM tathA use Age bar3hAne kA prayAsa kreN| __ anuzAsana bhI ho, zikSA bhI ho aura bauddhikatA bhI ho, kintu adhyAtma kI sAdhanA na ho to bauddhikatA lar3Ane vAlI ho sakatI hai| Apa isa bAta ko kabhI na bhUleM / tarka AdamI ko lar3AtA bhI hai, yaha hameM dhyAna rakhanA caahie| adhyAtma kI sAdhanA hamAre 334 tulasI prajJA
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________________ lie bahuta jarUrI hai / zikSA anuzAsana aura adhyAtma, ina tInoM dizAoM meM hameM pragati karanA hai| hama kaThinAiyoM kI ora bhI thor3A dhyAna deN| sabase bar3I kaThinAI hai svAsthya kii| yaha bahuta cinta kA prazna Aja hamAre sAmane hai / sAdhuoM meM aura vizeSakara sAdhviyoM meM yaha svAsthya kA prazna kucha jaTila banatA jA rahA hai / isase bahuta bar3I bAdhAeM AtI haiM / pahalI bAdhA to svayaM ke jIvana meM AtI hai / jJAna, darzana, cAritra kI jo ArAdhanA honI cAhie, vaha svAsthya ke abhAva meM nahIM ho pAtI / dUsarI bAdhA AtI hai saMghIya pragati meM / AcArya zrI jahA~ bhejanA cAhate haiM, vahA~ nahIM pahuMca pAte / jo kArya karavAnA cAhate haiM, vaha nahIM ho pAtA / yaha bahuta bar3A prazna hai / isa para sabako vicAra karanA hai / maiM prArthanA karatA hU~ AcAryapravara se ki isa para bhI dhyAna deM aura kucha aise rAste khojeM jisase sAdhu-sAdhvIsamudAya kA svAsthya ThIka ho ske| mAnasika svAsthya kAphI acchA hai| AcArya pravara ne prAyaH sabhI sAdhuoM ko apane pAsa bulAyA aura unake svAsthya Adi ke bAre meM pUrI jAnakArI prApta kii| maiMne dekhA ki sAdhu bahuta ullisita the| isa bAra mAnasika svAsthya kA AcArya zrI ne bahuta sundara prayoga kiyaa| maiM eka bAra puna: AcArya zrI ke caraNoM meM eka prArthanA prastuta karatA hUM--pUjya gurudeva ! yaha AtmA kA advaita sadA banA rahe aura ApakA mArga-darzana mujhe milatA rahe / maiM apane jIvana ke isa dRr3ha saMkalpa ko phira doharAtA hU~ ki ApakA jo bhI igita hogA, vaha mere lie bar3e se bar3A vrata hogA aura usa vrata meM sadA maiM apane jIvana ko khapAtA rhuuNgaa|" alaukika camatkAra yuvAcArya ke nAma kI ghoSaNA ke tatkAla bAda hI eka camatkAra ghaTA / maMca para lage zAmiyAnoM ko chor3akara sAre paNDAla ke zAmiyAne bIca meM se gubbAre kI bhAMti Upara uThe / balliyAM Upara utthii| balliyoM ko thAmane vAle Upara utthe| paNDAla ke bAhara na tUphAna na havA / sArA vAtAvaraNa zAnta, saumya aura sukhada / jisa prakAra vaha Upara uThA usI prakAra dhIre-dhIre vaha nIce Akara yathAsthAna jama gayA / yaha kyoM huA? kyA thA ? ye prazna anuttarita hI rahe / kucha logoM ne ise daivika camatkAra maanaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ isa pala kA bhI abhinandana* mahAzramaNI sAdhvI pramukhA kanakaprabhA Aja mudita hai saMgha-catuSTaya, kaNa-kaNa meM chAyA ullAsa / manonayana zubha yuvAcArya kA, nae sRjana kA vaha itihAsa // 1 // gaNamAlI ne nija hAthoM se jisa paudhe ko sIMcA hai| usane bhI Upara se nIce taka pUrA rasa khoMcA hai // 2 // jyotipUJja AcAryapravara se, UrjA milatI hai pala-pala / yuvAcArya kI UrjAdhArA, huI pravAhita aba kala-kala // 3 // kalAkAra ke kuzala karoM ne, jisa pratimA ko utkeraa| Aja usI kI arcA karane, utkaMThita hai mana merA // 4 // yuvAcArya AcAryapravara kA, yugala rahe yuga-yuga avicala / / jayaghoSoM se rahe ninAdita, dhArA aura pUrA nabhatala // 5 // savinaya sAdhvI-saMgha samUcA, karatA hArdika abhivandana / hara saMketa tumhArA prANoM meM bhara de abhinava spandana // 6 // abhinandana AcAryapravara kA, yuvAcArya kA abhinandana / dharmasaMgha kA abhinandana hai, isa pala kA bhI abhinandana // 7 // *yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke abhinandana meM sAdhvIpramukhA zrI kanakaprabhA jI dvArA paThita abhinandana giitikaa| 336 , tulasI prajJA
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________________ zramaNa parivAra dvArA samarpita abhinandana patra* mahAmahima yuvAcArya ! terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke krAntadraSTA yugapravAna AcArya zrI tulasI dvarA apane uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM Apa zrI kA cayana samagra dharma-saMgha ke lie gaurava kA sUcaka hai Apa jaisA prajJAzAlI yuvAcArya ko pAkara hama saba gauravAnvita hue haiN| mahAn dArzanika ! ___ Apake dArzanika svarUpa ne satya ke aneka koNoM kA udghATana kara vizva ke vaicArika kSetra meM eka naI saMbhAvanA ko janma diyA hai| Apake adhyAtma-anusyUta darzana evaM sAhitya kI kRtiyoM ne dharma-saMgha ko vizva maMca para ArUDha hone kA avasara pradAna kiyA hai| . prekSA-dhyAna ke puraskartA! adhyAtma jagata ke jyotipuJja bhagavAna mahAvIra kI dhyAna-paramparA ke vilupta rahasyoM kA anveSaNa kara Apane adhyAtma paraMparA ko nava jIvana dete hue prekSAdhyAna kI vaijJAnika paddhati ko prastuta kiyaa| isase jaina samAja hI nahIM, apitu samagna vizva AzAAplAvita huA hai| Agama-vAridhi ! yugapradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI ke vAcanA-pramukhatva meM Apane Agama-maMthana ke mahAn kArya kA jisa kauzala se vahana kiyA vaha Agama itihAsa kI eka naI dena bana gayA hai / jaina dharma ke rahasyoM kA anveSaNa karane vAle vizva ke manISI niHzaMsaya isase lAbhAnvita hoMge / AzAoM ke dIpa! jyotiHpuJja AcArya zrI tulasI Apako yuvAcArya banAkara terApaMtha dharma-saMgha kI gauravazAlI paraMparA kI jo agrima kar3I jor3I hai usane hamArI AjJAoM aura ullAsoM ke dIpa prajjvalita kara die haiM / Apa zrI unameM nirantara sneha-dAna karate raheMge, yahI maMgala AzaMsA hai| mahAprata ! ApakA jIvana zizu-sA sundara, jala-sA pavitra, bhAvakriyA se udbhAsita caitanya kA citra, mahakate huye gulAba ke phuuloN-saa| . yaha samarpita hai saMgha dvArA ".." abhinandana ptr| 2035 mAgha zuklA 8 ApakA vinayAvanata rAjaladesara terApaMtha zramaNa saMgha *[yaha abhinandana patra zramaNa varga kA pratinidhitva karate hue muni zrI buddhamala ne yuvAcAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ko samarpita kiyaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 337
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________________ zramaNI parivAra dvArA samarpita abhinandana patra vizvadIpa ! - tumane eka aisI niSkampa dIpa-zikhA ko prajvalita kiyA hai jo hamArI gauravazAlI paraMparA ke Ara aura pAra ko sadiyoM, sahasrAbdiyoM taka udbhAsita karatI rhegii| isalie hama tumhArA abhinaMdana karatI haiN| tumane eka aise UrjA-puJja ko janma diyA hai jo manuSya ke antasa meM chipI lakSa-lakSa jIvanI zaktiyoM ko yuga-yuga taka udghATita karatA rhegaa| isalie hama tumhArA abhinandana karatI haiN| ArSaprAjJa ! tuma ne eka aisI vibhUti ko janma diyA hai jisakA AdhAra hai racanAtmaka pratibhA / amUrta satya ke anveSaNa kI pratIka vaha pratibhA yuga-yuga se AvRta satyoM kA anAvaraNa kregii| usa pAradarzI pratibhA kI eka-eka razmi se prasphurita hogA tumhArA vyaktitva tumhArA kartRtva aura tumhArA netRtva / isalie hama tumhArA abhinaMdana karatI haiN| kuzala anazAstA! tuma ne terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke eka sau pandrahaveM maryAdA mahotsava ke punIta avasara para apane suyogya uttarAdhikArI kA nirvAcana kara saMgha ko kRtArtha kiyA hai, jisameM sannihita hai atIta kA gaurava, vartamAna kA samAdhAna aura bhaviSya kI ujjvala sambhAvanAeM, isalie hama tumhArA abhinaMdana karatI haiN| ___ antaHkaraNa kI samasta sukomala bhAvanAeM samarpita karatI haiM AcArya caraNa meM, yuvAcArya caraNa meN| apratima kalAkAra, tumheM namaskAra tumhArI kRti ko namaskAra, jisameM tuma svayaM sAkAra / pA tuma donoM kA AdhAra / dRr3ha dRr3hatara, dRr3hatama bana jaaegaa| gaNa upavana kA praakaar| tumhAre nirNaya kA camatkAra, tumhArI zakti, tumhArI yukti, tumhArI niyukti meM sau-sau bAra badhAI degA samUcA saMsAra / tumheM namaskAra, tumhArI kRti ko namaskAra, anukRti ko namaskAra karatA zata-zata zramaNA parivAra / ___ *yaha abhinandana patra AcArya zrI ko saMbodhita kara likhA gayA hai ataH sAdhvI pramukhA mahAzramaNI zrI kanakaprabhA jI ne ise AcArya zrI ke hAthoM meM samarpita kiyA / AcArya zrI ne ise yuvAcArya zrI ko diyaa| 338 tulasI prajJA
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________________ maiM to ApakI kRti hUM - yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa AcAryavara ! maiM apane Apa se nahIM jAnA jAtA / maiM to ApakI kRti hUM / merA apanA kucha bhI nahIM hai / eka dina meM itanA sabakA pyAra pAkara maiM gadgad ho rahA hU~ / zramaNa saMgha ne abhinandana kiyaa| muni buddhamala jI ne use bheMTa kiyA aura unhoMne Aja kI ghaTanA bhI batAI / sAthI-sAthI hI rahegA / jo pacAsa varSoM se sAthI rahe haiN| dasa varSa kI avasthA se sAthI haiM / hamAre dharma-saMgha meM Aja jo zakti hai, vaha saubhAgya se hI milatI hai / mujhe garva hai ki terApaMtha dharma saMgha meM itane yuvaka sAdhu aura sAdhviyA~ prabuddha haiM / eka AcArya ko itane yogya ziSya aura zivyAeM bhAgya se hI milate haiM / AcArya tulasI dhanya haiM, jinheM aise yogya sAdhu-sAdhviyA~ mile haiM / maiM Aja AcArya zrI kA netRtva pAkara gauravAnvita hU~, mahAn dharma-saMgha kA uttarAdhikAra pAkara gauravAnvita hU~, mahAn AcArya kA uttarAdhikAra pAkara gauravAnvita hU~ / eka bAra phira AcAryavara ko vandana karatA huA AzIrvAda cAhatA hU~ ki Apa zakti pradAna kareM, UrjA pradAna kareM tAki jo sauMpA hai, use nibhAne meM saphala ho sakU / AcArya pravara ne kahA - tathAstu / *yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa dvArA abhinandana ke uttara meM prastuta vaktavya / 'akAraNa vatsala' vikrama saMvata 2018 kA maryAdA mahotsava gaMgAzahara thaa| AcArya pravara ne mere sAtha dIkSita do muniyoM ko bahibihArI saMtoM ke sAtha bheja diyA / mujhe bhI bhejane kI bAta cala rahI thI / lekina yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI ne nivedana kiyA - inheM mata bhejiye | AcArya zrI yuvAcArya zrI kI bAta para vizeSa dhyAna dete the / unhoMne unakI bAta mAna lI / aura mujhe apane pAsa hI rakhA tathA yuvAcArya zrI kA sAnnidhya diyA / ise maiM apanA bar3A saubhAgya mAnatA hUM ki yuvAcArya zrI mere lie akAraNa vatsala bane aura mujhe pragati kA avasara diyA / - muni vimala kumAra khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 336
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________________ dAyitva nirvAha ke udagra AkAMkSI yuvAcArya mahAprajJa mahAzramaNI sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA mAgha zuklA saptamI kA ujalA madhyAhna / maryAdA mahotsava kI bhavya suSamA / maMca para saikar3oM sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kI amala dhavala pariSad / sAmane hajAroM-hajAroM zrAvakoM kA vizAla samudAya / madhya meM UMce paTTa para AsIna terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke navama adhizAstA AcAryazrI tulasI / maryAdAgIta ( vArSika maryAdotsava AyA, khuziyoM kI jholI bhara lAyA / ) kA saMgAna, maryAdA - patra kA vAcana aura usake bAda eka mahattvapUrNa nirNaya kI apratyAzita ghoSaNA / upasthita janasamUha vismaya-vimugdha ho gayA / kyA hogA ? yaha praznacinha khar3A ho gayA sabakI AMkhoM ke sAmane / zrotAoM kI praznAyita AMkhoM kI utsukatA ko adhika na bar3hAkara gurudeva ne kahA maiM Aja apane uttarAdhikArI kI niyukti karUMgA / utsukatA ghaTI nahIM, pratyuta sahasragunI bar3ha gaI / niyukti hogI / kisakI ? kauna vyakti isa garimAmaya uttarAdhikAra kI arhatA ke lie ucita rahegA ? mastiSka meM halacala zurU ho gii| AcAryavara ne apane nirNaya ko abhivyakti ke bindu para pahuMcAne ke sthAna para adhika saMgopita kara liyA aura kahA vaha vyakti hindustAna ke kisI bhI kone meM ho sakatA hai / kucha zrotA pratIkSA kI AkulatA ko apane bhItara sameTa kara utkarNa ho gae aura kucha zrotAoM ke mana kI gati tIvra ho gaI / ve apane mana se pUre bhArata meM bhramaNa kara Ae, kintu unake nayanoM meM koI eka vyaktitva bimbita nahIM ho sakA / jijJAsA aura sandeha ke taToM ke madhya bahatI huI anizcaya kI vAhinI kA kalpanA kI nAjuka bhujAoM se pAra pA lenA saMbhava nahIM thA / isalie sabakI Ta lagI thI gurudeva kI zabdamayI naukA para, jisake sahAre vaha macalatI srotasvinI sahajatA se tIrNa ho sakatI thI / utsukatA kA ubhAra AcAryazrI ne upasthita jana samUha ko vicAroM kI niHzreNI para Aroha-avaroha karate dekhA aura usa para eka manda muskAna bikhera dI / Akhira jaba antaHkaraNa kI uphanatI huI utsukatA taTa tor3akara Age bar3hane lagI to eka divyadhvani vAyumaNDala meM mukhara ho gaI - mana kI yaha nirlakSya yAtrA Apako samAdhi nahIM de skegii| isa daur3adhUpa ko chor3a Apa saba ekAgra ho jAeMge, tabhI rahasya kA anAvaraNa ho sakegA / nirdeza mAtra kI dera thI, sabake mana 340 tulasI prajJA
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________________ lauTa Ae usa maryAdA-mahotsava-paNDAla meM aura AcAryavara ne Uce svara se udghoSaNA kIkhar3e ho jAo muni nathamala jii| ___ hajAroM-hajAroM zrotAoM ke nayana-yugaloM se nisRta hone vAlI razmiyAM aba do hI vyaktiyoM para TikI thiiN| ve vyaktitva haiM - yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI aura mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala jii| AcAryavara ne apanA uttarAdhikAra likhita aura maukhika donoM prakAra se munizrI nathamala jI ko sauMpakara unheM yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM prastuta kiyaa| isa prastuti kA nayanAbhirAma dRzya darzakoM ke prANoM ko TheTha taka chU gyaa| yuvAcArya ke gauravamaya pada se abhiSikta hote hI munizrI nathamala jI 'yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa' kI abhidhA meM rUpAntarita ho ge| eka aThAvana varSIya prauDha vyaktitva kI sazakta bhujAoM para dharmasaMgha kA samagra dAyitva niyojita kara AcAryazrI tulasI ne aSTamAcAryazrI kAlUgaNI kI bhAMti cauMkA dene vAlA itihAsa bhale hI na doharAyA ho, para eka dUradarzitApUrNa sUjhabUjha kA paricaya dekara bhAratIya loka-mAnasa kI adhyAtma-cetanA ko UrdhvArohita hone kA virala avasara pradAna kiyA hai| paricaya parivAra kA . yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa kA zaizava eka choTe se kasbe (Tamakora) meM bItA / ApakA janma vi0 saM0 1977 ASADha kRSNA trayodazI (14 jUna 1920) ko huaa| Apake pitAzrI kA nAma tolArAma jI corar3iyA aura mAtA kA nAma bAlUjI (sAdhvI) thaa| Apa apanI do bahinoM ke ikalaute bhAI the| pitA kA sAyA bacapana meM hI Apake sira se uTha gyaa| mAM ke sahaja dhArmika saMskAroM se anuprANita ApakI cetanA saMtoM ke saMparka se ubuddha ho gii| vi0 saM0 1987 mAgha zuklA dasamI ke dina Apane saradArazahara meM pUjya gurudeva kAlUgaNI ke kara kamaloM se dIkSA svIkAra kii| ApakI mAM (sAdhvI bAlUjI, aba divaMgata) bhI Apake sAtha - sAdhvI-jIvana meM dIkSita ho gii| kAlAntara meM ApakI eka sahodarI (sAdhvI mAlUjI) ne bhI Apake patha kA anusaraNa kiyaa| zaMbhU se mahAprajJa dasa sAla kA vaha mAsUma baccA yathArtha ke dharAtala para khar3A hokara kaThora sAdhanA ke prati samarpita huA yA apane dharmAcArya ke vAtsalya ko pAkara abhibhUta huA ? kahA nahIM jA sktaa| kintu jisa dina se usane dharmasaMgha meM praveza pAyA, svargIya AcArya kAlagaNI kI asIma kRpA se vaha AplAvita ho gyaa| kAlUgaNI ne zaikSa muni ko zikSita aura saMskArita karane kI pUrI jimmevArI sauMpa dI muni tulasI ko / solaha varSIya muni tulasI ne kevala muni nathamala jI ko hI nahIM unake samavayaska kaI bAla muniyoM kI patavAra apane hAtha meM lI aura atyanta kuzalatA se unakI jIvana-naukA khenI zurU kara dii| kaThora anuzAsana aura komala vAtsalya ne bAla muni kI prasupta prajJA ke kendra meM apratyAzita visphoTa kiyaa| usa visphoTa kA hI pariNAma hai ki baMgU, hAbU aura zaMbhU nAmoM se pahacAne jAne vAle muni nathamala jI ne yuvAcArya mahAprajJa kI UMcAI kA sparza kara liyaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 341
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________________ muni tulasI bAIsa varSa kI udIyamAna yuvAvasthA meM terApaMtha saMgha ke eka mAtra AcArya bana gae / muni nathamala jI ko kucha aTapaTA sA lgaa| unhoMne anubhava kiyA ki unake vidyA-guru unase chIna lie gae haiM / kintu zIghra hI unako saMbhAla liyA gyaa| dharmasaMgha kA saMpUrNa dAyitva pUrI kuzalatA se nibhAhate hue bhI AcAryazrI tulasI bAla muniyoM kI bauddhika cetanA kA jAgaraNa karane ke lie bhI satata jAgarUka the| unhoMne isa dizA meM naenae sapane sNjoe| una sapanoM ko sAkAra karane vAloM meM eka mahattvapUrNa bhUmikA nibhAne vAle haiM hamAre yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa / yuvAcArya AcAryazrI ke prati jitane samarpita rahe haiM, koI virala bauddhika vyakti hI raha sakatA hai / saphala bhASyakAra terApaMtha ke caturtha AcArya zrImajjayAcArya AcAryazrI bhikSu ke saphala bhASyakAra rahe haiN| isI zrRMkhalA meM yaha tathya ubhara kara sAmane AtA hai ki yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa bhI AcAryazrI tulasI ke sakSama bhASyakAra haiN| AcAryazrI dvArA sUtra-rUpa meM prApta tathyoM ko Apane jisa vistAra se vizleSita kiyA hai, usane ApakI medhA ko nayA nikhAra de diyaa| kevala terApaMtha yA jaina samAja hI nahIM samagra bhAratIya samAja para ApakI pratyutpanna medhA aura gaMbhIra dArzanikatA kA prabhAva hai| sAhitya ke kSetra meM Apane maulika sRjana kI dizA meM jo kIrtimAna sthApita kiyA hai, vaha isa yuga ke sAhityakAroM kI cetanA ko jhakajhorane vAlA hai| lekhaka kI sabase jIvanta racanA vahI hotI hai, jise par3hane se aisA pratIta ho ki lekhaka kA jIvana isameM bola rahA hai| yuvAcAryazrI ne apanI sRjana-cetanA meM jIvana kI cetanA kA saMpreSaNa kara sAhitya-jagata ko upakRta kiyA hai| amyudaya kI yAtrA sAdhanA, zikSA aura sAhitya kI triveNI meM satata avagAhana kara yuvAcAryazrI ne apane vyaktitva kA antarmukhI nirmANa kiyA / ApakI sannidhi se anya vyakti bhI lAbhAnvita hoM, isa dRSTi se vi0 saM0 2004 ratanagar3ha meM Apako sAjha (AcAryazrI ke sAtha rahane vAle muniyoM ke samUha) kA agragaNya niyukta kiyA gyaa| isI krama meM vi0 saM0 2022 mAgha zuklA saptamI (hisAra) ko Apa nikAya-saciva ke garimAmaya sammAna se sammAnita hue| jJAtavya hai ki isase eka sAla pUrva AcAryazrI ne nikAya-vyavasthA kA eka prayoga apane dharmasaMgha meM kiyA thaa| prabandhanikAya, vyavasthAnikAya, zikSAnikAya aura sAdhanA-nikAya-isa catunikAya-vyavasthA ke mukhya saciva kA dAyitva Apako milA aura Apane kuzalatA ke sAtha usakA nirvahana kiyaa| vi0 saM0 2026, mAgha zuklA saptamI (haidarAbAda) ke dina Apane nikAyapada kA visarjana kiyaa| jise apanI svIkRti dekara AcAryazrI ne usa sAmayika nikAya-vyavasthA ko sthagita kara diyaa| vi0 saM0 2035 ke gaMgAzahara cAturmAsa meM kArtika zuklA trayodazI ko Apa 'mahAprajJa' kI viziSTa upAdhi se alaMkRta hue aura isI varSa maryAdAmahotsava ke bhavya samAroha meM yuvAcArya mahAprajJa bana gae / yaha hai Apake abhyudaya kI choTIsI yAtrA, jisameM jhAMka rahI hai abodha zizu sI nizchalatA, strI-sulabha samarpaNa, jJAna aura 342 tulasI prajJA
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________________ sAdhanA kI tIvra abhIpsA tathA dAyitva-bahana kI udagra aakaaNkssaa| ina saba vizeSatAoM ke dhanI hamAre yuvAcArya mahAprajJa AcAryazrI tulasI kI sukhada sannidhi meM apanI cetanA ke viziSTa kendroM meM visphoTa kara dharmasaMgha meM naI UrjA ko saMcaraNazIla karate raheMge, aisA vizvAsa hai| yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa apanI sAdhanA, bauddhikatA aura dArzanikatA ke dvArA deza ke kSitija para ubhara kara sAmane Ae hue haiN| Apake jAne-pahacAne vyaktitva ke sambandha meM maiM kucha likhU, isakI apekSA adhika acchA yaha hogA ki isa sarvocca pada para abhiSikta hone ke bAda unakI pratikriyA, manaHsthiti aura bhAvI kAryakrama ke sambandha meM sahI jAnakArI prastuta kruu| pahalI pratikriyA ___isa prastuti ke lie maiM 15 pharavarI ko madhyAhna meM yuvAcAryazrI ke pAsa phuNcii| yadyapi vaha samaya unake vizrAma kA thA, phira bhI unhoMne atyanta prasannatA ke sAtha merI jijJAsAoM ko samAhita karane kI svIkRti de dii| vahAM jAne se pahale mana meM thor3A saMkoca aura bhaya thA, para yuvAcAryazrI kI sahaja aura madhura AtmIyatA ne merI jhijhaka samApta kara dii| maiMne sArI aupacArikatAoM ko chor3akara apanA pahalA prazna kiyA- AcAryazrI ne Apako terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke sarvocca pada para apratyAzita rUpa se pratiSThita kara diyaa| saMbhava hai, usa samaya Apa stabdha raha gae hoN| kintu jaba Apako isa sambandha meM ekAnta kSaNoM meM kucha socane kA avakAza milA, isa ghaTanA kI Apake mana para pahalI pratikriyA kyA huI ? mere isa prazna ne eka kSaNa ke lie yuvAcAryazrI ko gaMbhIra banA diyaa| apanI gaMbhIratA ko sahajatA meM rUpAyita kara Apa bole isa niyukti ke bAda mere mana meM yaha AyA ki AcAryazrI ne mujhe samAja ke usa sthAna para pratiSThita kiyA hai, jahAM vyakti vyakti nahIM rahakara svayaM samAja bana jAtA hai| use pUre samAja ko AtmasAt karanA hotA hai| usake lie na kevala samAja ko sAtha lekara hI calane kI apekSA hai, apitu usake sAtha tAdAtmya sthApita kara calanA jarUrI hai| maiM akelepana kI sthiti meM adhika rasa letA thA, para yaha na niyati ko iSTa thA aura na svayaM AcAryazrI ko hI / isalie maiM eka vyakti se samAja meM rUpAntarita ho gyaa| isa bhUmikA para ArUDha hone ke bAda AcArya pravara ne jo gurutara dAyitva mujhe sauMpA hai, usake samucita nirvAha hetu maiM adhika zaktisrotoM kI AvazyakatA anubhava karatA huuN| AcAryavara ke AzIrvAda, apanI adhyAtma-sAdhanA aura samagra samAja kI sadbhAvanA, isa trayI ke yoga se maiM una zaktisrotoM ko udghATita karU', yaha merI pahalI pratikriyA hai| ___ yuvAcAryazrI kI yaha pratikriyA mujhe svAbhAvika nahIM lgii| isalie maiMne : sI viSaya ko Age bar3hAte hue pUchA-yaha dasa-bAraha dinoM kA samaya Apako kaisA lagA ? kyA Apa apane bhItara koI parivartana anubhava kara rahe haiM ? . yuvAcAryazrI ne sahajabhAva se uttara diyA jahAM taka mere antaHkaraNa yA bhItarI vyaktitva kA prazna hai, vahA~ taka mujhe asvAbhAvika jaisA kucha bhI nahIM lagatA, kyoMki merA mana khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 343
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________________ sAdhanA se itanA bhAvita hai ki usa para kisI prakAra ke bhAra kA anubhava hotA hI nhiiN| dUsarI bAta-mujhe AcAryavara kA sAkSAt sAnnidhya upalabdha hai, isalie bhI maiM apane Apa meM bahuta halkA huuN| "bAhya vyaktitva ke sandarbha meM maiM apane Apa meM bhI aura vAtAvaraNa meM bhI eka parivartana dekha rahA hUM / ina dinoM mujhe eka cintana bAra-bAra Andolita kara rahA hai ki AcAryavara ne mujhaM itanA bar3A dAyitva sauMpA aura samUce saMgha ne usake prati itanA ullAsa va Ananda pradarzita kiyaa| kevala terApaMtha samAja hI nahIM, vyApaka rUpa se mere prati jo AkAMkSAeM saMjoI jA rahI haiM, usase merA dAyitva aura adhika vyApaka ho jAtA hai| una saba AkAMkSAoM kI pUrti maiM kaise karUM, yahI vicAra mujhe bAra-bAra utprerita karatA rahatA hai|" ____ agale prazna meM maiMne yUvAcAryazrI kI sAdhanA aura sAhitya-lekhana meM avarodha kI bAta upasthita kI to Apane pharamAyA - yaha nirNaya yadi pAMca-dasa sAla pahale hotA to merI sAdhanA aura lekhana donoM meM antara aataa| kintu yaha kAma eka avadhi ke bAda huA, isalie mere sAmane kaThinAI yA avarodha jaisI koI sthiti nahIM hai| kyoMki sAdhanA kI eka sImA maiM atikrAnta kara cukA hUM aura lekhana ko bhI aba vaktRtva meM badala cukA huuN| prazAsana bhI merI ruci ApakI ruci prazAsana hai yA dhyAna ? isa prazna ko uttarita karate hue yuvAcAryazrI ne kahA - merI kAma karane kI paddhati yaha rahI hai ki yA to maiM koI kAma karUM nahIM, karUM to pUrI ruci ke sAtha karUM / asvIkAra yA pUrI tanmayatA ina donoM mArgoM meM se eka mArga kA nirdhAraNa kara maiM calatA hUM / ataH prazAsana ko bhI apanI ruci kA aMga banAkara hI cluuNgaa| ruci-nirmANa ke sthAna para ruci ke anurUpa kAma hAtha meM lene kA prazna AtA to maiM isa sambandha meM kucha nivedana bhI karatA, para aisA avakAza hI mujhe nahIM milaa| dUsarI bAta yaha hai ki dUsaroM ke sAmane kisI bhI kAma ke svIkAra yA asvIkAra meM maiM pUrI svataMtratA kA upayoga karatA hUM, kintu AcAryavara kA jo Adeza mila jAtA hai, usake sarvathA asvIkAra kI bAta mere lie bahuta kaThina ho jAtI hai| jisa samaya AcAryazrI ne mujhe apane sAmane khar3A hone kA nirdeza diyA, maiM eka bAragI stabdha raha gayA / mujhe lagA-maiM koI svapna dekha rahA hUM yA yathArtha ke dharAtala para khar3A huuN| niyati kA nirmANa ___ Apane apane bAre meM kabhI aisI kalpanA kI thI kyA ? apane bhaviSya ke sambandha meM ApakA kyA cintana thA ? merI isa jijJAsA ke samAdhAna meM Apane kucha jyotirvidoM ke aura kucha apane prAtibha jJAna-sambandhI nae rahasyoM kA udghATana kiyA / phira cintana ke stara para kucha binduoM ko spaSTa karate hue kahA - maiM terApaMtha saMgha kI sevA kA kucha vinamra prayatna kara cukA hUM / aba merI icchA thI adhyAtma ke vyApaka kSetra meM samagra mAnava jAti kI sevA / isa cAha ne mujhe cintana kA nayA pariveza diyaa| usa pariveza meM merI kalpanA thI maiM apane 344 tulasI prajJA
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________________ dharmasaMgha meM sAdhanA kI viziSTa bhUmikA meM rahUM aura usI mAdhyama se mAnava jAti kI sevA karatA huA apane lakSya kI dizA meM Age baDhU / saMgha kA dAyitva AcAryavara kisI ko bhI sauMpeM, usameM na merA koI hastakSepa hogA aura na maiM kisI vyavasthA meM bhAga hI luuNgaa| maiM kevala adhyAtma kI dizA meM, adhyAtma-cetanA kA jAgaraNa karane ke lie calatA rahUMgA, calatA rahUMgA isa sambandha meM maiMne kaI bAra AcAryazrI se prArthanAeM bhI kii| eka bAra likhita nivedana bhI kiyA dhyAna kI vizeSa bhUmikA para ArUDha hone ke lie, kintu vaisA nahIM ho skaa| aba maiM socatA hUM ki merI niyati yahI thI yA AcAryavara ne merI niyati kA nirmANa isI krama se gujarane ke lie kiyA hai, isalie maiM kalpanA, saMbhAvanA Adi saba sthitiyoM meM na ulajha apane dAyitva kA nirvahana karane kI dizA meM Age baDhU / eka rahasyodghATana ___ maiM apane kucha prazna lekara jisa samaya yuvAcAryazrI ke pAsa pahuMcI to Apane kahAtuma merA samaya logI yA AcArya pravara kA bhI ? maiMne nivedana kiyA-jaba Apake hI bAre meM mujhe likhanA hai to AcAryavara kA samaya lekara kyA karUMgI? usa samaya taka mere mana meM nahIM thA ki maiM AcAryazrI se bhI kucha pUchu, kintu jaba aisI bAta sAmane A hI gaI taba maiMne jhijhakate hue eka prazna gurudeva se bhI pUcha liyaa| mere prazna kA Azaya thA Apane apratyAzita rUpa se apane uttarAdhikArI ke manonayana kA nirNaya liyaa| isa nirNaya ke pIche koI Thosa AdhAra thA ? yaha ApakA dIrghakAlIna nirNaya thA ? yA kisI paristhiti kI preraNA se Apane tAtkAlika nirNaya liyA ? ___ AcAryavara merI bAta suna do kSaNa muskarAe, phira eka ajJAta rahasya kA udghATana karate hue kahA do varSa pahale (vi0 saM0 2033) meM sujAnagar3ha meM thA, usa samaya DIDavAnAnivAsI zrAvaka jayasiMha muNota upapAta meM baiThA thaa| vaha pAmisTa to thA hI, viziSTa jyotirvida bhI thaa| usane mere hAtha kI rekhAeM dekhI / maiMne kahA - koI vizeSa bAta dhyAna meM Ae to batAnA / vaha kucha gaMbhIratA se rekhAoM para dRSTi TikAkara bolA-gurudeva ! maiM do mahatvapUrNa bAteM nivedana karUMgA (1) Apa apanI Ayu ke 65veM varSa meM apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kreNge| (2) Apa jise apanA uttarAdhikArI banAeMge, usakA pahalA akSara 'ma' hogaa| / ye donoM bAteM noTa kara lI gaI / usa samaya merA na koI cintana thA aura na kisI tAtkAlika nirNaya kA prazna thA / kintu phira bhI maiMne makArAdi muniyoM para dRSTipAta kiyaa| merI najara cAroM ora ghUmI, kintu vaha kahIM bhI sthira nahIM huii| usake bAda maiM eka prakAra se usa bAta ko bhUla-sA gyaa| vi0 saM0 2035 kA merA cAturmAsa gaMgAzahara thaa| vahAM maiMne muni nathamala jI ko mahAprajJa kI upAdhi se alaMkRta kiyA / kintu isa abhikrama meM merA . koI vizeSa lakSya nahIM thaa| kyoMki aba taka maiMne kabhI nirNAyaka rUpa se koI cintana hI nahIM kiyA thA / usa upAdhi kI abhidhArUpa meM pariNati anAyAsa hI huI yA usa jyotirvida kI bhaviSyavANI ko satyApita karane ke lie huI, kahA nahIM jA sakatA / para mere mana meM aisA kucha bhI nahIM thaa| yaha saba kucha ghaTita ho jAne para eka dina mere mastiSka meM sujAnagaDha khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 345
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________________ vAlI smRti ubhara AI aura maiMne anubhava kiyA ki kisa prakAra sahajabhAva se kiyA gayA kArya bhI kisI ghaTanA ke sAtha jur3a jAtA hai| "maryAdA-mahotsava ke avasara para apane nirNaya ko udghoSita karake maiM svayaM eka nizcintatA kA anubhava kara rahA huuN| isa sandarbha meM itanA avazya jJAtavya hai ki mere sAmane na to kisI paristhiti kI vivazatA thI aura na hI koI dUsarI smsyaa| maiMne apane taTastha cintana ke AdhAra para jaisA ucita samajhA, vaisA kiyaa| apane dharmasaMgha kI zAlIna aura gauravamayI paraMparA ke anusAra sAdhu-sAdhviyoM, zrAvaka-zrAvikAoM tathA anya prabuddha logoM ne mere nirNaya kA svAgata kiyA, isakI mujhe prasannatA hai| maiM aba bhI apanI kArya-kSamatA meM kisI prakAra kI kamI kA anubhava nahIM karatA hUM, isa dRSTi se maiM cAhatA hUM yuvAcArya mahAprajJa apanI sAdhanA ke cAlU krama ko nirvighna rUpa se Age bar3hAeM / sAdhanA ke teja se apane bahuAyAmI vyaktitva ko nikhAra kara ve vinamra bhAva se dharmasaMgha ko sevAeM dete rheN| tanAva tathA saMtrAsa se AkrAnta saMpUrNa mAnava-jAti ko mAnasika zAnti kI dizA meM agrasara karate rheN|" bhAvI yojanA AcAryazrI dvArA kie gae rahasyodghATana se pAThakoM ko paricita karA maiM punaH yuvAcAryazrI ke cintana kI yAtrA karAne le jA rahI huuN| pichale praznoM kI zrRMkhalA ko Age bar3hAte hue maiMne pUchA-Apa apane netRtva meM dharmasaMgha ko kauna-sA nayA mor3a denA cAheMge ? prazna kI gaMbhIratA ke anurUpa gaMbhIra AkRti se gaMbhIra tathya prakaTa karate hue yuvAcAryazrI ne apane bhAvI kAryakrama ko saMbhAvanA ko abhivyakta karate hue kahA-hamAre sAmane do bAteM haiM adhyAtma aura samAja / samA zaktizAlI taba banatA hai, jaba vaha adhyAtma se anuprANita ho, jaba usameM sAMsa lene vAlA hara vyakti sazakta ho| AcAryavara ne jaba mujhe samAja meM kAma karane kA avasara diyA hai, to maiM cAhUMgA ki merA darzana samAja meM kriyAnvita ho / sukarAta kA nAma sunA hogA tumane / usakA yaha siddhAnta thA ki zAstA kisI dArzanika ko honA caahie| dArzanika zAstA apanI janatA ko jIvana-darzana kI gaharAI se paricita karA sakatA hai aura use tadanurUpa vyavahAra bhI de sakatA hai / ___merI AkAMkSA yaha hai ki sabase pahale vyakti apane jIvana kA nirmANa kre| vaha vyaktigata nirmANa kI bAta ko prAthamikatA de aura saMgha-sevA kA kAma usake anantara kriyAnvita kare / jIvana-nirmANa kA yaha darzana mujhe AcArAMga se upalabdha huA hai / vahAM eka sUkta hai--prAvolae, pavIlae nivozae-isa eka sandarbha meM muni ke samagra jIvana kA spaSTa nidarzana hai / dIkSita hone ke bAda muni sabase pahale adhyayana aura sAdhanA meM apanA jIvana lagAe, yaha ApIDana hai / usake bAda vaha saMgha se jo sevA lI hai, usakA RNa cukAe, yaha prapIDana hai, aura RNa-mukta hone ke bAda samAdhimaraNa kI taiyArI kare, yaha niSpIDana hai; maiM cAhatA hUM, merA yaha darzana hamAre dharmasaMgha meM kriyAnvita ho / 346 tulasI prajJA
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________________ vyakti-nirmANa kI bAta mere mana ko bahuta bhaaii| maiM svayaM bhI aisA hI kucha soca rahI thI, para usakI koI prakriyA mere sAmane spaSTa nahIM thI / yuvAcAryazrI ke dvArA jaba yaha tathya maiMne sunA to apanI jijJAsA ko roka nahIM pAI aura chUTate hI pUcha baiThI-ApakA yaha darzana aura usakI kriyAnvati bahuta acchI bAta hai, kintu isakA tarIkA kyA hogA ? "tarIkA to kucha nirdhArita karanA hI hogA ? vaise hara kArya kI niSpatti ke lie kucha viziSTa paristhitiyoM kA nirmANa jarUrI hotA hai| jIvana-nirmANa ke darzana kI kriyAnvati kA zrIgaNeza vyaktigata sAdhanA ke lie kama se kama eka ghaNTA samaya lagAne ke saMkalpa saM zurU ho hI gayA hai / isakI niSpannatA ke AsAra maiM AgAmI dazaka meM dekha rahA huuN| itanI bar3I yojanA ke kriyAnvayana meM dasa varSa kA samaya koI adhika nahIM hai / mujhe vizvAsa hai ki AcAryavara kA saphala mArga-darzana upalabdha hone para yaha kAma aura adhika sarala ho jaaegaa|" yuvAcAryazrI ke isa abhimata se sahamata hone para bhI mere mana kA eka aura sandeha ubhara kara sAmane aayaa| usase prerita hokara maiMne pUcha hI liyA -sAdhanA meM eka ghaNTA samaya lagAne kA saMkalpa kaI sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ne liyA hai, para kyA samaya lagAne mAtra se hamArA lakSya pUrA ho jAegA? mujhe to aisA lagatA hai ki jaba taka vRttiyoM kA rUpAntaraNa nahIM hogA, vyakti-nirmANa kA svapna bhI mAtra svapna banakara raha jaaegaa| isa sambandha meM ApakI kyA rAya hai ? "kevala samaya lagAne mAtra se vRtti parivartana kI bAta se maiM bhI sahamata nahIM huuN| ekado ghaNTe ke samaya meM svayaM ko prazikSita karane kI vidhi hastagata ho jAe, yaha jarUrI hai| isake lie maiM socatA hUM ki sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ko prazikSaNa ke lie vyavasthA aura avakAza diyA jAe, to hamArA svapna svapna na rahakara yathArtha bana jaaegaa| isa svapna ko phalIbhUta dekha mujhe jo prasannatA hogI, vaha bhI anirvacanIya hI hogii| yuvAcArya ke sapanoM kA sAdhvIsamAja maiM kevala do-cAra bAta pUchane ke lie gaI thI, para yuvAcArya zrI ke uttaroM ne mere mana meM jijJAsA kA jvAra lA diyaa| samaya kAphI ho cukA thaa| phira bhI mere praznoM kI bauchAra jora pakar3atI jA rahI thii| Akhira AcAryavara ne Agama-kArya ke lie yuvAcAryazrI ko yAda kiyA, to maiM bolI - eka prazna aura pUcha lUM ? ApakI svIkRti pAkara maiMne pUchAApakA sAdhvI-samAja saMkhyA kI dRSTi se bahuta bar3A hai / saMkhyA ke anupAta se guNAtmakatA bhI bar3he, isa dRSTi se Apa sAdhvIsamAja se kyA apekSAeM rakhate haiM tathA kyA vizeSa nirdeza denA cAhate haiM ? do kSaNa AjJA-cakra para mana ko kendrita kara hAtha ke halke se sparza se use parispandita kara Apa bole hamArA sAdhvI-samAja nizcita hI eka bar3A samAja hai| usameM naI jijJAsAoM kI sphuraNA hai / vaha kucha hone yA banane kI cAha bhI rakhatA hai, para isake lie use viziSTa saMkalpazakti kA saMcaya karanA hogA tathA tadnurUpa apane Apako DhAlanA hogaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 347
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________________ isa dRSTi se sabase pahalI bAta hai svArtha kA visarjana / koI bhI vyakti yA samAja taba taka viziSTa nahIM bana sakatA, jaba taka usameM svArtha-cetanA se mukta hone kA saMkalpa dRr3ha nahIM ho jAtA / vyakti kI svArtha-cetanA use khAnapAna jaisI choTI bAtoM meM ulajhA detI hai to kabhI kisI bar3I bAta ko lekara utpAta maca jAtA hai / sAdhviyoM se merI dUsarI apekSA hai-dIrghakAlIna cintana kI kSamatA kA vikAsa / tatkAla jo kucha prApta hotA hai, usa para tAtkAlika pratikriyA dIrghakAlIna hitoM ke pakSa meM nahIM hotii| isalie tatkAlIna pratikriyA ko surakSita rakhate hue samaya para hI usa sambandha meM nirNaya lenA ucita hai| tIsarI bAta hai zikSA kA gaharA abhyAsa / adhyayana kA dharAtala Thosa na ho to pallavagrAhI vidvatA se vyakti na apane Apako upalabdha kara sakatA hai aura na hI zikSA ke kSetra meM nae AyAmoM kA udghATana kara pAtA hai| "sabase adhika mahatvapUrNa aura Avazyaka bAta hai anuprekSA aura dhyAna kA abhyAsa, vaha bhI vRttiyoM ko rUpAntarita karane ke uddezya se / ina saba bAtoM ke prati sAdhvI-samAja jAgarUka rahA to vaha vartamAna kI apekSA adhika prabuddha aura gatizIla ho sakatA hai|" sAdhviyoM ke sambandha meM merI kucha aura bhI jijJAsAeM thIM, para eka sAtha saba kucha jAnane kI abhIpsA bhI to paripUrNa jAnakArI meM bAdhA bana jAtI hai| jIvana ko pUrI taraha jIne ke lie dIrghakAlIna dhRti kI apekSA hotI hai, vaise hI kisI bhI viSaya ko samagratA se samajhane ke lie bhI paryApta samaya kI apekSA rahatI hai| vaise yuvAcAryazrI kA vyaktitva jAnApahacAnA hai / hajAroM-hajAroM logoM kI sahaja zraddhA Apako prApta hai| AcAryavara kA mArgadarzana yuvAcAryazrI ke lie prakAzadIpa kA kAma kare tathA yuvAcAryazrI kA bhaviSya dharmasaMgha tathA saMpUrNa mAnava-jAti ke ujjvala bhaviSya kA darpaNa banakara prastuta ho, isI vizvAsa ke sAtha maiM apane antaHkaraNa kI samasta komala bhAvanAoM se AcAryavara aura yuvAcAryazrI kI maMgalamaya dIrghajIvitA kI kAmanA karatI huuN| viSNugar3ha ke pro surage gulAba tava caraNoM meM arpita zraddhA kA sailAbA -sAdhvI AnaMda zrI 348 tulasI prajJA
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________________ AcAryazrI tulasI ke uttarAdhikArI : yuvAcArya kA abhinandana pro0 valasukha bhAI mAlavaNiyA muni zrI nathamala jI kA merA paricaya bahuta purAnA hai / hamane vAda-vivAda bhI kiyA hai / ina prasaMgoM meM ApakA vartAva vidvAn janocita aura advitIya thA / maiMne Apako sadA prasanna hI dekhA hai / vinamratA aura guru ke prati samarpaNa bhAva - ye do ApakI utkRSTa vizeSatAeM haiM / Apako guru bhI aise upalabdha hue haiM, jinhoMne Apako sva-cintA mukta kiyA hai / yadi guru sArI cintAoM kA bhAra Dhone kI svIkRti de dete haiM, to bhalA koI kyoM apanI cintA karegA ? aisI paristhiti meM Apane jo vikAsa sAdhA hai, vaha apUrva hai, aisA kahA jA sakatA hai / guru kyA kiyA aura maiMne kyA kiyA, isa bheda kI anubhUti Apako kabhI nahIM huI / guru-ziSya kI aisI abheda bhUmikA Aja ke Adhunika yuga meM virala hai / yadi isa abheda bhUmikA kA sAkSAtkAra karanA ho, to vaha AcArya tulasI aura unake ye ziSya muni zrI nathamala jI meM kiyA jA sakatA hai / vidvattA ke sAtha vinamratA kA yoga bhAgya se hI prApta ho sakatA hai / vidvattA aura vinamratA kI parAkASThA muni nathamala jI meM hai, yadi maiM yaha kahUM to koI atizayokti nahIM hogI / jaina saMgha meM saMyama kI sAdhanA vividha prakAra se hotI hai / kintu isa sAdhanA meM jo dhyAna-sAdhanA kI kamI thI aura jo prAyaH vismRta ho cukI thI, usakA punarutthAna muni zrI nathamala jI ne kiyA hai / maiMne svayaM dekhA hai ki isa sAdhanA ke kAraNa aneka jaina aura ajaina yuvakoM ko dharmAbhimukha karane kA zreya bhI Apane prApta kiyA hai / Apane prekSA dhyAna kI paddhati ko vikasita kiyA hai / Apane yoga meM svayaM niSNAtatA prApta kI aura yoga kI samagra bhAratIya paddhatiyoM se paricita ho kara prekSA dhyAna paddhati kA prasAra kiyA hai| isameM samagra mAratIya yoga-sAdhanA ke tattvoM kA samanvaya karane kA prayatna kiyA gayA hai / paramparA se sarvathA alaga-alaga par3a kara nahIM, kintu paramparA meM Avazyaka parivartana kara Apane jo dhyAna paddhati kA nirUpaNa aura prayoga kiyA hai, yaha naI hone para bhI paramparA se sarvathA mukta nahIM hai - yaha ApakI dhyAna-paddhati kI mukhya vizeSatA hai aura yaha vizeSatA ApakI utkRSTa vidvattA aura sAdhanA ke kAraNa hai, aisA mAnanA cAhie / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 34e
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________________ aneka varSo kI ApakI jJAnArAdhanA aura usake pariNAmasvarUpa Apane jo sAhityasAdhanA kI hai, vaha mAtra jaina samAja kI hI nahIM, samagra bhAratIya sAhitya ke sAhitya sevI hone kA sthAna sahaja hI prApta karA detI hai / saMskRta, prAkRta aura hindI bhASA meM Apane jo sAhitya racA hai, vaha ApakI navIna zailI ke kAraNa bahuta hI AkarSaka hai / Apake aneka granthoM kA aMgrejI meM anuvAda bhI huA hai / maulika sAhitya ke nirmANa ke sAtha-sAtha Apane apane sampradAya ke sAhitya-bhaMDAra ko bharane kA bhI prayatna kiyA hai| jaina AgamoM kA uddhAra bhI Apane pUrNa vidvattA ke sAtha kiyA hai / Apa AcArya tulasI ke bhASyakAra haiM, itanA kahanA mAtra paryApta nahIM hai / Apa bhAratIya saMskAra paramparA ke bhASyakAra haiM, yaha kahanA Avazyaka hai / terApaMtha samAja ke vaicArika unnayana meM ApakI jo dena hai, vaha cirasmaraNIya rahegI / isI ke AdhAra para gata varSa ( kArtika zuklA 13, gaMgAzahara meM AcArya tulasI ne Apako 'mahAprajJa' kI upAdhi se vibhUSita kiyA, yaha ucita hI thA aura isa naye varSa ke prArambha meM AcArya zrI tulasI ne Apako apane uttarAdhikArI ke lie yogya saharSa yahI kahA jA sakatA hai ki AcArya zrI tulasI ne yogya diyA hai / ) mAnA hai, isa viSaya meM vyakti ko yogya pada AcArya zrI tulasI ne jaina samAja ko jo diyA hai, usase bhI adhika kevala jaina samAja ko hI nahIM kintu samagra bhAratIya samAja ko, ye muni nathamala jI, AcArya banakara deMge, isameM koI sandeha nahIM hai / [6-2-76 ke vainika 'sandeza' se sAbhAra uddhRta gujarAtI kA hindI anuvAda ] 350 itanI dUra kyoM bhejA ? vikrama saMvat 2001 kI ghaTanA hai / yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI kA cAturmAsa dehalI thA / hama sAta saMta unake sAtha the / usa samaya mere nakasIra kI zikA yata rahatI thI / ataH garmI kA dhyAna rakhanA par3atA thaa| eka bAra saMtoM ne mujhe kisI kAraNavaza gocarI (bhikSA) ke lie pahAr3agaMja bhejA / maiM gocarI karane ke lie calA gayA / pIche se yuvAcArya zrI ko mAlUma par3A ki mujhe itanI dUra gocarI ke lie bhejA gayA hai taba unhoMne saMtoM se kahA - vimalakumAra jI ko itanI dUra kyoM bhejA ? bAta choTI thI / lekina usameM prakaTa hotA thA yuvAcArya zrI kA vAtsalya aura para duHkha dravatva / jo vyakti para pIr3A ko svapIr3A-tulya samajhatA hai, vahI dUsare kA priya bana sakatA hai / -muni vimala kumAra prajJA
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________________ yuvAcArya mahAprajJa : eka gaMbhIra cintaka agaracanda nAhaTA jaina dharma meM svAdhyAya aura dhyAna ko mahattvapUrNa sthAna diyA gayA hai / uttarAdhyayana sUtra ke samAcArI nAmaka adhyayana meM sAdhu-sAdhvI kI samAcArI meM to yahAM taka kaha diyA gayA hai ki prathama prahara meM svAdhyAya, dvitIya prahara meM dhyAna, tRtIya prahara meM gocarI Adi zArIrika kriyAe, caturtha prahara meM phira svAdhyAya / isI taraha rAtri meM eka prahara kI nidrA bAkI praharoM meM svAdhyAya aura dhyAna kA krama cAlU rakhane kA vidhAna hai / arthAt dina aura rAta ke ATha praharoM meM sAdhu-sAdhvI cAra prahara kA svAdhyAya, do prahara kA dhyAna, eka prahara gocarI Adi aura rAtri kA eka prahara nidrA, yaha municaryA hai / para deza aura kAla kI sthiti meM itanA antara AyA ki Aja usa kriyA kA pAlana bahuta kaThina ho gayA hai| madhyakAla meM dhyAna kI paddhati sAdhAraNatayA lupta-sI ho gaI thii| ataH mere mana meM yaha bArabAra AtA rahatA thA ki dhyAna kI paddhati sAdhu-sAdhviyoM meM phira se cAlU ho / yadyapi bIcabIca meM kucha aise jaina muni hue haiM, jinhoMne lambe samaya taka dhyAna kI sAdhanA kI hai|| jaba AcArya zrI tulasI kA kalakatte meM cAturmAsa thA, to eka dina rAta ko jaba unase milane gayA, taba apanA manobhAva vyakta kiyA ki Apane sAdhu-sAdhviyoM meM par3hAI to bahuta acchI cAlU kara dI hai / thor3e varSoM meM hI kAphI vidvAn, lekhaka, lekhikAeM taiyAra kara dI, para Agamokta dhyAna kI paramparA cAlU karane kI bar3I kamI najara AtI hai, to AcArya zrI ne kahA ki ApakI bAta bahuta ThIka hai, hama bhI cAhate haiN| ApakI jAnakArI meM koI dhyAnayogI yA sAdhaka jainoM meM ho, to usakA tathA jaina yoga-saMbaMdhI granthoM kA nAma btlaaiye| to maiMne apane pUjya guru sahajAnanda jI kA nAma batalAyA, jo vartamAna meM bahuta acche dhyAna yogI haiM . sAtha hI kucha dhyAna saMbaMdhI granthoM kI bhI sUcanA dii| mujhe yaha dekhakara aura jAnakara bahuta hI prasannatA hotI hai ki AcArya zrI tulasI jI, muni zrI nathamala jI, muni zrI kizanalAla jI Adi ke prayatna se terApaMthI sAdhu-sAdhviyoM meM dhyAna kI acchI pragati huI hai / muni zrI nathamala jI ke gaMbhIra aura Thosa cintana ne dhyAna kI jaina paddhati, jise prekSA-dhyAna nAma diyA gayA hai, sabake lie sulabha kara dI hai| saikar3oM zrAvaka-zrAvikAeM hI nahIM, jainetara bhI isase lAbha uThA rahe haiM / isa yuga kI maiM ise bahata bar3I upalabdhi mAnatA huuN| mujha yaha khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 351
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________________ dArzanika aura vicAraka ke rUpa meM muni zrI nathamala jI bahuta samaya se prasiddha rahe haiM, unhoMne apane cintana ko aura Age bar3hAyA / adhyayana bhI bahuta acchA kiyA / ina donoM viziSTatAoM ke kAraNa prAcIna jaina AgamoM ke sampAdana- anuvAda aura TippaNiyAM likhane meM bahuta acchI saphalatA milI hai / idhara cintana kI gaharAI se dhyAna meM bhI bahuta acchI pragati ho sakI aura unakI maulika cintana paddhati se anubhava ke dvAra khule / muni zrI nathamala jI ne "maiMne kahA" nAmaka pustaka kI prastuti meM svayaM likhA hai ki maiMne darzana kI bhASA ko samajhA, para kahAnI kI bhASA ko nahIM samajhA thA / maiM darzana kI saccAI ko darzana kI bhASA meM hI prastuta karatA, taba mere zrotA merI bAta sunane se pahale hI AzaMkA se bhara jAte, bhayabhIta ho jaate| unakI AzaMkA isa nirNaya taka pahuMca jAtI ki muni nathamala bola rahe haiM, aba kucha samajha meM Ane vAlA nahIM hai, ve sunane kI mudrA meM hI nahIM rahate, isalie sacamuca unakI samajha meM nahIM AtA aura unakI AzaMkA dhAraNA meM badala jAtIM / lagabhaga do dazaka taka yaha krama calatA rahA / maiMne nayI yAtrA zurU kI / AcArya zrI tulasI ne eka dina kahA - " tuma darzana kI bhASA ko kucha sarasatA meM badalo jisase janatA use samajha sake / " merI nayI yAtrA zurU huI / maiMne darzana kI bhASA ke sAtha kahAnI kI bhASA ko jor3a diyA / kevala kahAnI kI bhASA ko hI nahIM jor3A, kintu darzana kI bhASA ko bhI kahAnI kI bhASA meM kahanA zurU kara diyaa| thor3e samaya bAda hI kucha aisA huA ki loga mujhe sunane kI hI mudrA meM baiThate haiM aura darzana kI gaMbhIra carcA prastuta karatA hUM to use bhI kahAnI ke rUpa meM suna lete haiM / vAstava meM unake jIvana meM naye naye unmeSa khelate rahe haiM, pahale ve sAdhAraNa the, bar3hate bar3hate asAdhAraNa bana gaye / pahale ve kucha hI logoM ke samajhane yogya the, aba sabake lie upayogI bana gye| pahale sAmpradAyika dRSTi meM Abaddha the, aba usase Upara uTha gaye / hara vyakti ko unake anubhava - jJAna se kucha na kucha nayI jAnakArI aura pra eraNA milatI hai / AgamoM kA kArya aura dhyAna -paddhati kA vistAra vizeSa rUpa se ullekhanIya hai / unake sAtha rahane aura kAma karane vAle kaI muni bhI kAphI kAryakSama aura yogya bana sake haiM / yaha bhI bahuta mahattva kI bAta hai ki unake bhASaNa Tepa kara liye jAte haiM, jisase sahaja hI meM anekoM grantha taiyAra hokara prakAzita bhI ho gaye / sahayogI muni zrI dulaharAja Adi ne unake aneka granthoM kA sampAdana kara diyA, anyathA ve itane jaldI prakAza meM nahIM A pAte / zraddhA, jaina muniyoM meM ve apane DhaMga ke eka hI haiM / AcArya tulasI ke sAtha lambe samaya taka rahane se unakI prasiddhi aura yogyatA bhI itanI adhika bar3ha sakI / gurU ke prati samarpaNa bhAva, niSThA aura vinaya unakI yogyatA ke vikAsa meM bahuta bar3e kAraNa haiM / jisa ziSya para guru prasanna ho jAye aura guru kA antara hRdaya se AzIrvAda mile, usakI mahimA kA kyA kahanA / eka to svayaM hI yogya evaM pratibhAsampanna, dUsarA anukUla vAtAvaraNa evaM sahayoga / phira to dina dUnI rAta caugunI pragati hote dera nahIM lagatI / AcArya tulasI ne pahale 'mahAprajJa' kA pada diyA aura aba yuvAcArya kA / vAstava meM yaha sarvathA upayukta aura sUjha-bUjha vAlA nirNaya hai / ve jaina zAsana kI khUba sevA evaM prabhAvanA kare, tathA Atmonnati ke carama zikhara para pahuMceMge / yahI zubha-kAmanA hai / de 352 tulasI prajJA
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________________ samanvayazIla santa : yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa zrI jamanAlAla jaina zvetAmbara terApaMtha sampradAya ke anuzAstA yugapradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI jI ne apane labdha-pratiSTha antevAsI mahAprajJa muni zrI nathamala jI mahArAja ko yuvAcArya ke pada para pratiSThita karake na kevala terApaMtha sampradAya kI, apitu samagra zrI jaina saMgha kI mahAn sevA kI hai| muni zrI nathamala jI sacce arthoM meM tapasvI evaM jJAnI santa haiN| unakI kRzakAyA meM virATa AtmA virAjamAna hai| 'samaNasutta' graMtha ke prasaMga para dillI meM sabhI sampradAyoM ke santoM evaM zrAvakoM kI jo saMgIti Ayojita huI thI usameM ApakI prakhara tarka-zakti, samanvayazIla-vRtti tathA dUsaroM ke prati sampUrNa samAdara-bhAvanA kA darzana karake mana mugdha ho uThA thaa| unake sAnnidhya meM eka sAdhAraNa-se manuSya ko bhI aisA lagatA hai mAno gaMgA ke ghATa para baiThakara snAna kiyA jA rahA ho / vAtsalya, sneha-saujanya to unakI A~khoM se mAno niraMtara jharatA hai| - muni zrI ke prAMjala evaM jJAna sampanna vyaktitva kA vaha sAkSAtkAra to maiM kabhI bhUla nahIM sakatA, jaba samaNasutaMkI saMgIti ke tatkAla bAda sva0 sAhU zA~tiprasAda jI jaina tathA bhAratIya jJAnapITha kI ora se bra0 jinendravarNI jI kA sammAna kiyA gyaa| yaha sammAnasamAroha muni zrI nathamala jI ke sAnnidhya meM hI kiyA gayA thaa| taba maiMne mana hI mana anubhava kiyA ki Aja bhale hI ye terApaMtha-sampradAya kA pratinidhitva karate hoM, kintu inakI AtmA itanI unnata evaM vyApaka hai ki vaha kisI bhI prakAra ke caukhaTa yA dAyare meM Abaddha nahIM raha sktii| eka dina AyegA jaba vaha sUrya vyApaka kSitija para prakaTa hogA aura inakA cintana sampUrNa mAnava-samAja ke abhyutthAna ke lie unmukta rUpa se upalabdha hogaa| muni zrI dRr3ha nizcaya ke dhanI haiM / Apa meM Atma-niyaMtraNa evaM saMgha-niyaMtraNa kI sahaja kSamatA hai / jaina vizva bhAratI ke gaThana, vikAsa evaM vistAra meM, usakI pragati meM ApakA yogadAna apUrva rahA hai| atyalpa avadhi meM jaina vizvabhAratI ko jo samAdara kA sthAna prApta huA hai, vaha Apake hI satprayAsa kA pariNAma hai / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 353
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________________ Apane jaina Agama sAhitya kA jaisA surucipUrNa, parizuddha evaM vaijJAnika sampAdana kiyA hai, vaha eka Adarza hai / isI prakAra jaina darzana: manana aura mImAMsA, zramaNa mahAvIra, satya kI khoja. mana ke jIte jIta Adi ApakI kRtiyA~ taruNa pIr3hI ke lie preraNAdAyI haiN| sarala-subodha zailI meM, choTe-choTe vAkyoM ke dvArA muni zrI apanI bAta sahaja hI gale utAra dete haiM / dharma evaM darzana kI gutthiyoM ko vaijJAnika nikaSa para kasa kara apane anubhava ko vyakta karane kI apUrva kSamatA muni zrI kI vizeSatA hai| terApaMtha samAja ke lie to yaha gaurava kI bAta hai hI ki AcArya tulasI ne muni zrI ko yuvAcArya arthAt apanA uttarAdhikArI manonIta kiyA hai| sampUrNa jaina zrI saMgha ke lie, sabhI sampradAyoM ke lie bhI yaha prasannatA kA avasara hai| muni zrI kI asAmpradAyika evaM vyApaka samanvayazIla prajJA kA lAbha uThAne kA dAyitva samAja para sahaja hI A gayA hai| vividha gheroM meM Abaddha zakti ko saMgaThita karake samAja' yadi prayAsa kare to muni zrI kI manISA meM se ANavika UrjA jaisI ekatA utpanna ho sakatI hai| AcArya zrI tulasI jI ne apane AcArya-kAla meM terApaMtha-samAja ko aneka naye mor3a diye haiM, krAMti kA sUtrapAta kiyA hai / bIsavIM zatAbdI meM jaina-saMsAra meM hone vAle parivartanoM kI zRMkhalA meM AcArya zrI tulasI ke yogadAna kA ullekha svarNAkSaroM meM aMkita rhegaa| muni zrI nathamala jI AcArya zrI tulasI jI ke nikaTatama evaM priya antevAsI rahe haiM, jaise ki bhagavAn mahAvIra ke indra bhUti gautama the| samasta parivartana-prakriyAoM ke Apa sAkSI rahe haiM--sAre mor3oM aura ghaTanA-cakra ko samarpaNa evaM nirahaMkAra bhAva se AtmasAt kiyA hai| graMthoM ke bIca bhI Apa nirgrantha rahe haiM / graMthoM ke pAragAmI evaM racayitA hone para bhI graMthoM se Upara rahe haiM / jo bhI apane guru se pAyA hai, use pacAyA hai aura tabhI kahA hai jaba vaha anubhava meM utara cukA hai| phira bhI eka bAta kahane ko mana karatA hai ki isa samarpita vyaktitva ke bhItara bhI eka krAMtikArI sUrya AkAra letA rahA hai| yuga kI aneka cunautiyA~ Apake samakSa upasthita hone vAlI haiN| isameM sandeha nahIM ki muni zrI apane hAthoM AcArya zrI tulasI jI ke AzIrvAda se unase bhI Age bar3hakara samAja ko eka naI dizA de skeNge| isase AcArya zrI kA AcAryatva-gurutva sau gunA gauravAnvita hogA, dharma aura darzana dhanya hogA, taruNa pIr3hI kA kalyANa hogaa| ___sabase pahale maiMne muni zrI ke darzana nikaTa se baMbaI meM, san 1968 meM kiye the| unakI tatparatA, vidvAnoM ke prati AtmIyatA, choToM ke prati bhAtRvat vAtsalya dekhane lAyaka thaa| unakI yaha hArdika AkAMkSA hai ki jaina dharma aura darzana kA vaijJAnika prayogazAlA kI bhA~ti vizleSaNa-prayoga ho-usakI nirmama zalyakriyA Avazyaka ho to vaha bhI kI jAya / gatAnugatikatA, pAramparikatA ko ve samAja ke lie ghAtaka mAnate haiN| bhautikatA kI carama upalabdhiyoM kI sambhAvanA ke bIca bhI ve nirlipta rahate haiN| bhautika suvidhAoM ke upabhoga athavA grahaNa kI tanika bhI lAlasA Apake vyavahAra se nahIM ttpktii| yahI kAraNa hai ki sabhI sampradAya vAloM ke mana meM Apake prati avirodhamUlaka samAdara kA bhAva hai / samayacakra tejI se ghUma rahA hai / vaha kisI kA intajAra nahIM karatA / hama dekheM-dekheM taba taka to 354 tulasI prazA
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________________ gaMgA kA vipula jala baha jAyegA / isalie sampUrNa samAja ke lie AcArya zrI tulasI jI ne eka amUlya avasara upasthita kara diyA hai ki jitanA ve apane AcAryatva-kAla meM nahIM kara pAye, vaha isa manISI santa se karavA liyA jAya / samAja sAmpradAyika nIMda se yA unmAda se jAga sake aura muni zrI jagA deM, to dekhate-dekhate nava nirmANa kI sampUrNa krAMti ghaTita ho sakatI hai| vyakti yahA~ gauNa hai / jo vyaktitva samaSTigata ho jAtA hai, virATa kSitija' jisako apanA letA hai, usase nirA vyakti kyA apekSA kare ? AkA~kSA yahI hai ki unake snehavAtsalya pUrNa jJAnakaNoM kA halakA-sA sparza bhI paramasukha dene vAlA bane ! apanI Antarika vandanA ke ye do zabda unake caraNoM meM arpita karane kA saubhAgya mujhe milA, yaha parama AhlAda kA viSaya hai / viveha ke sAdhaka vikrama saMvata 2022 kI ghaTanA hai / yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI hara maMgalavAra ko mauna kiyA karate the / eka dina Apake maMgalavAra kA mauna thA aura usa dina laMbA vihAra bhii| Apake paira meM pIr3A ho gaI / lekina Apane usa dina kisI ko saMketa taka nahIM kiyA / dUsare dina prasaMgavaza bAta calane para Apane darda kA jikra kiyA taba maiMne nivedana kiyA-Apa thor3A saMketa kara dete to maiM pA~va dabA detaa| merA kathana suna Apa muskarA gaye / yaha thI ApakI videha kI sAdhanA / videha kA sAdhaka zarIra aura AtmA kI bhinnatA kA anubhava karatA huA zarIra para Ane vAle hara kaSTa ko samabhAva se sahana karatA hai aura AtmAnanda kA anubhava karatA hai| -muni vimala kumAra khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 355
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________________ advaita bhI, dvaita bhI, ekAdaza rUpa bhI ! gopIcaMda copar3A vaha aitihAsika divasa pratidina nAnAvidha ghaTanAe ghaTita hotI rahatI haiM, kintu mahattvapUrNa aitihAsika ghaTanAe kaI dazakoM yA zatAbdiyoM ke antarAla meM hI huA karatI haiN| aisI hI eka vizeSa mahattvapUrNa ghaTanA dinAMka 3-2-76 ke dina ghaTita huI, jo terApaMtha ke itihAsa meM svarNAkSaroM meM likhita rhegii| mAgha mahotsava (mAgha zuklA saptamI saM0 2035 vi0) kA pAvana divasa rAjaladesara meM gurudeva ke sAnnidhya meM kaI caraNoM meM manAyA jA rahA thaa| dUsare caraNa ke prAraMbha meM prasannavandana zraddheya AcArya pravara ne parama AhlAda evaM paramAnandAnubhUti ke sAtha jaladagaMbha ra svara meM mahAprajJa muni zrI nathamala jI ko terApaMtha saMgha ke yuvAcArya aura apane uttarAdhikArI banAne kI ghoSaNA kii| isa ghoSaNA ne caturvidha saMgha ko sahasA Ananda vibhora kara diyaa| prakRti ne bhI isakA pUrNarUpeNa samarthana kiyaa| muni zrI nathamala jI anAsakta, nirabhimAnI, vItarAgatA ke sAdhaka, sAdhanA va dhyAna ke patha-pradarzaka tathA jJAna-jyoti ke upAsaka to haiM hI, kintu unakI sarvAdhika yogyatA AcArya-caraNoM ke prati samarpaNa bhAvanA hai / gurudeva ne muni zrI kI samarpaNa bhAvanA kI bhUri-bhUri prazaMsA kii| samagra samAja Akula thA guruvara evaM yuvAcArya mahArAja kA abhinandana karane ke lie, kintu sabhI ko maukA milanA saMbhava nahIM thA, ataH maiMne to mUka zraddhAMjali arpaNa kara hI saMtoSa kiyaa| yathA guru, tathA ziSya hamane AcArya pravara ko eka bAra nahIM aneka bAra dekhA hai ki ve yathA avasara "vajrAdapi kaThorANi madUni kusumApi" raha kara zAsana kI "sAraNA-vAraNA" karate A rahe haiM / yuvAcArya jI mahArAja meM mRdutA kA guNa apekSAkRta adhika hai| zraddhaya maMtrI munirAja (muni zrI maganalAla jI mahArAja) ke mahAprayANa ke bAda sevAbhAvI muni zrI campAlAla jI (bhAIjI mahArAja) unake rikta sthAna kI pUrti yathAsaMbhava 356 tulasI prajJA
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________________ karate A rahe the| aura sarvapriya bhAIjI mahArAja ke divaMgata hone ke pazcAt muni zrI nathamala jI adhikatara gurukula meM hI rahane ke kAraNa unakI pUrti bahutAMza meM karate rahe haiN| muni zrI nathamala jI paramArAdhya AcArya deva ke bhASyakAra hone ke sAtha-sAtha unake eka Friend, Philosopher and Guide (mitra, parAmarzaka evaM dArzanika) ke rUpa meM prastuta rahe haiN| gurudeva ne "prApte tu SoDase varSe putra mitravadAcaret" ke sanAtana nIti vAkya ke anusAra ziSya-sthAnIya putra ko mitravat sadA hI apane hRdaya meM sthAna diyA, jo ki pitRtulya guru ke anurUpa hI thaa| kintu hamane muni zrI ko sadaiva hI gurudeva ko zraddhAspada pitRrUpa meM dekhate hee paayaa| unhoMne gurudeva ko kabhI bhI mitrarUpa meM nahIM smjhaa| unake samakSa ve sadA hI mole bAlaka kI taraha rahe / yaha unakI gurudeva ke prati parama zraddhA evaM samarpaNa bhAvanA kA dyotaka hai| advata, ta, ekAdaza (ananta) isa avasara para gurudeva ne muni zrI nathamala jI kA nAma bhI sadA ke lie badala kara "mahApraja" kara diyA aura isa prakAra guNa aura guNI meM abheda kI sthApanA kara dii| yaha bhI eka asAmAnya ghaTanA hai| .. jaba bhI avasara AyA muni zrI yaha bhAvanA vyakta karate rahe haiM ki gurudeva meM aura unameM koI bheda nahIM hai| ve donoM advaita haiM--donoM milakara eka ikAI haiM / unakA kahanA anekAnta kI dRSTi se hama sahI mAna sakate haiN| 141 eka hI hotA hai, kintu bIca-bIca meM jI cAhatA hai ki hama ina donoM virATa puruSoM ko kyoM na 1+1=2 ke rUpa meM dekheN| kyA ye eka dUsare ke pUraka rahakara zAsana aura samAja kI gaurava-vRddhi meM dviguNita kAma karate nahIM Ae haiM ? aura aba to yaha jI cAhatA hai ki gaNita ke ina guNA va yoga ke cihnoM (X tathA +) ko upAdhiyoM ko miTAkara hama ina mahAn AtmAoM ko eka aura eka gyAraha ke rUpa meM arthAt ananta hI ke rUpa meM kyoM na dekheN| hamArI bhAvanA hai ki ye donoM mahAn pauruSa evaM vyaktitva ke dhAraka "eka" yA "do" na raha kara gyAraha guNI hI nahIM ananta guNI sevA samAja aura zAsana ko yuga-yuga taka dete rheN| vaha anamola pArasa : AcArya zrI zrImajjayAcArya jI ne apanI eka gItikA meM bhagavAn pArzvanAtha kI stuti ina zabdoM meM kI hai ki-'pArasa, tU prabhu sAMco pArasa, Apa samoM kara deva ho" / hama sabhI yaha sunate Aye haiM ki "pArasa" lohe ko sonA banAtA hai| pArasa ko kisI ne pratyakSa dekhA hai, jJAta nahIM; aura, usameM lohe ko sonA banAne kI zakti kahA~ taka sahI hai, yaha bhI hama nizcayataH nahIM batA sakate / kintu hama yaha jAnate haiM ki hamAre AcAryoM meM aisI adbhuta zakti rahI hai| unhoMne aneka lauha-khaNDoM ko sonA banAyA hai aura viziSTa guNa-sampanna lauha-khaNDa ko mahAn kRpAvaza apane hI taraha kA pArasa banA diyaa| isI zrRMkhalA meM hama pA rahe haiM apane yugapradhAna mahAn AcArya pravara ko / hama AbhArI haiM unake ina lokottara kRtiyoM ke kAraNa / aise kalAkAra haiM hamAre zraddheya AcArya zrI, unhoMne apanI ghoSaNA se na kevala caturvidha saMgha ko Azvasta kiyA hai, kintu harSita bhI kiyA hai samagra AsthAzIla mAnava samAja ko aura gurudeva svayaM bhI uRNa hokara avazya hI apane ko bahuta halkA mahasUsa kara rahe haiM / unakI khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 .357
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________________ yaha mahAn lAghavatA cirasthAyI ho / yaha hamArI hArdika kAmanA hai / sAhitya kA ajala evaM aTUTa srota yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jI kI lagabhaga 100 kRtiyA~ prakAzita ho cukI haiM / aura anaka aprakAzita kRtiyA~ bhI hai| inakA vidvatsamAja meM pUrA mUlyAMkana huA hai| maiMne unakI saba pustakeM to nahIM, bahuta thor3I hI pustakeM par3hI haiM / kintu maiM yaha kaha sakatA hUM ki jisa pustaka ke jisa bhAga ko bhI maiMne par3hA, usI se maiM prabhAvita huaa| unakI samboSi, mahApora ko sASamA kA rahasya, zramana mahAvIra, satya kI khoja anekAnta ke Aloka meM, janavarzana ke maulika tatva, vijaya yAtrA, tuma ananta zakti ke srota ho, cetanA kA udhvArohaNa, jana yoga, bhikSa vicAra darzana Adi pustakeM to atIva preraNAdAyaka haiN| hamane kaI pustakoM kA to kaI bAra parAyaNa bhI kiyA hai| inakA paThana mAnasika puSTikara AhAra kA kAma karatA hai| Aja Avazyaka hai ki unakI pustakoM kA sastA saMskaraNa prakAzita ho tAki sAdhAraNa madhyamavarga ke vyakti bhI sahaja hI unase lAbhAnvita ho sakeM / Agama graMthoM kA sampAdana kArya to unake vizAla adhyavasAya va agAdha jJAna kA paricAyaka hai| mokSa-mArga ke mukhya sAdhana 'dhyAna' kI luptaprAyaH jAhnavI-dhArA ko unhoMne jisa adhyayana evaM adhyavasAya ke AdhAra para bhAgIratha kI bhA~ti uddhAra kiyA hai, usake liemAnava samAja unakA sadA RNI rahegA / jaina sAdhanA va dhyAna-paddhati ko zatAbdiyoM ke bAda ujAgara karanA ApakA atIva mahattvapUrNa anudAna hai| vyavahAra naya : nizcaya naya yuvAcArya mahArAja bahudhA yaha bhAvanA vyakta karate rahate haiM ki hamArA "vyavahAra pakSa" adhika vyApaka banatA jA rahA hai kyoMki yaha pakSa AkarSaka hai| vAstava meM hI Aja nizcaya naya(adhyAtma) kA palar3A Upara uThA lagatA hai / hama AzA karate haiM ki AcArya deva ke AzIrvAda se yuvAcArya mahodaya kA aisA upakrama rahegA ki acira bhaviSya meM adhyAtma kA palar3A jo ki nizcayanaya para AdhArita hai, bahuzAkhI, bahuphalavAn vRkSa kI taraha nIce jhukatA dikhAI degaa| ___isa avasara para hama yaha bhI batAnA cAheMge ki yuvAcArya zrI jI mahArAja ke atIta meM kaI prasaMgoM para suSThu matAntara rahA hai, kintu unake hamAre prati sneha meM kabhI kisI prasaMga para kamI nahIM rahI hai, yaha unake vAtsalya evaM udAra mAnasa kA paricAyaka hai / vAstava meM svastha matabhedoM kA honA vicArazIlatA evaM jIvantatA kA paricAyaka hai / maina vizva bhAratI ke AzAkendra hama, vizva kI ina donoM mahAn vibhUtiyoM se "dehi dehi" kI raTana lagAkara koI aura anya mAMga nahIM karanA cAhate haiN| zikSA, zodha, sAdhanA, sevA, saMskRti kI jIvanta pratIka jaina vizva bhAratI ke eka sevaka ke rUpa meM hama Apake prati hArdika zraddhAMjali va samarpaNa-bhAvanA vyakta karate hue Apake prati yaha kAmanA karate haiM ki Apa pUrNa svastha evaM dIrghAyu hoM aura ApakA sAttvika mArga-darzana sadaiva hameM milatA rahe tathA jaina samAja kI yaha saMsthA apane mahAn uddezyoM kI sampUrti meM niratantara jAgarUka evaM apramatta rahe / 358 tulasI prazA
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________________ yuvAcArya kI niyukti : AcArya zrI kA mahAn dAyitva jabaramala bhaMgarI paMca parameSThI meM AcArya kA pada madhya meM hai / paMca parameSThI ke aMtima do padoM meM se AcArya nirvAcita hote haiN| AcArya svayaM to saMyama pAlate hI haiM, sAtha-sAtha anyoM ko saMyama pAlane meM sahAyaka banate haiN| jaina zAsana ke AcArya zRMgAra hote haiM aura caturvidha saMgha kI sAraNA-vAraNA karate haiM / jainoM meM jaina zvetAmbara terApaMthI eka bahuta bar3A saMgha hai / isa saMgha ke sabhI AcArya uttarottara prabhAvazAlI hue haiN| isa saMgha ke vartamAna AcArya zrI tulasI gaNI haiN| una para caturvidha saMgha kI vizeSa jimmevArI hai| sAdhu-sAdhvI samudAya bahuta bar3A hai, phira bhI saba saMgha ke sadasyoM ko paroTane kI mahAn dakSatA AcArya zrI meM hai / yuga barAbara palaTatA jA rahA hai| palaTate yuga meM jo yuga kI mAMga ke anusAra apane ko nahIM palaTatA vaha pichar3a jAtA hai| AcArya zrI tulasI ne yuga kI parivartana-zIlatA ko bhalI prakAra samajhA hai aura bhaviSya meM yuga kyA karavaTa legA usako ve pahale se hI bhalI prakAra jAna lete haiM, isalie unakA kadama saMyama kI sAdhanA karate hue samayAnukUla Age bar3hatA jA rahA hai| terApaMtha zAsana kI hamezA se yaha maryAdA rahI hai ki vartamAna AcArya apane zAsanakAla meM yuvarAja kI niyukti karate haiM, jo caturvidha saMgha ko mAnya hotI hai| isa niyukti meM kisI kA hastakSepa nahIM hotaa| niyukti kI pUrI jimmevArI vartamAna AcArya kI hI rahatI hai| ataH AcArya zrI kA yaha guruttara dAyitva hotA hai ki ve apane pIche hone vAle AcArya kA nAma ghoSita kare / AcArya tulasI Agama dRSTi ke mahAn dhanI haiM / mAgha zuklA saptamI ko maryAdA-mahotsava ke avasara para AcAryapravara ne apanI jimmevArI ko dhyAna meM rakhate hue muni zrI nathamalajI ko yuvAcArya ghoSita kara terApaMtha saMgha ko hI nahIM anya dharmAvalambiyoM evaM bhArata ke ciMtakoM tathA buddhijIviyoM ko eka mahAn dena dI hai| isa ghoSaNA se cAroM ora ullAsa hI ullAsa hai / yuvAcArya mahArAja sabake jAne pahacAne haiM / zAyada kaI vyaktiyoM ne unakA sAkSAtkAra nahIM bhI kiyA ho, parantu unake kartRtva se sabhI paricita haiN| muni zrI kI dIkSA svargIya prAtaHsmaraNIya pUjya kAlUgaNIjI ke dvArA huI thii| parantu muni zrI dIkSA ke bAda se nirantara AcArya zrI tulasI (jaba be sAmAnya sAdhu the) ke sAnnidhya meM rahe haiM / ataH muni zrI ne jo bhI vikAsa kiyA hai, vaha saba AcArya zrI tulasI kI dena hai| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 359
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________________ muni zrI nathamalajI pUjya AcArya zrI ke iMgita-AkAroM ko samajhate haiN| maiM yaha kahaM to atyukti nahIM hogI ki muni zrI AcArya zrI tulasI ke bhAvoM ke bhASyakAra haiN| muni zrI eka mahAn dArzanika vidvAn saMta haiM, jo AgamoM kI gutthiyoM ko sulajhAne meM dakSa haiN| isI kAraNa pUjya gurudeva ne kucha samaya pUrva unheM "mahAprajJa" kI upAdhi se vibhUSita kiyA thaa| maiM bImAra hone ke kAraNa rAjaladesara maryAdA mahotsava para jA nahIM skaa| zrImAn rANamalajI jIrAvAlA kA tAra AyA ki muni zrI nathamalajI yuvAcArya ghoSita kiye gaye haiN| hRdaya prasannatA se gadgada ho gyaa| usa samaya kI hRdaya vibhoratA zabdoM meM nahIM bAMdhI jA sakatI / maiMne isa zubha samAcAra ko samAja ke mahAnubhAvoM ke pAsa bhejA aura mere pAsa bahuta se loga prasannatA prakaTa karane ke lie Aye / maiMne harSa evaM ahlAda kA lambA tAra rAjaladesara dene ke lie likhA, usameM pUjya gurudeva se savinaya arja bhI kI ki yuvAcArya mahArAja kA nAma palaTa deveM / tAra likha cukA thA, logoM ne dekhA to kahA ki tAra bahuta lambA hai aura nAma palaTane kI arja karanA zrAvakoM ke lie ucita nhiiN| taba maiMne kevala harSa evaM prasannatA kA tAra diyaa| usake kucha samaya bAda lADanUM se Ae yAtriyoM dvArA mAlUma huA ki yuvAcArya jI mahArAja kA nAma palaTa diyA gayA hai| aba se yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke nAma se sambodhita hoMge / mujhe isa bAta kI atyanta khuzI haI / khAsakara ki pUjya gurudeva ne dUra hote hue bhI mere hRdaya ke bhAva jAna liye / . yuvAcArya zrI eka mahAn jJAnavAn dArzanika saMta haiN| guru ne kyA kiyA, ziSya ne kyA kiyA, yaha vicAra muni zrI (vartamAna yuvAcArya) ke mana meM kabhI nahIM AyA / jo bheda rekhA thI AcArya aura ziSya kI, yuvAcArya hone ke bAda vaha bheda rekhA bhI nahIM rhii| donoM abheda rUpa ho gaye / .. . jaba pUjya gurudeva kA dhyAna Agama kArya kI ora gayA to. yuvAcArya mahArAja isa kArya meM aisI niSThA ke sAtha jur3e ki thor3e samaya meM kaI AgamoM ke sampAdana kA zrama-sAdhya kArya niSpakSatA se kiyA aura Age bhI kara rahe haiM / jaba AcArya zrI kA dhyAna, dhyAna kI ora gayA to yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJajI ne sarvaprathama dhyAna ke prayoga svayaM para kie aura jaba unameM niSNAta hue to jaina paddhati kA zAstrocitta "prekSA dhyAna" kA vikAsa kiyA / jainajanetaroM ko usa dhyAna kI ora AkarSita hI nahIM kiyA apitu dhyAna kI sahI paripATI btlaaii| yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa eka kuzala salAhakAra haiM / ve samaya-samaya para pUjya gurudeva ko Avazyaka salAha dete rahate haiN| yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jaina darzana ke mahAn udbhaTa vidvAn haiN| jisa viSaya para unakI kalama cala par3I usa viSaya ko unhoMne bar3I kuzalatA se pAThakoM ke sAmane rakhA hai / ve saMskRta prAkRta evaM hindI ke mahAn vidvAn haiM / sAtha-sAtha aMgrejI meM bhI gati kI hai / Apane prAkRta, saMskRta evaM hindI meM aneka pustakeM likhI haiM jo sAhityika evaM AdhyAtmika jagat ke lie eka amUlya dena hai / yuvAcArya zrI kI kaI pustakoM kA aMgrejI anuvAda bhI ho cukA hai| bhagavAn mahAvIra evaM gautama gaNadhara ke samAna pUjya AcArya zrI tulasI evaM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kI jor3I hai / maiM AcArya deva kA evaM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kA hArdika abhinandana karatA huA yaha kAmanA karatA hUM ki yaha jor3I nitya banI rahe aura saMgha hI nahIM samasta jana mAnasa ko uttarottara vikAsonmukha banAte raheM aura saMsAra kA patha-pradarzana karate rheN| 360 ... tulasI prajJA
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________________ munizrI nathamalajI ko bahumukhI yogyatA kA samucita bahumAna ratilAla bhAI jo vyakti satya kI khoja kara jIvana ko satyamaya, dharmamaya banAne ke lie utAvalA ho jAtA hai, jisako yaha raMga car3ha jAtA hai, usako duniyAM ke sabhI rAga-raMga phIke lagate haiM aura vaha apane AtmabhAva ke raMga ko aura adhika gaharA banAne ke lie vairAgya kI zaraNa meM jAtA hai| aisI sthiti meM vaha tapa, tyAga, saMyama aura titikSA ko apanA jIvana sAthI banAne ke lie nahIM hicakatA / jaba aisA bhAgyodaya jAgRta ho jAtA hai, taba usako saMsAra ke duHkha naM duHkharUpa aura na tIvra hI lagate haiN| isake viparIta sAMsArika sukhopabhoga aura Ananda use upAdhirUpa aura vighnakAraka pratIta hote haiN| aisI kaSTaprada jIvana-sAdhanA ko Anandamaya banAne ke lie vaha divya rasAyana kA AlaMbana letA hai| vaha rasAyana hai satya ke vividha pakSoM ke svarUpa kI sahI jAnakArI karane kI utkaTa abhiipsaa| aisA sAdhaka apane mUlasvarUpa ko, jagat ke svarUpa ko aura parama tattvarUpa paramAtmA ke svarUpa ko prApta karane aura jIvana ko vimala banAne ke lie utkaTa abhIpsA ko jAgRta karatA hai| .. terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke muni nathamalajI (aba yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa) zIla aura prajJA arthAt jJAna aura kriyA ke samAna prakarSa se suzobhita haiM / ve satya kI khoja dvArA AtmA kI gaveSaNA karane vAle eka zramaNa-saMta haiM / unhoMne zramaNa-dharma kI antarmukha aura AtmalakSImokSalakSI apramatta sAdhanA ke dvArA jo bahumukhI yogyatA prApta kI hai, usase prerita aura prabhAvita hokara terApaMtha ke nauveM AcArya zrI tulasI jI ne gata navambara mAsa meM unako 'mahAprajJa' kI upAdhi se sammAnita kiyaa| abhI-abhI (3-2-1976) Apane apane uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM muni zrI nathamalajI kA manonayana kara unakI yogyatA kA saMgha meM jo sanmAna-bahumAna kiyA hai, vaha eka suyogya, jJAnI aura guNavAna vyakti ke vyaktitva ke anurUpa bahumAna ke rUpa meM smRti-paTala para aMkita rahane yogya haiN| terApaMtha dharmasaMgha tathA AcArya zrI tulasI se aise virala sammAna ko prApta kara muni zrI nathamalajI atyadhika dhanyavAda aura abhinandana ke pAtra bane haiN| - kisI vyakti ko koI upAdhi yA pada prApta ho aura usake viSaya meM kucha likhA khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 361
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________________ jAe-aisI preraNA bhAgya se hI prApta hotI hai / muni zrI nathamalajI kI apanI eka vizeSatA hai / ve pratyeka vicAra ko apane maulika aura svataMtra cintana kI kasauTI para kasate haiM aura navanIta rUpa usake niSkarSa ko svIkAra karane ke lie tatpara rahate haiN| unameM yaha guNagrAhakavRtti aura satya ko saumya sundara rUpa meM abhivyakta karane kI adbhuta kalA hai| unakI yaha kSamatA saikar3oM sahRdaya guNavAn vyaktiyoM dvArA prazaMsanIya hai / maiM bhI isI se prerita hokara kucha likhane ke lie tatpara huA hUM aura yaha ucita bhI hai| jisa vyakti ko satya aura guNoM kA zodhaka arthAt anekAntavAda kA jIvanta upAsaka bananA ho usako sabase pahale apanI jJAna-sAdhanA kI sImA ko vizAla hI nahIM karanA hotA hai, kintu pUrvAgrahoM tathA sabhI prakAra ke anya baMdhanoM se sarvathA mukta kara denA hotA hai / aisI jJAna-sAdhanA ke prakAza meM jo jJeya (jAnane yogya), jo heya (tyAgane yogya) aura jo upAdeya (svIkAra karane yogya) hotA hai, usako jIvana meM utArane ke lie taiyAra rahanA caahie| yadi aisA hotA hai, tabhI 'jJAnakriyAbhyAM mokSaH'- isa sUtra kI jIvana meM sArthakatA mAnI jA sakatI hai| isI vidhi se mokSa prApti ke sAdhana rUpa samatA kI sAdhanA ho sakatI hai| ____ maiMne terApaMtha ke yuvAcArya zrI nathamala jI dvArA saMpAdita tathA svataMtra rUpa se likhita choTe-bar3e pacAsa se adhika granthoM kA sUkSmadRSTi se nirIkSaNa kiyA hai| kitanA vyApaka aura vizAla hai ApakA adhyayana tathA kitanA gahana aura samabhAva yukta hotA hai ApakA mananacintana, yaha granthoM ke avalokana se jJAta hue bigara nahIM rhtaa| yuvAcArya zrI apanI AtmasAdhanA tathA jIvana-zodhana ke lie kitane apramatta jAgRta rahate haiM, yaha tathya bhI ApakI sAhitya-sAdhanA tathA saMyama-vairAgya kI sAdhanA se jJAta ho jAtA hai| yaha kahanA cAhie ki jaina tattvajJAna aura jaina AcAra arthAt jaina darzana aura jaina dharma ko apane jIvana meM samAnarUpa se pratiSThita kara Apane apane zramaNa dharma kI sAdhanA ko caritArtha aura unnata kiyA hai| satya kI khoja aura Atma-khoja ke lie parokSajJAna se Age bar3hakara pratyakSajJAna prApta karane kI ApakI abhilASA kitanI tIvra hai, isakA ullekha Apane 'mahAprajJa' kI upAdhi svIkArate samaya apane vaktavya meM kiyA thaa| Apane apane bhASaNa meM kahA - mere mana kA eka svapna thA, bahuta purAnA svapna / maiMne AcAryavara zrI tulasI se bahuta pahale prArthanA kI thImaiM abhI saMgha kI sevA meM saMlagna huuN| maiM jaba 45 varSa kA ho jAUM taba mujhe sabhI prakAra kI jimmedAriyoM se mukta kara diyA jaae| maiM kevala prajJA kI sAdhanA karanA cAhatA hUM tathA Atma-sAkSAtkAra ke lie samarpita honA cAhatA huuN| hama saba kevala parokSajJAnI bane raheM aura yahI raTana lagAte raheM ki zAstroM meM yaha likhA hai, vaha likhA hai, yaha maiM nahIM cAhatA / kintu Aja aisA hI ho rahA hai / hama pratyakSa jJAna kI upekSA kara rahe haiN| aba hama svayaM jAgRta hoM aura yaha kahane kI sthiti utpanna kareM ki maiMne svayaM isa tathya kA pratyakSa anubhava kiyA hai aura maiM apane anubhava ke AdhAra para yaha bAta kaha rahA huuN| kevala parokSa kI duhAI na dI jAe, kevala zAstra kI raTana hI na hotI rahe, hama svayaM anubhava kareM aura jina-jina sAdhakoM ne anubhava kiyA hai, unake sAtha sAkSAt saMparka kreN|" isa vaktavya meM kahe anusAra muni zrI saMgha ko saMbhAlane ke uttaradAyitva se to mukta nahIM ho sake, kintu unakA kathana isa bAta kA sAkSI hai ki ve kitane lambe samaya se zAstra362 tulasI prajJA
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________________ yoga se Age bar3hakara sAmarthyayoga ko siddha karane ke lie kitane utsuka the / antarmukha yA AtmAbhimukha vyakti hI kIrti, nAma aura kAmanAoM se alipta rahakara aisI utsukatA rakha sakatA hai| mujhe yaha bhI pratIta hotA hai ki bhale hI Apane apanI sArI zakti yA sArA samaya isa pratyakSajJAna ko prApta karane ke lie na lagAyA ho, phira bhI Apane atIndriyajJAna kI dizA meM ullekhanIya pragati kI hai| yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke grantha tathA lekha Aja atyanta lokapriya ho rahe haiM / isakA kAraNa hai ApakI sugama aura sarasa bhASA tathA madhura aura sarala shailii| isake sAtha-sAtha ApakI nirUpaNa kI vizadatA bhI apane Apa meM mahattvapUrNa hai| ina saba vizeSatAoM se bhI ati mahattvapUrNa vizeSatA yaha hai ki Apake sAhitya meM pratyakSa anubhava, manovaijJAnika vizleSaNa aura svataMtra cintana kI prakAza-rekhAeM paga-paga para parilakSita hotI haiM / aise prakAzapuMja sAdhaka ke jJAna aura kriyA se saMbaMdhita athavA anyAnya viSaya-saMbaMdhI prAcIna aura durgama zAstrIya tathya bhI jijJAsu vyakti aisI sahajatA se samajha sakatA hai ki vaha una tathyoM ke rahasyoM ko sahajarUpa se AtmasAt kara letA hai / jaina sAhitya kI aisI uttama aura AkarSaka pustakoM kA sarjana karanA muni zrI kI anokhI vizeSatA hai| isase jaina zramaNa saMgha aura jaina sAhitya kA gaurava bar3hA hai, ise svIkAra kara lenA caahie| muni nathamala jI ne dasa varSa kI choTI avasthA meM dIkSA lI aura abhI ApakI avasthA hai 58 varSa kI / Apako dIkSita hue lagabhaga 48 varSa ho cuke haiN| Apane apanA yaha pUrA samaya samarpaNa bhAva se guru kI sevA aura AjJApAlana karane meM bitAyA hai aura sAtha-sAtha jJAna-dhyAna pUrvaka saMyama kI ArAdhanA bhI karate rahe haiN| isakI sabase bar3I niSpatti yaha huI ki Apa apane se bhinna yA virodhI vicAra rakhane vAle vyakti ko zAnti pUrvaka suna sakate haiM, samajha sakate haiM aura apanI bAta dUsaroM ko samajhAne kA dhairya pUrvaka prayatna karate haiM / isase ApakI satyaniSThA aura samatA kI sAdhanA kI kIrtigAthA banI raha sakatI hai| pandraha yA kucha adhika varSa pUrva eka jApAnI vidvAn bhArata Ae the / ve AcArya zrI tulasI se mile / jApAna meM bauddha dharma kA prabhutva hai aura usakI sAdhanA meM dhyAna kA bhI mahattva hai| use 'jena buddhijma' kahA jAtA hai| ve jApAnI vidvAn svayaM bauddha dharmAvalambI the| unhoMne AcArya zrI tulasI se pUchA-dhyAna-sAdhanA bhArata kI bapautI hai, phira bhI Aja bhArata meM usakI upekSA kyoM ho rahI hai ? AcArya zrI ne kahA-ApakI bAta satya hai / kintu aba hama isa ora vizeSa dhyAna de rahe haiN| usake bAda hI terApaMtha meM dhyAna-sAdhanA kI dizA meM sajIva aura niSThAyukta prayatna hone lge| ina prayatnoM meM yuvAcArya zrI kA deya bahuta hI mahattvapUrNa hai| itanA hI nahIM, svayaM Apane isa dizA meM ullekhanIya pragati kI hai| aise satya, samatA aura sahiSNutA ke samartha upAsaka munivara apane kaMdhoM para Ae hue uttaradAyitva ke nae bhAra kA bhalIbhAMti nirvAha karate hue atyadhika yazasvI hoMge, isameM zaMkA nahIM hai| *sAptAhika 'jana' (gujarAtI) se sAbhAra khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa : AcArya tulasI ke darpaNa meM prastotA : muni kizanalAla zraddhAspada AcArya pravara ! namana hai Apake kartatva ko / samarpita hai sArA saMgha Apake vilakSaNa vyaktitva para / mere mAnasa meM kucha prazna ubhara rahe haiM, jisakA samAdhAna Apake zrImukha se pAnA cAhatA huuN| prazna--Apane apane mahAn uttaradAyitva kI ghoSaNA Akasmika kyoM pasanda kI? jabaki lAkhoM-lAkhoM loga isa aitihAsika kSaNa ke darzana ke lie lAlAyita the| uttara yaha AcArya kA vyaktigata mAmalA hai| isakA saMpUrNa dAyitva AcArya para hotA hai ki vaha isa mahattvapUrNa kArya ko kisa prakAra saMpanna kare / yaha usake mana kI bAta hotI hai / hamAre pUrvAcAryoM ne bhI kabhI isa kArya ko pracchanna rUpa meM karanA pasanda kiyA, to kabhI pahale se sUcita kara diyaa| kabhI pahale sUcita kiyA, to kabhI aisA nahIM kiyaa| maiMne socA ki isa kArya ko karanA avazya hai| kintu pahale sUcita kara dene se kArya kA utanA AkarSaNa nahIM raha jAtA hai| Akasmika kiyA gayA kAma kaI dRSTiyoM se lAbhaprada hotA hai aura ullAsa kA vAtAvaraNa bhI jitanA Akasmika kA hotA hai, utanA pahale se ghoSita kie gae kArya kA zAyada nahIM hotaa| eka kaThinAI aura hai| isa kArya ke lie pahale se ghoSaNA kara dI jAtI, to itanI janatA upasthita ho jAtI ki use vyAvahArika dRSTi se saMbhAlanA kaThina hotaa| maryAdAmahotsava ke avasara para vaise hI bIsa-pacIsa hajAra AdamI ikaTTha ho jAte haiM aura yadi isakI pahale se ghoSaNA kara detA, to lAkhoM loga ikaTTha ho sakate the / yadi eka lAkha AdamI anAyAsa upasthita ho jAeM to una sabakI vyavasthA kitanI kaThina ho sakatA hai, isakA sahaja hI anumAna lagAyA jA sakatA hai / phira yaha zItakAla kA samaya hai| isa samaya meM vyavasthA aura kaThina hotI hai| inhIM saba dRSTiyoM se maiMne Akasmika ghoSaNA karanekA nirNaya liyaa| prazna-lAkhoM loga isa aitihAsika dRzya ko dekhane se vaMcita raha ge| ve loga upAlaMbha kI bhASA meM nivedana karate haiM ki AcAryavara ko hameM isa mahattvapUrNa kAryakrama se vaMcita nahIM karanA thA ? uttara - maiMne isa mahattvapUrNa kArya ke lie kitanA mahattvapUrNa avasara DhUMDhA / yaha una logoM ko socanA cAhie, jo nahIM pahuMca paae| maryAdA-mahotsava kA aisA avasara hai, jisa tulasI prajJA
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________________ para jahAM taka saMbhava ho sake, sabhI ko upasthita rahanA cAhie / jo upasthita nahIM ho sake, yaha unakI tra uTi hai / maiM isameM kyA kara sakatA hUM ? yadi maiM gupacupa karatA, to koI aisA kaha sakatA thA / jabaki maiMne isa kArya ke lie maryAdA - mahotsava kA avasara cunaa| isa avasara para bhI jo loga apanI nIMda na ur3AeM, unake lie maiM kyA kara sakatA hUM ? jo loga isa mahattvapUrNa avasara para nahIM pahuMce haiM, ve jIvana bhara mahasUsa kareMge ki eka sundara avasara se vaMcita raha gae / dUsarI bAta yaha hai ki yadi maiM pahale se bhI ghoSaNA kara detA, to bhI lAkhoM loga vaMcita raha jaate| sabhI loga kaise pahuMca sakate the ? jo A gae so A gae, jo raha gae so raha gae / prazna - yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke nirvAcana ke lie unakI kauna-kauna sI vizeSatAeM Apako AkRSTa kara sakIM ? uttara - unakI apanI alaga-alaga vizeSatAeM haiM / maiM una sabako kaise batalA sakatA hUM? mere sAtha inakA sadA se hI advaita rahA hai / maiM nahIM samajhatA ki kauna-sI vizeSatA kA aMkana karUM aura kauna-sI vizeSatA ko choDUM ? kintu kucha bAteM rakha denA Avazyaka samajhatA hUM / pahalI bAta to yaha hai ki unakA mere prati jo samarpaNa bhAva dIkSA lene ke bAda huA aura Aja taka hai, vaha vilakSaNa hai / maiM svayaM ise bahuta kaThina bAta mAnatA hUM / yaha bahuta kaThina cIja hai / bacapana meM samarpaNa honA eka bAta hai, kintu bauddhika banane ke bAda, zikSita hone ke bAda aura bahuta bar3I pratiSThA prApta karane ke bAda aisA samarpaNa bhAva kaThina hotA hai / yuvAcArya to aba bane haiM / kintu usase pahale bhI samAja meM inakI pratiSThA kama nahIM thI / apane samAja meM hI nahIM, sAre samAjoM meM bhI inakI pratiSThA thI / aisI sthiti meM bhI inakA samarpaNa bhAva sadaiva eka samAna rahA / inake isa samarpaNa bhAva ne mujhe bahuta AkRSTa kiyA / dUsarI bAta yaha hai ki jina-jina kSetroM meM inhoMne jyoM-jyoM vikAsa kiyA, phUla ke sAtha kAMTA AtA hai, megha ke sAtha AMdhI AtI hai aura prakAza ke sAtha kajjala AtA hai, kintu vikAsa ke sAtha inameM kisI bhI prakAra kA ahaMkAra nahIM dekhA / yaha koI kama mahattva - pUrNa vizeSatA nahIM hai / ye jitane nirahaMkArI bacapana meM the, utane hI vikAsa ke samaya rahe / maiM yaha bhI kaha sakatA hUM ki ye jaise-jaise vikAsa karate gae, vaise-vaise aura adhika vinamra banate gae / tIsarI sabase bar3I vizeSatA hai caritra kI / isa pada ke lie, isa garimApUrNa pada ke lie jisa sarvAdhika vizeSatA kA aMkana kiyA jAtA hai, vaha hai caritra - saMpannatA / maiMne inameM akSuNNa caritra-saMpadA ko pAyA / zikSA, sAhitya, lekhana, vaktRtva Adi-Adi jitanI bhI kalAe~ haiM, jitane bhI guNa haiM, ve saba sAdhu ke lie eka tarapha haiM, caritra-saMpannatA sabase bar3I cIz2a hai / maiM ise bahuta mahattva detA hUM / cauthI vizeSatA yaha hai ki jaba ye kisI gurutara dAyitva para nahIM the, to bhI saMgha kI 365 khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ bahuta-sI gatividhiyoM kI Arta-gaveSaNA karate rahate the| saMgha meM kina cIjoM kA, kisa prakAra vikAsa honA cAhie, isa para ye barAbara cintana karate rahate the aura apanI bhAvanA mere sAmane rakhate the| isase bhI yaha aMkana karane kA avasara milA ki jo vyakti pahale se hI saMgha-vikAsa ke lie itanA ciMtana karatA hai, vaha dAyitva dene ke bAda, usa dizA meM aura adhika prayatna kregaa| ina saba vizeSatAoM ko dekhakara maiMne inheM apanA dAyitva sauMpA / meM aisA socatA hUM ki maiMne yaha nirNaya karake saMgha kA bahuta bar3A hita kiyA hai| prazna-loga Apake isa nirvAcana se bahuta prasanna haiM / Apane jo pada pradAna kiyA hai, usase bhI adhika loga yuvAcArya zrI kA mUlyAkaMna karate haiN| kintu avasthA ko lekara logoM ke mana meM vicAra A sakatA hai| kisI yuvaka ko agara isa pada para lAte, to yuvAjagata dharma kI ora AkarSita hotA / isa sambandha meM Apake kyA vicAra haiM ? uttara-yuvakatva aura vArdhakya mAtra umra socanA ekAMgI bAta hai| sATha varSa kI avasthA meM eka aisA yuvaka ho sakatA hai, jo lAkhoM vyaktiyoM meM pacIsa-tIsa varSa kI avasthA meM bhI nahIM ho sakate / yuvakatva kA saMbaMdha avasthA se utanA nahIM hai, jitanA kArya se hai, vicAroM se hai aura kSamatA se hai / maiM to inheM ina saba cIjoM kI dRSTi se vRddha nahIM mAnatA huuN| isa avasthA meM bhI Aja ye jitanA yuvA-pIDhI ko AkRSTa kara rahe haiM, zAyada hajAroM yuvaka nahIM kara sakate haiM / jaba maiM svayaM apane ko yuvaka mAnatA hUM, to mere se sAta varSa ye choTe haiM, bUDhA kaise mAnUM ? sabhI dRSTiyoM se maiM inheM kisI yuvaka se kama nahIM mAnatA huuN| prazna- Apake pravacanoM se lagA ki Apane bahuta thor3e samaya meM hI yaha nirNaya liyA aura Akasmika rUpa meM hI ghoSaNA kii| isa sambandha meM Apake kyA vicAra haiM ? uttara-nirNaya karanA eka bAta hai aura kyA karanA hai, isakA cintana karanA dUsarI bAta hai| nirNaya maiMne bahuta pahale nahIM liyA, kintu mastiSka meM cintana to merA thA hii| mere saMgha meM jitane sAdhu haiM, ve eka-eka mere se ajJAta nahIM haiM, aparicita nahIM haiN| maiM sabako bhalI-bhAMti jAnatA hUM aura tulanAtmaka dRSTi se bhI sabako dekhatA huuN| nirNaya maiMne Akasmika rUpa se ghoSita kiyA, kintu mere cintana meM, mere dimAga meM bahuta pahale se thaa| maiMne apane pravacana meM bhI kahA thA ki ekAdhika sAdhu mere sAmane haiM / balki mujhe kahanA cAhie ki sAdhviyAM bhI aisI haiM, agara maiM unako merA saMpUrNa dAyitva sauMpa dUM, to bahuta acche DhaMga se AcArya-pada kA dAyitva saMbhAla sakatI haiM / yaha hamAre dharmasaMgha ke lie gaurava kI bAta hai| phira bhI una sabakI tulanA meM maiMne dekhA to sarvAdhika yogya inheM pAyA / isalie maiMne inakA nirvAcana kiyaa| prazna-yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke mAdhyama se Apa vizva ko kisa ora gatizIla dekhanA cAhate haiM ? uttara-maiM vizva se pahale AtmA kI bAta karanA cAhatA huuN| maiM yuvAcArya ko samagratayA Atmastha dekhanA cAhatA hUM aura ThiyappA - sthitaprajJa ke rUpa meM dekhanA cAhatA huuN| isake lie inako kucha karanA nahIM par3egA / Aja inake bhItara se jo UrjA nikala rahI hai, usase hajAra gunA adhika nikalegI aura vaha vizva ke lie bahuta hitakArI bnegii| apane tulasI prajJA
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________________ Apako chor3akara vizva kI bAta karanA bekAra hai / sabase pahale vyakti ko svayaM Atmastha bananA cAhie aura usake bAda vizva kI bAta karanI cAhie / phira bhI jo eka tanAvapUrNa vAtAvaraNa hai, eka becainI aura azAnti saMsAra meM phailI huI hai, use miTAne meM bhI inake dvArA bahuta bar3A sahArA milegaa| inake mAdhyama se mujhe kAma karane kA avasara milegA aura mere mAdhyama se inheM kAma karane kA maukA milegA / maiM cAhatA hUM ki vizva meM eka aisA vAtA - varaNa bane, Aja jo adhyAtma thor3A dhUmila ho rahA hai, vaha adhyAtma vikAsa meM Ae aura dUsarI bAteM gauNa ho jAeM / yaha bAta maiM inake mAdhyama se karAnA cAhatA hUM / prekSA kA eka aisA sakSama mAdhyama mila gayA hai, jisake dvArA bhI saMsAra ke prabuddha mAnasa ko zAnta aura unnata dekhanA cAhatA hUM / prazna - apanA uttaradAyitva sauMpane ke bAda kyA Apa dhyAna aura yoga kI vizeSa sAdhanA meM laganA cAheMge ? hUM uttara - maiM dhyAna yoga kI sAdhanA se apane ko aba bhI alaga nahIM mAnatA hUM / vartamAna meM bhI maiM dhyAna aura yoga kI sAdhanA meM aura agara mujhe vizeSa avakAza milegA, to aura bhI adhika lagAnA cAhUMgA / vartamAna meM inakI jo sAdhanA cala rahI hai, maiM usameM aura adhika gati dekhanA cAhatA hUM / maiM apane Apako apane dAyitva se saMlagna rakhakara inako aura adhika agrasara karanA cAhatA huuN| vartamAna meM bhI maiM yoga-sAdhanA se upekSita nahIM hUM, kintu isa viSaya meM inhoMne jo eka acchI prakriyA apanAI hai, maiM apane Apako gauNa karake bhI usa dizA meM inheM aura adhika gatizIla dekhanA cAhatA hUM / prazna - yuvAcArya zrI kI ghoSaNA kA dharmasaMgha ne jisa ullAsa se svAgata kiyA hai, usakA Apake mAnasa para kyA pratibimba hai ? uttara-- hamAre dharmasaMgha ne jisa harSa aura ullAsa se svAgata kiyA hai, vaha mere lie koI naI bAta nahIM hai / yaha bAta mere cintana se pare kI nahIM hai / maiM aisA socatA hI thA, aisA samajhatA hI thA / jaise maiMne socA thA, vaisA hI huA hai / itanA jarUra hai ki hara kArya meM kucha kintu parantu rahatI hai| sau meM se eka vyakti mila hI jAtA hai, jo acche se acche kArya ke bAre meM kaha sakatA hai ki aisA hotA to aura ThIka hotA / kintu merI isa ghoSaNA ko, isa nirvAcana ko lekara maiMne kintu parantu bhI nahIM sunii| yaha hamAre dharmasaMgha kA saubhAgya hai | apane dharmasaMgha ke prati logoM meM jo aTUTa niSThA hai, use maiM bahuta bar3I bAta mAnatA hUM / merI isa ghoSaNA se dharmasaMgha kI Ayu bahuta bar3ha gaI hai aura dharmasaMgha kI nIMva pAtAla meM calI gaI hai, aisA lagatA hai | merA dharmasaMgha prasanna hai, isalie meM bhI bahuta prasanna hUM / prazna - Apa ekataMtra evaM janataMtra, ina donoM praNAliyoM meM kise rASTra ke hita meM mAnate haiM ? uttara - ekataMtra aura janataMtra kI apanI-apanI acchAiyAM aura burAiyAM hotI haiM / kintu merA vizvAsa AtmataMtra meM hai / hamAre yahAM ekataMtra evaM janataMtra nahIM, adhyAtmataMtra hai / jaba taka AtmataMtra kA vikAsa nahIM hotA hai, taba taka ekataMtra evaM janataMtra donoM khataranAka bana sakate haiM / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 367
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________________ yuvAcArya mahAprajJa se eka bheMTa prastotA-mani kizanalAla prazna- yuvAcArya pada ke nirvAcana ke liye Apako zatazaH badhAI / hama saba saubhAgyazAlI haiM ki Apa jaise yuvAcArya hameM AcAryazrI dvArA upalabdha hue haiN| maryAdA mahotsava ke dina pravacana paNDAla meM AcAryazrI dvArA pravacana meM yaha kahane para ki "maiM apane uttarAdhikArI kI ghoSaNA kruuNgaa|" Apake mana meM usa kSaNa kyA pratikriyA huI, ghoSaNA ke pUrva kSaNa taka kyA Apako ehasAsa thA ki mere nAma kI ghoSaNA hogI? uttara-AcAryazrI ne jaba yaha ghoSaNA kI usa samaya saba suna rahe the, maiM bhI unakI paMkti meM zAmila thA, maiM bhI suna rahA thA aura bar3e kutUhala ke sAtha suna rahA thaa| mujhe patA kaise cale ? AcAryazrI ne kabhI mujhase pUchA nahIM aura na kabhI mujhe batAyA / koI saMketa bhI nahIM diyA, igita bhI nahIM kiyaa| agara mujhase bAta karate, koI parAmarza karate, mujhe thor3A-sA saMketa dete, to maiM bhI merI samasyAeM sAmane prastuta karatA, kintu mere sAmane koI prazna hI nahIM AyA, to jisa prakAra Apa saba loga sunane vAle the usI paMkti meM maiM thA, usase atirikta kucha nhiiN| prazna - Apa jaise cintanazIla vyakti ke mana meM bahuta se prazna ho sakate haiN| usa samaya kyA pratikriyA huI ? hama to zrotA ho sakate haiM, Apa to cintaka aura dRSTA haiM ? uttara--ciMtanazIla honA aura dRSTA honA eka bAta hai aura tAtkAlika bAta para eka prati kriyA karanA dUsarI bAta hai| AcAryavara ne itanA avasara hI nahIM diyA ki maiM lambe samaya taka soca sakU~ yA pratikriyA kara skuu| ghoSaNA ke kucha kSaNoM bAda mujhe upasthita hI kara diyA to phira socane kA avakAza hI kahA~ rahA ? yaha maiM mAnatA hUM ki AcAryavara kA koI nirNaya hogA, vaha saba dRSTiyoM se saMtulita, ucita hogaa| isameM mujhe kabhI saMdeha nahIM thA, kiMtu maiM apane liye socUM, isake liye mujhe koI jarUrata bhI nahIM thii| usa kSaNa itanA bhAvanApUrNa vAtAvaraNa thA ki ciMtana, bhAvanA se daba gyaa| koI bhI vyakti ciMtana kI sthiti meM nahIM thaa| AcAryavara ne isa prakAra eka bhAvanAtmaka DhaMga se sAre vAtAvaraNa ko bhAvanA se prabhAvita kara diyA ki saba loga bhAvita ho gae the| jaba bhAvita ho jAte haiM, taba vahA~ tulasI prajJA
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________________ ciMtana ke kSaNa nahIM hote haiM / vahA~ pratikSaNa utsukatA hotI hai ki agale kSaNa kyA hotA hai / prazna aMtaramAnasa meM kyA pratikriyA huI ? - nirvAcana kI ghoSaNA ke sAtha hI Apake uttara -- jaba AcAryavara ne mujhe isa pada ke liye upasthita kiyA, vaha kSaNa mere liye bahuta vicitra thA aura eka sAtha itanI bAteM mastiSka meM ghUma gaI ki usakA vizleSaNa karanA bhI mere liye kaThina hai / jisa dina dIkSita huA usa dina se lekara Aja taka kA samUcA jIvana citra paTala para dRzya kI taraha A gayA / hamArA sambaMdha, tAdAtmya aura AcAryavara se milI sArI preraNAeM, usake pariNAma aura bhaviSya kI kalpanA vRtta ke rUpa meM eka sAtha ghUma gyii| usa eka kSaNa kA vizleSaNa karUM to usake lie hajAroM kSaNa mujhe cAhiye, kiMtu ajJAta rUpa meM sArI bAteM jaise eka sAtha citra-paTala para utara aayii| mujhe yahI lagA ki agara pahale avakAza AcAryavara mujhe dete tava to maiM apane mana kI bAteM bhI aura kaThinAiyAM bhI sAmane prastuta karatA / gurudeva ne binA avakAza diye sIdhA nirdeza aura Adeza hI de diyA / mere jIvana kA vrata hai ki jo Adeza AcAryavara se mila jAtA hai use zirodhArya karanA / use svIkRta karane ke sivAya mere sAmane koI upAya nahIM thA / - prazna - vizAla saMgha kA mahAn uttaradAyitva ApazrI dvArA kiye gaye ekAnta sAdhanA ke saMkalpa meM bAdhaka nahIM banegA ? uttara -- hamArA dharma-saMgha svayaM sAdhanA kA sthala hai / yaha saMgha kisI dUsarI pravRtti kA hotA, to nizcita hI yaha bAdhA mere sAmane AtI, kintu maiM jo sAdhanA kara rahA hUM vaha samUce dharmasaMgha meM pratibimbita hone kI bAta hai / taba maiM ise bAdhA kaise mAnUM ? yaha dharmasaMgha sAdhanA kA aura ArAdhanA kA hai / jaina vizvabhAratI, lADanUM meM pichale varSa maiMne prayoga zurU kiyA, to AcAryavara ne apanA sandeza diyA / usameM unhoMne kahA ki "yaha tumhArA prayoga kevala tumhArA nahIM hai, yaha merA prayoga hai, samUce saMgha kA prayoga hai / " jaba mere prayoga ko AcAryavara samUce saMgha kA prayoga mAnate haiM, to usa sthiti samUce saMgha kI sAdhanA ke nimitta maiM sevA karUM, to usameM koI bAdhA nahIM mAnatA, kintu mAnatA hUM ki jo maiM kara rahA hUM, usakA vyApaka pratibimba hogA / sAdhanA ko adhika bala milegA / maiM svataMtra ciMtana kara rahA hUM, phira bhI yaha mAnatA hUM ki sAdhanA kA vikAsa honA cAhiye / isakI paramparA bhI honI cAhiye, akelA vyakti kucha kare apane liye to bahuta mUlyavAn hai, kiMtu vaha samAja vyApI bane yaha aura adhika mUlyavAn hai / maiMne kabhI kevalI banane kI bAta nahIM socI, tIrthaMkara-caraNoM kA anusaraNa karane kI bAta socI / kevalI hara koI vyakti ho sakatA hai / kevalI aura tIrthaMkara meM yahI antara hai ki kevalI apane liye hotA hai / tIrthaMkara vaha hotA hai, jo dUsaroM kA bhI bhalA kara sake, kalyANa kara sake / kevalI ke padacihnoM kA anusaraNa maiMne kama kiyA / tIrthaMkaroM ke padacihnoM para calane kA jo merA prayoga thA, anusaraNa kI pravRtti thI, use dekhate hue maiM kaha sakatA hUM ki isameM mujhe koI bAdhA pratIta nahIM hotI / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-dra 366
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________________ prazna- Apake mAnasa meM terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke vikAsa ke lie kyA parikalpanA hai / uttara-bacapana se hI merA eka ciMtana rahA ki jisa dharmasaMgha meM hama haiM, vaha dharmasaMgha zakti zAlI bane / durbala dharmasaMgha meM rahanA hameM pasaMda nahIM hai, mujhe bilakula pasaMda nahIM hai| jo vyakti svayaM zaktizAlI honA cAhatA hai aura saMgha ko zaktizAlI dekhanA cAhatA hai, vaha kabhI durbalatA ko pasaMda nahIM krtaa| to sabase pahale mere mana meM kalpanA thI ki hamArA dharmasaMgha zaktizAlI bane aura zakti ke jitane srota haiM, ve sAre udghATita hoM / maiM mAnatA hUM ki dharmasaMgha meM zakti kA sabase bar3A srota hai adhyAtma-cetanA kA jAgaraNa / adhyAtma-cetanA jAgRta hotI hai, to saMgha bahuta zaktizAlI banatA hai| maiM kuNDa ko yA khaDDe ko pasaMda nahIM karatA, kue ko pasaMda karatA huuN| jisameM pAnI bAhara se DAlA jaathe| bahuta sImita bAta hotI hai| kue meM srota phUTatA hai, jisase kue kA pAnI asIma hotA hai| kuNDa meM pAnI DAlA huA sasIma hotA hai, ye bAta mujhe pasaMda nhiiN| mujhe yaha bAta pasaMda hai ki aisA srota phUTe jisase ananta jala nikalatA hI calA jaae| maiM mAnatA hUM ki adhyAtma-cetanA kA jAgaraNa eka aise kue ko khodanA hai, jisameM zakti kA srota phUTa jAe aura zakti kA anaMta pravAha usameM nikalatA rhe| maiM mere dharmasaMgha ko usa zakti se sampanna dekhanA cAhatA hUM, jisameM zakti kA srota phUTa jaae| mujhe vizvAsa hai ki AcAryavara ke netRtva meM aisA saMbhava ho sakegA / maiM cAhatA hUM ki AcAryavara hameM dIrghakAla taka apanI chatrachAyA deM aura ve dekheM ki unakA eka ziSya apane saMgha ko atIndriya cetanA-jAgaraNa ke lakSya taka pahuMcAne meM nimitta bnaa| prazna- samAja, rASTra aura vizva kI samasyAoM ke samAdhAna meM ApakA dharmasaMgha kisa prakAra upayogI bana sakatA hai ? uttara-saMsAra kI mUlabhUta samasyA kyA hai, jo sArI samasyAoM ko janma de rahI hai ? mujhe lagatA hai-apane ApakI vismRti / vyakti apane Apako bhUla rahA hai aura dUsaroM ko sudhAranA cAhatA hai| dUsaroM kA bhalA karane se pUrva vyakti apane jIvana kA nirmANa kare / yadi vyakti ke jIvana kA nirmANa hogA to vizva ko sudharane meM koI samaya nahIM lagegA / saMsAra meM vicitra cala rahA hai ki pratyeka vyakti dUsare kI ciMtA se ciMtita hai; kiMtu apanI ciMtA kisI ko nahIM hai| AdhyAtmika cetanA ke jAgaraNa kA sabase pahalA sUtra hogA vyakti caubIsa ghaNToM meM kama se kama eka ghaNTA apane liye nikAle, usameM dUsaroM kI koI cintA na kre| vaha apane ko dekhe, saMvAre, nirmita kare / yadi aisA hotA hai to hama vizva kI samasyA kA samAdhAna dene meM mUla bAta ko pakar3a paayeNge| jisako pakar3e binA sulajhAI jAne vAlI samasyAeM ulajhana bana jAtI haiN| sAmyavAdI deza kA nAgarika jaise popapAla pratiSThita pada para nirvAcita hue| unhoMne jina nItiyoM kI ghoSaNA kI unakA svAgata huA / ekatantrIya saMgha-praNAlI se Apa bhI nirvAcita hue haiN| Apa donoM ko alaga-alaga dharma-paramparA kA netRtva milA / ApakI aura unakI kina-kina praNAliyoM meM samAnatA kI kalpanA kI jA sakatI hai ? tulasI prajJA
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________________ uttara-IsAI dharma kA kSetra bahuta vyApaka hai, bahuta bar3A hai aura popapAla ne jo ghoSaNA kI hai vaha vartamAna yuga ke sandarbha meM bahuta mahattvapUrNa hai / kucha paramparAoM se haTakara aura nayI cetanA, naye dRSTikoNa ko apanAne kI bAta jo sAmane AI hai, vaha bahuta mahattvapUrNa hai| maiM mAnatA hUM ki saubhAgya se mujhe vaha kArya pahale se hI upalabdha ho gyaa| mere AcArya ne pahale se hI kucha aise udAra vyApaka aura vizAla dRSTikoNa apanAye haiM, jinase maiM svayaM bahuta lAbhAnvita huA hUM aura hamArA saMgha lAbhAnvita huA hai / Aja IsAI bhI adhyAtma-cetanA ke prati AkRSTa hotA jA rahA hai aura unake dharmaguru svayaM popapAla dhyAna, sAdhanA jaise AdhyAtmika praNAliyoM ke prati apanI ruci pradarzita karate haiM / saubhAgya se hamAre saMgha meM bhI Aja sabase jyAdA kisI bAta ko mahattva diyA jA rahA hai, to adhyAtma cetanA ke jAgaraNa ko diyA jA rahA / usake binA mAnavIya cetanA yA sAmAjika cetanA yA naitika cetanA vikasita nahIM ho sakatI, kabhI vikasita nahIM ho sktii| yaha eka sAmya kA biMdu hai ki hama jisa kalpanA ko lekara cala rahe haiM aura IsAI jagata kA mAnasa bhI usa biMdu kI ora A rahA hai| saMbhava ho sakatA hai ki kabhI aisA ho ki usa adhyAtma-cetanA jAgaraNa ke biMdu para hama donoM eka ho jAeM / koI kaThinAI nahIM to bahuta bar3I saMbhAvanAeM haiM aura ina saMbhAvanAoM para vicAra honA bhI jarUrI hai / maiM socatA hUM AcAryavara vicAra kareMge, mujhe bhI kucha mArga-darzana deNge| maiM bhI usa para kucha prayatna karUM yA Aja sAre saMsAra ko yadi kisI eka biMdu para lAyA jA sakatA hai to vaha dharma kA biMdu hI ho sakatA hai| ina bhautikatA ke biMduoM ne yaha pramANita kara diyA ki ina AdhAroM para calane se saMsAra meM vighaTana hotA hai; kabhI ekatA sthApita nahIM hotii| agara ekatA kA koI biMdu hogA to adhyAtma kA biMdu hogA aura Ane vAlA yuga adhyAtma kA hI yuga hogaa| hamane jo mArga cunA hai, jo netRtva aura mArga-darzana AcAryavara kA mila rahA hai, vaha pahale se hI itanA kalyANakArI aura zreyaskara hai| usa viMdu ko aura vikasita karane meM maiM kucha yogabhUta banUM to yaha mere liye bahuta zubha hogaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 371
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________________ yuvAcArya kI niyukti para AcArya zrI tulasI ke prati muni nathamala (bAgora) anuvAdaka-muni rAjendra kumAra mAnandaikamayaM sumaGgalamayaM kalyANasampanmayaM, harSollAsamayaM sudhArasamayaM svAtmakasavinmayam / yauvAcAryapadasya vAcikamidaM saMzrutya modAmahe, tatprastutasanniyuktikaraNAt kIyoM na ke kargaNI // 1 // ye ye rAjaladesarAta sunagarAt pratyakSataddazina staistarAgatasarvamAnavagaNa romAJcitaH saJcitaH / tavatyaM varavarNanaM hRdayato yacchAvitaM taccha te jAtAH sammadamedurAH khalu vayaM vAGgocarAgocarAH // 2 // . saMsArAgdhititIrgha bhAgyavazataH zrIbhikSarAsInmahAn, maryAdApuruSottamena samayAt tenaiva dIrghakSaNaH / ekAcAryasuyojanA viracitA svopajJagacche svayaM, labdhatatsuvidhA tato'trabhavatA pUrNapratiSThAvatI // 3 // kalpitaM kalpanAtItaM, kAryamAvazyakaM tataH / ____ zamitAzca svarAH sarve, dhanyadhanyakanAvataH / / 4 / / vIrghAyuzcintakaH smAryaH, sudharmAgaNabhRtprabhoH / dIrghadRSTyA kRtAt kAryAdAcAryotiprazasyate / / / bhArAnmuktIpyamukto'pa,, sAdhaM dharmadayAzrayAt / syAdvAvapratiboSAya, dRSTAntIbhUya ki sthitaH ? // 6 // zrImadAcAryavA~ya, sukhapRcchAbhivAdanam vijJapayAmi sAnandaM, sukhaM viharatAcciram / / 7 / / ziSyaH sohanalAlaste nagarAjazca savidheH vandete praNamanmaulI, sukhapRcchAbhipRcchako // 8 // vardhApanaparA patrI, paramAlAvapUritA preSyate zrImatAM pArve nathamalarSiNA zubham // 6 // 372 tulasI prajJA
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________________ 1. yuvAcArya pada kA nirvAcana sunakara hama munijana bahuta pramudita hue| yaha samAcAra vastutaH hamAre lie AnandakArI, maGgalamaya, kalyANajanya, harSotphulla, amRtarasa se prapUrita aura apane Apake lie AtmatoSa kA viSaya thaa| aisI sundara niyukti ke lie kina-kina vyaktiyoM ne AcArya zrI tulasI kI sarAhanA nahIM kI arthAt sabane kii| 2. jina-jina vyaktiyoM ne pratyakSadraSTA banakara rAjaladesara kI puNyabhUmi para usa bhavya dRzya ko dekhA una sabakA mana pulakana se bharA huA thaa| jaba unhoMne apane hI mukha se vahA~ ke hRdayadrAvaka bhavyavRtAnta ko sunAyA taba use sunane para hama munijana itane harSa snigdha ho gae ki use vANI meM vyakta karanA asaMbhava hai| 3. saMsAra-samudra se tairane ke icchuka mahApuruSa zrImad bhikSu svAmI saubhAgya se terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke bhAgya vidhAtA bane / una svayaM maryAdApuruSa ne hI samaya ke anukUla apanI dUradarzitA se apane saMgha meM eka AcArya ke hone kA prAvadhAna kiyaa| Aja usI suparamparA ke kAraNa AcArya zrI tulasI ne pUrNarUpeNa pratiSThita usa suvidhA kA upabhoga kiyA jisase ve yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI kA nirvAcana kara skeN| 4. virAsata se saMprApta usa suvidhA ke kAraNa hI AcAryavara zrI tulasI ne aise kaThina kalpanAtIta Avazyaka kArya ko kara dikhAyA jisa kArya ke hone para dhanya-dhanya ke jayanAroM se zeSa saba svara (UhApoha aTakalabAjiyA~) svataH phIke par3a gae / azeSa ho ge| 5. yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI bar3I umra meM hai-jo loga aisA cintana karate haiM unheM bhagavAna mahAvIra ke gaNadhara sudharmA svAmI kA cintana karanA cAhie, jo 80 varSa kI Ayu meM bhagavAna ke uttarAdhikArI bane / yaha satya hai ki dUradRSTi se kiyA huA kArya AcArya ke lie prazasta hotA hai| 6. bhAramukta hone para bhI Apa mArayukta haiM---isa yugala dharma kA Azraya syAdvAda ke siddhAnta kA pratipAdana hai| usa siddhAnta ke pratibodha ke lie Apa svayaM dRSTAnta bana gae haiN| 7. maiM [muni nathamala bAgora] AcAryavara ke lie kuzalakSemapUrvaka zrI caraNoM meM apanA abhivAdana nivedita karatA huuN| prabho ! Apa cirakAla taka sAnanda aura sukhapUrvaka vicaraNa karate rheN| 8. Apake suziSya muni sohanalAla aura muni nagarAja-donoM hI savidhi mastaka jhukAkara zrI caraNoM meM vandanA karate haiM aura Apa se savinaya kuzalakSema pUchate haiN| 6. maiM [muni nathamala bAgora] samyak prakAra se AcAryavara ke zrI caraNoM meM parama AhlAdakArI yaha badhAI patra bheja rahA huuN| khaNDa 4. aMka 7-8
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________________ nAva se nAvika muni nathamala (bAgora) anuvAdaka-muni rAjendrakumAra saubhAgyAt saccaraNakamalanyAsataH pUrvameva, pratyakSa naH paTugaDhapuraM pAvanI kRtya yogAt / zrIpAdAbjeSvabhinavapadaM yena labdhaM lalAma, svAntaH staumi stavananicayastaM yuvAcAryavaryam // 1 // saguNamapaguNaM vA pratnanAmAvi lAtvA, guNayutamabhidhAnaM te'dya nUnaM vitIyaM / samuditamuSitaM yat svaprabhutvaM prasiddhaM, sakalajanasamakSe vattamAryastataH kim ? // 2 // hRSTAstuSTA abhinayaparAH miSTameghAnmayUrA caJcaccandrAt prakaTapulakAzcAracittAzcakorAH / sarvA gotrA haritabharitA phullitA vai vasantAt, (pratyUSAkaccipalacapalAzcakravAkAH pravAkAH) ___ tvannayukyA vayamiha tathA puNyapUrNAH prasannAH // 3 / / potAsvIyA'nunayavinayaH potavAhaH prajAta, Azcarya tarikacahRdaye naiva mAti prathiSTham / vAJchAmyevaM bhavatu phalavat potavAhatvameta lloke zlokaH prasaratutarAM sarvata: sarvathaiva // 4 // sAmadhyaM kIdRzaM zastaM terApaMthapathezituH / kSaNenakena yavindoH, sindhunimitavAnaho ! // 5 // candrazcandrikayA raviH svavibhayA vajraNa vajezvaraH, vizvaM zAntimayaM yathA vitanute jyotirmayaM zAsitam / pUrvopAjitapuNyapuJjapaNavai ratnatrayeNAdbhuta mahacchImunibhikSuzAsanamayaM kurvIta vItaspRhaH // 6 // stUyamAnaH sadA stotrayuvAcAryoM navodayaH / darzanIyo dvitIyenduvat sarvanityavarddhanaH // 7 // vardhApanaparA patrI, paramAha lAdapUritA preSyate zrIyuvAcArya, nathamalarSiNA zubham // 8 // 374 tulasI prajJA
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________________ 1. maiM yuvAcAryavarya zrI mahAprajJa jI kI apane antaHkaraNa se stavanA karatA huuN| saubhAgya se jinhoMne yuvAcArya banane ke pUrva hI apane pAvana caraNa kamaloM dvArA lADanUM padhArate samaya hamAre madhyavartI nagara sujAnagar3ha ko pratyakSa rUpa se pAvana kiyaa| tatpazcAt jinhoMne AcArya zrI tulasI ke caraNoM meM yuvAcArya jaise abhinava, lalita aura garimAmaya pada ko pA liyaa| 2. pUjyavara AcAryavara ne maryAdA mahotsava para janasamUha ke bIca saguNa athavA niguNa 'nathamala' isa purAtana nAma ko badala kara unako guNayuta 'mahAprajJa' ke nAma se saMbodhita kiyA / para nAma se kyA ? 'mahAprajJa' nAma Aja nizcita hI vistRta hokara samyak prakAra se udita ho gayA hai aura apanI prabhutA ke kAraNa prasiddha bana gayA hai| 3. jisa prakAra kAlI ghaTA vAle bAdaloM ko dekhakara mayUra harSita aura praphullita hokara nAcane laga jAte haiM, cakora pakSI udgata hote hue caMdramA ko dekhakara Anandita ho jAte haiM aura vasanta Rtu ke Ane para sArI pRthvI harI-bharI aura lahalahAne laga jAtI hai, usI prakAra yuvAcAryazrI kI niyukti se hama munijana atyanta prasanna aura apane Apako dhanya mAnate haiN| 4. apane anunaya-vinaya ke dvArA muni 'nathamala' nAva se nAvika bana gae-ziSya se guru bana gae-yaha bahuta bar3A Azcarya hamAre hRdaya meM nahIM samA rahA hai| maiM unake prati apanI maMgala kAmanA karatA hUM ki unakA netRtva phaladAyI bane aura unakI yazogAthA sarva prakAra se sarvatra vyApta ho| 5. terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke adhizAstA kA kaisA prazasta sAmarthya hai ki jinhoMne eka kSaNa meM bindu ko siMdhu banA diyaa| 6. jisa prakAra caMdramA apanI jyotsnA se vizva ko zItalatA detA hai, sUrya apanI kiraNoM se vizva ko jyoti detA hai aura indra apane zastra vajra se vizva ko zAsita karatA hai, usI prakAra kAmanAoM se rahita yuvAcArya zrI 'mahAprajJa' aneka arhatAoM se sampanna, pUrvAjita puNya samUha se prApta isa bhikSu zAsana ko ratna-traya se vardhApita kareM-use jJAna, darzana aura cAritra ke prazasta mArga para aura Age bddh'aayeN| 7. navodita yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI stavanA ke dvArA zlAghya hote hue sadA darzanIya dUja ke caMdramA kI bhAMti nitya vikAsa karate rheN| 8. maiM (muni nathamala bAgora) zrI yuvAcArya mahAprajJa ke prati AhlAda se pUrita yaha badhAI-patra bheja rahA huuN| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 375
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________________ sthitaprajJa : yuvAcArya muni chatramala 1. vidyAnidhi ! pratimAdhanI!, AzuprajJa! samayajJa! AgamajJa! sthitaprajJa! jaya, yuvAcArya mahAprajJa! 2. zraddhAspada ! zrI caraNa meM, santa 'chatra' nagarAja / mohanamuni yuta vaMdanA, karate hama avyAja / / 3. kiyA deva ne Apa ko, sakala saGgha sira maura / sunakara zubha saMvAda yaha, haiM hama harSa vibhora / / 4. kAza ! dekhate dRzya vaha, hama bhI raha kara pAsa / kintu gAtra bAdhaka banA, thA na pUrva AbhAsa // 5. saha jAe, saha vaDhie, bahuta rahe haiM sAtha / dekha samunnati phUlatA, sInA nau-nau hAtha / / 6. yogya dekhakara Apako, samucita samaya niyukta / bahuta-bahuta gurudeva ne, kiyA kAma upayukta / 7. Apa sarIse ziSya se, the guruvara Azvasta / kintu ho gayA saMgha bhI, aba nizcinta samasta / 8. svIkRta kareM badhAiyAM, bhUri-bhUri zubha veSa / haiM hameza prastuta, mile, jo AjJA nirdeza / / 6. cirajIvI gaNapati raheM cirajIvI hoM Apa / yugala hastiyoM kA bar3heM, dina-dina prabala pratApa / / 10. hI-zrI-dhI-ti-kItti se, vardhamAna hoM Apa / Adhi-vyAdhi-upAdhiyAM, sahasA ho saba sApha / 11. AzA hI nahIM apitu hai, dila meM dRr3ha vizvAsa / hogA saMgha vikAsa hita, pratipala saphala prayAsa / / 12. uvaghATita karate raheM, naye-naye unmeSa / dharma-saMgha kI magata meM, zobhA baDhe vizeSa / / 13. zubhAzaMsAeM ye sabhI, kareM "chatra' kI drj| AyyaM pravara ! zrI caraNa meM kareM vandanA arja / / 376 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ ve sAre saMgha ke zIrSastha vyakti bana gae sAhitya parAmarzaka muni buddhamala Aja hamAre lie maryAdA-mahotsava atirikta mahotsava bana gyaa| yaha kalpanA nahIM thI ki isa prakAra Aja yaha eka nayA kArya hone vAlA hai / AcArya zrI apane kAryoM ko atyanta gupta rakhate haiM aura acAnaka lATrI khola dete haiN| AcAryavara ne Aja apane uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM mahAprajJa muni zrI nathamala jI kA cunAva karake saMgha kI eka bahuta bar3I AvazyakatA kI pUrti kara dI hai / isase AcArya zrI ne jahA~ apane dAyitva kA nirvAha kiyA hai vahA~ sAre samAja ko Ananda se AplAvita kara diyA hai| Aja kI yaha ghaTanA hama sabakI eka cirakAlIna pyAsa ko zAnta karane vAlI hai| muni zrI nathamala jI AcArya zrI ke eka vidvAna evaM dArzanika ziSya haiN| unakI karmaThatA se hara koI paricita hai| aise suyogya yuvAcArya ko pAkara hama saba apane ko gauravAnvita anubhava karate haiN| AcArya zrI nae-nae kArya karane ke lie to prasiddha rahe hI haiM, para unakI kAryapaddhati bahudhA cauMkA dene vAlI bhI hotI hai / apane rahasya ko ve itanA gupta rakhate haiM ki kisI ko bhanaka nahIM par3ane dete / Aja kA yaha kArya bhI unhoMne usI prakAra se acAnaka kiyA ki sabhI ko kalpanAtIta lgaa| isa cunAva meM sabhI ko prasannatA huI hai, para mujhe atirikta prasannatA huI hai / muni zrI bAlyAvasthA se hI mere sahapAThI evaM abhinna sAthI rahe haiN| hamAre samaya meM anya bhI aneka bAla sAdhu the| parantu hama donoM meM bahuta acchI banatI thii| hama loga AcArya zrI (muni tulasI) ke pAsa sAtha-sAtha par3hA karate the| eka dUsare ko dekhakara hama haMsA bahuta karate the, isalie pATha yAda karate samaya hameM kamare ke do konoM meM bhIMta kI ora muha karake biThAyA jAtA thA, phira bhI bAlacApalya ke kAraNa hama eka dUsare ko dekhA karate aura haMsA krte| hamArI mitratA bahuta acchI aura gaharI thii| bar3e hone ke pazcAt bhI yadA-kadA hama majAka kara liyA karate the| mujhe yAda hai eka bAra kisI bAta para maiMne muni zrI se kahA thA ki Apa mujhe kahane ke adhikArI nahIM hai| kyoMki maiM Apase avasthA meM nau dina bar3A huuN| muni zrI ne tatkAla kahA-tuma to nau dina hI bar3e ho, para maiM tumase dIkSA meM nau mahIne bar3A huuN| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 377
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________________ Aja maiM dekhatA hU~ ki ve mere se aura bhI adhika bar3e ho gae haiN| ve sAre saMgha ke zIrSastha vyakti bana gae haiN| itane dina ve mere eka sahRdaya sAthI the| aba ArAdhya bana gae haiN| samaya-samaya para hama meM matabheda bhI rahA hai para vaha saba to do mitroM kI sthiti thii| aba ve hamAre dharmasaMgha ke ziromaNi bana gae haiM / maiM unheM isa gauravAspada pada kI prApti ke avasara para merI ora se evaM samagra zramaNa samAja kI ora se badhAI detA hUM aura AzA karatA hUM ki ve sAre saMgha kI AzAoM aura kalpanAoM ke anurUpa apane dAyitva ko nibhaaege|" jur3I kar3I itihAsa kI -muni navaratnamala jur3I kar3I itihAsa kI, naI eka phira Aja / tulasI prabhu ne de diyA, vidhivat pada yuvarAja // 1 // bhaikSava-zAsana kI rahI, svastha praNAlI eka / maryAdotsava samaya meM, lI A~khoM se dekha // 2 // bAMso dila saba saMgha ke, (vA) lage uchalane bAMsa / dekha naye itihAsa ko, bar3hA amita ullAsa // 3 // diyA 'mahAzramaNI' padaka, kiyA adhika sammAna / banatA vyakti mahAn vaha, jidhara tumhArA dhyAna // 4 // yuga-yuga taka AtA rahe, maryAdotsava naye-naye unmeSa se, rahe manAte parva / sarva // 5 // chaha sau caurAsI sabhI, tulasI yuga ke ratna / chaha sau caurAsI abhI, tulasI yuga meM ratna // 6 // 378 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ apUrva kalAkRti muni dulaharAja yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ! Apane jJAna ko AtmA se anubaMdhita kara jJAna kI ArAdhanA kii| *Apane apanI zraddhA ko AtmA meM kendrita kara darzana kI ArAdhanA kii| Apa ne apane samasta karma ko AtmA kI parikramA meM prarita kara cAritra kI ArAdhanA kii| AcArya zrI tulasI ne Apako prakAza se hI nahIM bharA, Apako prakAza banA diyaa| Apane eka aisI parachAI kA anusaraNa kiyA, jo parachAI Age se Age bar3hatI gii| kintu eka bindu aisA AyA ki Apane usa parachAI ko pakar3a liyaa| Aja hama usa kalAkAra kI arcA-pUjA kara rahe haiM, jisakI kalAkRti Aja svayaM kalAkAra bana gaI hai| Aja hama usa kRti kI arcA pUjA kara rahe haiM, jisane adhyAtma jagata meM eka krAnti kA zaMkhanAda kiyA hai aura apane amUlya anubhavoM se janatrAsa ko miTAne kA anupama prayAsa kiyA hai| terApaMtha-saGgha ke sabhI zramaNa Aja Apako pAkara dhana-dhanya haiM, kRtakRtya haiM / hama saba apa ne antastala se Apa ke prati zraddhA-nata haiM aura yaha pratijJA karate haiM ki hama Apake AdezoM kA usI rUpa meM pAlana karate raheMge jaise hama karate rahe haiM / *Apake pAvana caraNa saphalatA kI ora niraMtara bar3hate rheN| hama saba Apake sAtha haiM / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 376
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________________ nayA dAyitva, naye dAyare : yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa sAdhvI kanakadhI __ jaina AgamoM ke pAragAmI manISI, bhAratIya vidyAoM ke marmajJa vidvAn, mahAna dArzanika, adhyAtma aura vijJAna ke samanvaya setu, yuga pradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI ke eka viziSTa antevAsI jo mahAprajJa muni zrI nathamala ke nAma se suvizruta haiM, ve aba terApaMtha dharma-saMgha ke yuvAcArya bana gae haiM / aNuvrata anuzAstA AcArya zrI tulasI ne apanA uttarAdhikAra pradAna karate hue unakA nAma bhI parivartita kara diyA / phalataH aba mahAprajJa muni zrI nathamala 'yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa" ke nAma se sambodhita hoNge| yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kA vyaktitva haMsa-manISA, sUkSmagrAhI meghA, sRjanAtmaka pratibhA aura RtaMbharA prajJA kI advitIya samanviti hai| unheM cintana kI UMcAI aura jJAna kI gaharAI sahaja prApta hai| vinamratA, sahajatA aura samarpaNa unake paripUrNa evaM akhaNDa vyaktitva ke pramukha ghaTaka tattva rahe haiM / yuvAcArya zrI ko puruSa-sulabha parAkrama sahaja upalabdha hai / puruSArtha kI lau anavarata prakharatA se prajvalita rahatI hai unake aMtasa meN| phira bhI ve apane kRtitva ke ahaM se sadA aspRSTa rahe haiM / ve nArI nahIM haiM, para nArItva ke ghaTaka tattva zraddhA, samarpaNa aura mRdutA unheM upalabdha haiM / yuvAcArya zrI ke zabdoM meM-- "maiM addhanArIzvara kI sthiti meM huuN| mujhe nArI-sulabha mRdutA aura puruSa-sulabha parAkrama--ye donoM upalabdha haiN| inakA samanvaya mujhe kaThoratA aura ahaMkAra ina donoM se bacA rahA hai / yaha mere liye saMtoSa kA viSaya hai|" vaise kisI bhI vyakti kI mahattA ko jAna pahacAna pAnA sarala kArya nahIM haiM, phira bhI yuvAcArya zrI ke nikaTa samparka, pravacana-zravaNa tathA unakI sAhityika kRtiyoM ke adhyayana-anuzIlana se aisA jJAta hotA hai, ki ve vartamAna yuga-saMdhyA ke jAjvalyamAna nakSatra haiM, bhAratIya adhyAtma paramparA ke Ara aura pAra ko udbhAsita karane vAle niSprakampa dIpa haiM aura manuSya ke aMtas meM chipI lakSa-lakSa jIvanI zaktiyoM ko udghATita karane vAle UrjApuJja haiN| jIvana aura jagat ke ajJAta rahasyoM ke udghATana meM aharniza nirata unakI sRjanAtmaka pratibhA Aja ke bauddhika yuga kA eka mahAn Azcarya hai / unake agAdha jJAna sAgara kA 380 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ na kahIM ora hai na chora / isIliye aneka vidvAn unheM calatA-phiratA vizvakoza (Encyclopaedia ) kaha dete haiM / rASTrakavi rAmadhArIsiMha dinakara ne to unheM bhArata kA dUsarA 'vivekAnanda' kahA thA / - bhAratIya aura pazcimI darzanoM kI mImAMsA karate hue jaba ve kisI bhI dArzanika, tAttvika yA saiddhAntika pahalU ko vizleSita karate haiM, taba aisA lagatA hai mAno sampUrNa vAGamaya unake sAmane bichA par3A hai / unakI sannidhi meM Akara jahA~ deza-videza ke zIrSastha vidvAn dhanyatA kA anubha karate haiM, zodha -vidyArthI nayA mArgadarzana prApta karate haiM, vahA~ zodha vidvAn bhI unase naI anveSaNAtmaka dRSTi prApta kara apanI anusandhAnAtmaka pravRttiyoM meM naye unmeSa lAte haiM / ve mahAn dArzanika, Azukavi, ojasvI vaktA aura sazakta lekhaka haiM / cintana kI maulikatA unake sAhitya kI apanI vizeSatA hai / "jaina darzana manana aura mImAMsA" "jaina nyAya kA vikAsa" "ahiMsA tatva darzana" "bhikSu vicAra darzana" Adi unakI mahattvapUrNa kRtiyAM jaina darzana ko pratinidhi granthoM ka e rUpa meM vidvat jagat meM samAdaraNIya sthAna prApta kara cukI haiN| yugapradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI ke vAcanA pramukhatva meM yuvAcArya zrI dvArA sampAdita Agama granthoM ne bhAratIya aura pazcimI vidvAnoM kI dRSTi meM atirikta mUlyavattA aura pratiSThA prApta kI hai / vaijJAnika nahIM haiM, para vaijJAnika dRSTi unheM upalabdha hai / isIlie banI banAyI rAhoM para calanA, sahAroM para jInA aura dUsaroM prakAza se apane patha ko Alokita karanA unheM kabhI nahIM bhAyA / unakA jIvana sUtra hai - "adhyaNA saca mesejjA" svayaM satya kI khoja karo / satya kI khoja ke lie hI ve anavarata adhyAtma-sAdhanA ke prayogoM kI rAhoM se gujarate rahe haiM aura cetanA kI UMcAiyoM ko chUte rahe haiM / ve jAgRta cetanA ke upAsaka haiM / antaH jAgaraNa se phalita hone vAlI zAnti aura samAdhi ke samarthaka haiM / isIliye ve jIvana meM mUrcchA aura jar3atA lAne vAle prayogoM se niSpanna zAnti aura samAdhi ko kabhI mAnyatA nahIM dete / sAdhanA ke nAma para asaMyama ko bar3hAvA dene vAlI tathA mukta bhoga ko mAnyatA pradAna karane vAlI vicAradhArA ke prati apanI nitAnta asahamati prakaTa karate haiM / vigata eka dazaka se ve dhyAna-yoga kI viziSTa sAdhanA evaM prayogoM meM salagna haiM / dhyAnayoga ko vyApakatA pradAna karate hetu, AcArya zrI ke netRtva meM prekSA dhyAna ziviroM kA saMcAlana kara rahe haiM / ina ziviroM ke mAdhyama se hajAroM yuvA pratibhAeM dharma aura adhyAtma kI ora AkarSita ho rahIM haiM / unhoMne adhyAtma ko jIvana-darzana ke rUpa meM prastuta kiyA hai, jisake Aloka meM vizva - cetanA yugIna samasyAoM kA samucita samAdhAna prApta kara sakatI hai / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 381
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________________ yuvAcAryavara dvArA likhita "maiM, merA mana, merI zAnti" "mana ke jIte jIta" "cetanA kA kArohaNa" "mahAvIra kI sAdhanA kA rahasya" Adi yoga sambandhI grantha atyanta lokapriyatA prApta kara cuke haiN| yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa vi0 saM0 1977 meM rAjasthAna ke eka choTe-se kasbe 'Tamakora' meM janme, dasa varSa kI vaya meM terApantha ke aSTAmAcArya zrI kAlUgaNI ke karakamaloM se dIkSita hue aura unheM zikSA-guru ke rUpa meM mile kuzala jIvana-zilpI AcAryazrI tulsii| hIre kI mUlyavattA usakI kATa-chA~Ta aura tarAza para nirbhara karatI hai / sahI DhaMga se tarAze hue hIre ke bhItara se uThane vAlI camaka ke parAvartana se usakI camaka zataguNitasahasraguNita ho jAtI hai aura usI ke AdhAra para usakA mUlya-nirdhAraNa hotA hai / yuvAcArya zrI jisa dina AcArya zrI tulasI kI sannidhi meM Aye the, ve sacamuca eka binA tarAze hue hIre the| Aja unake vyaktitva aura kartRtva kI pratyeka camakapUrNa razmi meM mahAn sRjanadharmI AcArya tulasI kI advitIya sRjanakSamatA parilakSita hotI hai / yuvAcArya zrI prArambha se hI AcArya zrI tulasI ke vicAroM ke prazasta bhASyakAra, unake ananya sahayogI tathA terApaMtha kI pragati ke hara caraNa se saMpRkta rahe haiN| unhoMne cAra varSa taka nikAya-saciva ke rUpa meM saMgha ko apanI vinamra sevAe pradAna kii| vi0 saM0 2035 gaMgAzahara cAturmAsa meM AcArya zrI tulasI ne unheM 'mahAprajJa' vizeSaNa se alaMkRta kiyA aura maryAdA mahotsava ke aitihAsika avasara para unheM yuvAcArya pada se vibhUSita kara apanA 'uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kiyaa| AcArya zrI ke isa sAmayika nirNaya meM sannihita hai atIta kA gaurava, vartamAna kA samAdhAna aura bhaviSya kI ujjvala sNbhaavnaae| mahAprajJa zrI ko yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM prApta kara kevala jaina samAja hI nahIM apitu samagra adhyAtma-jagat gauravAnvita huA hai tathA AcArya zrI tulasI jaise mahAna AcArya ke mahAn uttarAdhikAra ko prApta kara svayaM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa bhI dhanyatA kA anubhava kara rahe haiN| mahAprajJa zrI kA nayA dAyitva samagra vizva ke lie, adhyAtma ke naye dAyare aura naye AyAma udghATita kare tathA mahAn adhyAtma pracetA AcArya zrI tulasI aura yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kI samanvita zakti adhyAtma kI dhArA meM trANa khojane vAlI sampUrNa manuSya jAti kA yuga-yuga taka patha-darzana karatI rahe, yahI maMgala-kAmanA hai| 382 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ yuvAcArya kI jaya ho * muni zrI ravIndrakumAra jI ( laya- saMyamamaya jIvana ho ) yuvAcArya kI jaya ho, mahAprajJa kI jaya ho / jyotirmaya bhaikSava - zAsana kI jaya ho, sadA vijaya ho / yuvA0 // yugapradhAna aNuvrata anuzAstA ke hama saba AbhArI / pAkara inase vizva preraNA avirala bane abhaya ho || 1 || mahAprajJa ke atha se iti taka tuma jIvana-nirmAtA / hue dhanya ye pAkara tumako tuma hI bhAgya-vidhAtA // yuvAcArya tasavIra tumhArI jaga meM dhruva upanaya ho ||2|| mahA dArzanika lekhaka vaktA uccakoTi ke jJAnI / guru caraNoM meM pUrNa samarpita Agama- anusaMdhAnI // vizva bhAratI tuma se upacita, akSaya saurabhamaya ho ||3|| maMgala-gIta sunAe~ / preraNA pAe~ / saMyamamaya ho // 4 // vArANasI kI hama mahilAe yugoM yugoM taka yuvAcArya se guru iMgita para bar3hate jAe~ khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 satata jIvana * yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke abhinandana meM vAraNasI mahilA maMDala dvArA samuccarita gItikA / 383
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________________ adhyAtma ke preraNA-srota : yuvAcArya mahAprajJa ___ muni zrI vimalakumAra vikrama saMvat 2022 kA maryAdA mahotsava hisAra meM thaa| gurudeva ne mujhe bahiviharaNa ke lie muni zrI zubhakaraNa jI ke sAtha madhyapradeza tathA ur3IsA kI ora bhejA / usake pUrva maiM dIkSA ke kucha mahinoM ke bAda se yuvAcArya mahAprajJa (muni zrI nathamala jI) ke pAsa meM raha rahA thA / yuvAcArya zrI kI vAtsalyamayI preraNA mere jIvana-nirmANa meM sahAyaka bnii| merI Antarika icchA na hote hue bhI gurudeva ne mujhe bahibihAra kA Adeza diyaa| usa samaya merA mana khinna ho rahA thA / vidA hote samaya yuvAcArya zrI ne mujhe eka patra likhakara diyA jo yuvAcArya zrI ke abhyantara vyaktitva kA paricAyaka hai / patra isa prakAra hai 2022 phAlguna zuklA 10 muni vimalakumAra, jIvana ke prati hamArA dRSTikoNa AdhyAtmika honA caahie| AdhyAtmikatA kA artha hai apanI tulA se apane Apa ko tolanA, apane mAna-daNDa se apane Apako mApanA / adhyAtma ke mUla sUtra haiM--- 1-apane Apa meM satata prasanna rahanA / zakti, Ananda aura prakAza kA viziSTa anubhava krnaa| 2-sevA aura samarpaNa-sabake prati AtmIyatA kI anubhUti / 3.-sukha-duHkha ke prati samabhAva kA abhyAsa / 4-sahiSNutA kA abhyAsa / 5-~-apriyatA ko apane AnaMda meM vilIna krnaa| 6-vinaya / 7--zAnta shvaas| tuma mere pAsa rahe ho, mere nikaTa sahavAsa meM rahe ho, isalie maiM cAhatA hUM ki tuma adhika se adhika AdhyAtmika bane rahoge / isa dizA meM adhikAdhika vikAsa karoge / nikAya saciva muni nathamala' yathArthataH aise vAkya vahI vyakti likha sakatA hai, jisakA jIvana adhyAtma se ota prota ho| AdhyAtmika vyakti hara sthiti meM apane Apa meM prasanna rahatA hai| AdhyAtmikatA hI pragati kA mUla hai / usake abhAva meM bAhya pragati adhika Tika nahIM sktii| yuvAcArya zrI ke vikAsa kI pRSThabhUmi AdhyAtmikatA hI hai / Apa jaise AdhyAtmika, dArzanika, sAhityakAra, vaktA, lekhaka, yuvAcArya ko prApta kara hamArA sArA dharma-saMgha pramudita hai| mujhe pUrNa vizvAsa hai Apake zAsanakAla meM hamArA dharma-saMgha AdhyAtmika tathA zaikSaNika dizA meM aura adhika vikAsa karegA / 1. hisAra maryAdA mahotsava para AcArya zrI ne muni zrI ko 'nikAya saciva' upAdhi se alaMkRta kiyA thaa| 384 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ he yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma - lUnakaraNa 'vidyArthI' puMja ! he yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma / vizva, yaha AtmajJAna se saphala kAma // (1) AcArya bhikSu kA zAsana yaha, AcAryoM kI sundara mAlA jo karatI rahatI andha jagata meM, jyotikiraNa kA ujiyAlA / he yuvAcArya tujhako pAkara, khila gaye dharma ke puNya dhAma, he mahAprajJa ! he jyotipuMja ! he yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma / / (2) prekSA ke zivira sukhada lagate, jana-jana anuprANita hotA hai, "arham" "arham" dhvani gUMja rahI, ajJAna timira ko khotA hai / tulasI vANI ke vyAkhyAtA, terA ho jaga meM amara nAma, he mahAprajJa ! he jyotipuMja ! he yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma || he mahAprajJa ! he jyoti tere cintana se huA (3) gambhIra tumhArI vANI hai, anubhava kA nirjhara jar3a cetana jaga ke sUkSma bheda kI jJAna kathAyeM jisane amRta rasapAna kiyA, usako na satAtA kuTila kAma, he mahAprajJa ! he jyotipuMja ! he yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma || navayuga pravAhinI ke vAhaka, bhavya purAtana vizada jJAna, bhArata vasundharA ke taTa para lAte munivara svarNima vihAna / o yuga pradhAna ke anugAmI ! nija dhyAna magna digpAlayAma, he mahAprajJa ! he jyotipuMja ! he yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma || bahatA hai, kahatA hai / (5) sunakara guruvara kI sukhada ghoSaNA, jana mAnasa ati harSAyA, zAsana kA savitA camakegA, vizvAsa hRdaya meM sarasAyA / anavarata rahegA cira prakAza hogI na dharma kI kabhI zAma, he mahAprajJa ! he jyotipuMja ! he yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma || (6) anupama bhAvoM se bhare hRdaya se, zraddhA he pathadarzaka ! tere caraNoM meM, tuma tapo dharA para prakhara kiraNa, he mahAprajJa ! he jyotipuMja ! he tere cintana se huA vizva yaha, khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 sumana car3hAte haiM, apanA zIza jhukAte haiM / tulasI ravi terA patha lalAma, yogirAja ! zata-zata praNAma / Atma jJAna se saphala kAma // 385
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________________ Aja kareM kisakA abhinandana ? --sAdhvI mohanakumArI (zrI DUMgaragar3ha) Aja kareM kisakA abhinandana ? eka ora vaha kalAkAra hai jisane kRti kA rUpa saMvArA apane zrama se apane krama se jisakA antarbAhya nikhArA aga-jaga karatA usako vandana Aja kareM kisakA abhinandana ? karuNA kI mahanIya mUrti-sI anupameya kRti apara ora hai jise dekhakara amaroM ke bhI antas meM uThatI hilora hai jhuka jhuka kara karate abhivandana Aja kareM kisakA abhinandana ? amara raheM AcArya hamAre yuvAcArya nayanoM ke tAre bar3he sAdhanA ke patha para hama pAkara zubha saMketa tumhAre rahe praphullita gaNa-vana-nandana Aja kareM kisakA abhinandana ? tulasI-prajJA
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________________ eka upalabdhi sAdhvI Ananda zrI yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke apanI janma bhUmi meM do divasIya svalpa pravAsa meM maiMne yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ko sUkSmatA se dekhaa| yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM janma bhUmi meM ApakA padArpaNa prathama thA, usa samaya sAta sAdhviyoM ke sAtha maiM bhI thii| isa nikaTatA meM unake virATa vyaktitva, gaharAI, sauhArda evaM AtmIyatA kI pravAhita saritA ko dekhakara maiM mana hI mana zraddhAvanata thii| unakI anAgraha vRtti ne mere narvasa mana kI kaI ulajhI granthiyoM ko sulajhA diyaa| sAdhanA, saMskRti aura sAhityamayI triveNI ke udgama Apake bAre meM kyA likhA jAye, yaha prazna cihna mere sammukha hai / samAdhAna hetu itanA hI kaha sakatI hU~ : tuma eka gula ho, tumhAre jalave hajAra haiN| tuma eka sAja ho, tumhAre nagameM hajAra haiN| janma-bhUmi ke prAMgaNa meM ApakA vaha pravacana hRdaya ko bhAva vibhora banAne vAlA hI nahIM varan darzana va vijJAna ke sAtha adhyAtma kI sarasa vyAkhyA bhI mana ko tarotAjA banAne vAlI thii| pravacana ke antargata Apane pharamAyA--"kaI logoM ne mere se kahA-Apa amuka vyakti ko sAdhu-santoM ke darzana kA niyama dilaayeN| maiMne unase kahA--maiM unheM svadarzana ke bAre meM upadeza va bala de sakatA huuN| merA vizvAsa hai ki aisA prayoga karane vAle saMta darzana kiye binA raha nahIM paayeNge| mere dRSTikoNa se prekSA-dhyAna eka manovaijJAnika paddhati hai / jisake dvArA samAja meM vikAsa ke aneka AyAma khole jA sakate haiN|" yuvAcArya mahAprajJa ke prati -kanhaiyAlAla phUlaphagara mauna ho gaye grantha jahAM para, tumane dI phira vaannii| guMjegI vaha dig diganta meM, bana kara ke klyaannii| zraddhA aura samarpaNa koI, sIkhe pAsa tumhAre / koTi-koTi vandana abhinandana, o jaga ke ujiyAre // khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 387
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________________ yuvAcArya mahAprajJa kI niyukti : eka abhinava itihAsa-prasaMga sohanarAja koThArI terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke 115veM maryAdA mahotsava para saMvat 2035 ke mAgha zuklA saptamI ke dina saMgha adhizAstA parama ArAdhya yugapradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI ne mahAprajJa yuvAcArya ko apanA uttarAdhikArI niyukta kara eka abhinava itihAsa kA sajana kiyA hai| svayaM AcAryazrI ne isa niyukti ko apane jIvana kA sabase bar3A nirNaya kahA hai va ise samUce saMgha kA nirNaya batAyA hai / AcAryazrI ne apane AzIrvacana meM yaha bhI vyakta kiyA hai ki yaha dharmasaMgha ke liye akalpita kAma huA hai, para isa kArya se sAre saMgha kI zobhA bar3hegI va saMgha kA AzA se adhika bahumukhI vikAsa hogaa| isa deza meM sabhI dharmasaMghoM meM yahI paramparA rahI hai ki saMgha kA AcArya hI apane uttarAdhikArI kA manonayana karatA hai va use sArA saMgha svIkAra kara letA hai / terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke janmadAtA zrImad bhikSu svAmI ne to saMghIya vidhAna ke prathama maryAdA patra (saMvat 1832 mIgasara badI 7) meM yaha spaSTa prAvadhAna kiyA ki 'vartamAna AcArya kI icchA ho taba vaha apane gurubhAI athavA ziSya ko apanA uttarAdhikArI cuna le, use sabhI sAdhu-sAdhvI-gaNa AcArya mAna leM va eka AcArya kI AjJA meM saba rheN|' isa maryAdA kA terApaMtha ke AtmArthI sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ne bahuta hI AntarikatA se pAlana kiyA hai| ___ isa dharmasaMgha ke itihAsa meM isa bAra yuvAcArya kI niyukti kA prasaMga karIba AdhI zatAbdI bAda AyA, para isa prasaMga para sAre saMgha ne AzAtIta harSa aura ullAsa ke sAtha AcAryazrI dvArA kI gaI niyukti kA svAgata kiyA / pariNAmataH AcAryazrI evaM yuvAcAryazrI ko bhI apUrva AnaMda aura AhlAda kI anubhUti ho rahI hai| dharmasaMgha kI prabhAvanA bar3hAnA AcArya kA sarvopari kartavya hai aura usa hetu ve vividha Adeza-nirdeza dete haiM va saMgha ko adhyAtma kI naI dizAoM meM pravRtta karate haiM, para AcArya kA sabase mahattvapUrNa evaM Avazyaka kartavya hai, saMgha kI bhAvI vyavasthA ke saMcAlana ke lie sakSama evaM yogya uttarAdhikArI kI niyukti, tAki dharmasaMgha pragati kI dizA meM uttarottara gatimAna rhe| isa dRSTi se AcAryazrI ne apane uttarAdhikArI kI niyukti kara sahaja kartavya kA nirvAha mAtra hI kiyA hai aura ise koI naI bAta honA nahIM kahA jA sakatA, para isa ghoSaNA 388 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ ka sAtha kucha aise vizeSa jJAtavya tathya udghATita hote haiM jinameM se kucha eka kA ullekha maiM isa nibaMdha meM karanA cAhUMgA, jisase isa ghaTanA ko nissaMkoca eka abhinava itihAsa prasaMga kahA jA sakatA hai| AcAryazrI tulasI saMvat 1663 ke bhAdavA sudi 3 ko kevala 22 varSa kI Ayu meM yuvAcArya bane, va tIna dina bAda pUrvAcArya zrImad kAlUgaNI jI ke svargavAsa hone para, AcArya bana gae / terApaMtha ke itihAsa meM itanI kama Ayu meM koI yuvAcArya yA AcArya nahIM huaa| saMbhavataH bhagavAn mahAvIra ke bAda samUcI jaina paramparA meM bhI, itane bar3e dharmasaMgha kA, (jisameM usa samaya lagabhaga 500 sAdhu-sAdhviyA~ thIM) itanI kama umra meM koI AcArya nahIM bana paayaa| yuvAcArya mahAprajJa kI avasthA isa samaya 56 varSa ke karIba hai aura yaha eka tathya hai ki isa dharmasaMgha meM itanI bar3I Ayu meM koI yuvAcArya manonIta nahIM huaa| yaha eka vicitra saMyoga hai ki sabase kama umra meM hone vAle AcArya ne sabase adhika Ayu ke sAdhu ko apanA yuvAcArya cunaa| itanA hI nahIM AcAryazrI ne apane zAsana kAla meM bahuta laMbe aMtarAla (lagabhaga 43 varSa) ke bAda 65 varSa kI Ayu meM uttarAdhikArI kI ghoSaNA kii| terApaMtha dharmasaMgha meM kisI AcArya ne zAsana kAla ke itane varSoM bAda yA itanI adhika Ayu meM aisI ghoSaNA nahIM kii| nava AcAryoM meM chaThe AcArya mANakagaNi jI akasmAta devaloka ho gae; ataH ve yuvAcArya kA manonayana nahIM kara sake-zeSa AcAryoM ne 65 varSa kI Ayu ke pUrva manonayana kara liyaa| svayaM AcAryazrI ke zabdoM meM "hamAre dharmasaMgha ke aba taka jitane AcArya hue haiM eka ko chor3a kara sabhI AcAryoM ne isa umra ke pahale pahale apane dAyitva ko auroM ko sauMpa diyaa|" svayaM AcAryazrI ko yuvAcArya banane ke bAda hI nahIM, apitu AcArya banane ke bAda bhI, karIba 12 varSa taka, eka hI pradeza meM raha kara dharmasaMgha ke pracAra-prasAra ke liye bahuta taiyArI karanI par3I, va kaI anubhavoM kI prakriyA se nikalanA par3A va anubhavasiddha sAdhu-sAdhvI, zrAvaka-zrAvikAoM se bahuta kucha sIkhanA par3A aura tabhI ve eka samartha va tejasvI AcArya ke rUpa meM nitara sake, para mahAprajJa yuvAcArya ko saMgha-vyavasthA ke lie kucha bhI nayA sIkhanA Avazyaka nahIM hai, ve varSoM se saMgha kI gatividhiyoM meM AcAryazrI ke pramukha parAmarzadAtA rahe haiM, va 46-47 varSoM kI laMbI saMyama yAtrA meM caturvidha saMgha se bhalI bhAMti paricita haiM, terApaMtha ke siddhAntoM ke ve abhUtapUrva bhASyakAra haiM aura isaliye terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ko bhAvI netRtva ke lie eka siddhahasta yogI milA hai jisakI paripakva anubhUtiyoM se saMgha nizcita rUpa se lAbhAnvita hogaa| use yogyatA kI talAza meM koI pratIkSA nahIM karanI pdd'egii| vastutaH anya prayogoM kI taraha AcAryazrI kA yaha eka abhinava prayoga hai, jisameM saMgha kI surakSA va vikAsa kA hita sannihita haiN| yaha tathya sarvavidita hai ki yuvAcArya kI ghoSaNA ke pUrva munizrI nathamala jI sabhI dRSTiyoM se AcAryazrI ke yogyatama ziSyoM meM the| svayaM AcAryazrI ne isI varSa kArtika zuklA 13 ko gaMgAzahara meM unheM 'mahAprajJa' kI upAdhi pradAna kI aura saMbhavataH yaha virala upAdhi Aja taka kisI AcArya ne, apane ziSya kI yogyatA kA aMkana kara nahIM dI hogii| yuvAcArya mahAprajJa ne bhagavad vANI ke prAmANika saMkalana AgamoM kA zodhana kara, taTastha vRtti se, usakI vAcanA kA saMpAdana kiyA; zrImad bhikSu svAmI dvArA praNIta aTala satya khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 386
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________________ siddhAntoM kI yuga kI naI zailI meM prazasta vyAkhyA kI, AtmalakSI adhyAtmaparaka sAhitya ke sRjana se buddhijIviyoM ko prabuddha kiyA, prekSA-dhyAna ke rUpa meM vyakti kI saMkalpa-zakti jagAne va cetanA ko mukharita karane kI preraNA dI, svayaM sthira yoga kI sAdhanA kara vItarAgatA kI ora bar3hane kA Adarza prastuta kiyA aura ina sabake uparAMta AcAryazrI ke prati saMpUrNataH samarpita hokara unakI AjJA, anujJA, saMketoM kA paripUrNa pAlana kiyA va saMgha ke yugAntarakArI parivartana meM AcAryazrI ko mahAn yogadAna diyA, jisake phalasvarUpa na kevala terApaMtha dharmasaMgha meM, apitu anyAnya dharma sampradAyoM meM bhI mahAn dArzanika, tattvazodhaka, prabuddha ciMtaka, sAhitya-sRSTA ke rUpa meM unakI prakhyAti huI / terApaMtha dharmasaMgha meM AcAryazrI ke bAda saMbhavataH unheM caturvidha saMgha se sabase adhika sammAna milA aura aisI sthiti meM yaha nizcita rUpa se kahA jA sakatA hai ki yuvAcArya kI niyukti se unheM koI adhika sammAna nahIM milA, isase to unheM jo aba taka sammAna milA thA, usakA aitihAsika evaM vaidhAnika svIkaraNa mAtra huaa| aise yuvAcArya ko pAkara saMgha kA hI gaurava aura sammAna bar3hA hai aura saMbhavataH itihAsa meM pahalI bAra aisA parilakSita huA ki pada se bhI vyakti bar3A hotA hai| yuvAcArya mahAprajJa pada-prApti ke pUrva bhI sammAnita the aura isalie yaha nissaMkoca kahA jA sakatA hai ki unakI niyukti se yuvAcArya pada kA jitanA sammAna bar3hA hai, utanA unakA nhiiN| isake pUrva kaI sAdhu to AcArya banane ke pUrva taka prakAza meM nahIM A ske| isa dRSTi se yaha niyukti apane Apa meM vilakSaNa hai| isa prasaMga kI mahattA isa tathya se bhI prakaTa hotI hai ki isa ghoSaNA se sAre dharmasaMgha va itara sampradAyoM meM sarvatra harSa prakaTa kiyA gyaa| isa bAra maryAdA-mahotsava para adhikAMza vayovRddha va apane samaya ke prakhara evaM bahumAnI sAdhu, kaI kAraNoM se upasthita nahIM ho sake, para ghoSaNA ke bAda unhoMne jo prazastipUrNa pratikriyAeM vyakta kI, zraddhA-udgAra bheje, usa para svayaM AcAryazrI evaM yuvAcAryazrI ko AhlAdapUrNa Azcarya huaa| terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke itihAsa meM itanI sArvajanika evaM sarvamAnya sukhada pratikriyA pahale kabhI vyakta nahIM huii| saMgha ke sAdhu bhI chadmastha hI to hote haiM va unheM rAgadveSa, IrSyA satA sakate haiN| pUrva meM kucha aise prasaMgoM para kucha sAdhu ruSTa va asaMtuSTa bhI hue, hAlA~ki unakI saMkhyA nagaNya hI rhii| terApaMtha ke caturtha adhizAstA zrImad jayAcArya ne jaba saMvat 1920 meM magharAja jI svAmI ko yuvAcArya ghoSita kiyA, taba unake samakakSa yogyatA vAle chogajI caturbhuja jI Adi ne to saMgha taka se apanA saMbaMdha viccheda kara diyA, va virodha meM juTa gae, jisase zrI jayAcArya ko unakA virodha nirasta karane meM paryApta zrama va zakti lagAnI pdd'ii| isake pUrva va pazcAt bhI yatra-tatra aise prasaMgoM para asaMtoSa, IrSyA, dveSa ke kucha kSaNika sphuliMga uchale, hAlAMki AtmAnuzAsana se prerita zramaNa-zramaNI vRnda usase prabhAvita nahIM huA, va sAre sphuliMga AtmasAdhanA ke zItala jala meM svayaM tirohita ho gye| isa tArkika evaM pracAra ke yuga meM jaba ki cAroM ora pada-lipsA kI jvAlA se sArA vizva trasta hai, va adhikAMza dharmasaMgha bhI usase achUte nahIM raha pAe haiM, taba lagabhaga sAta sau sAdhu-sAdhvI-saMgha ke anuzAstA, va lAkhoM-lAkhoM anuyAyiyoM ke zraddhAnAyaka ke rUpa meM, yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kA manonayana, tulasI-prajJA
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________________ caturvidha saMgha dvArA sahaja rUpa se harSAtireka ke vAtAvaraNa meM svIkAra karanA terApaMtha dharmasaMgha kI hI nahIM, vizva itihAsa kI alaukika ghaTanA kahI jA sakatI hai| yaha saba AcAryazrI kI dUradarzitApUrNa sUjhabUjha evaM yuvAcAryazrI kI viziSTa yogyatAoM kA hI pariNAma hai va saMgha isa bAta se nizcita hai ki yuvAcAryazrI kI viziSTatAoM kA netRtva-rUpa meM jo lAbha milegA, vaha sabhI dRSTiyoM se itihAsa meM apUrva va avismaraNIya hogaa| isa prasaMga kI eka vizeSatA yaha bhI hai ki aba taka jina samartha AcAryoM ne apane uttarAdhikArI ko cunA, ve unake anukaraNa mAtra hI karane vAle the| AcAryazrI svayaM isake apavAda avazya rahe aura isakA kAraNa unakI choTI Ayu bhI thA, para AcAryazrI ne paripakva avasthA ke yuvAcArya jI kA jo manonayana kiyA, usameM yaha AdhAra nahIM bana pAyA / yaha sahI hai ki AcAryazrI ne terApaMtha dharmasaMgha kI vyavasthA meM jo yugAntarakArI parivartana kie usameM mahAprajJa kA prAraMbha se zatapratizata samarthana, sahayoga, va yogadAna rahA aura unhoMne kabhI kisI avasara para AcAryazrI se bhinna anubhUti nahIM kI aura sadA unase abhinna advaitAtmaka sthiti meM rahe, para yaha bhI nizcita kahA jA sakatA hai ki yuvAcAryazrI kaI dRSTiyoM se AcAryazrI ke anugAmI na hokara, pUraka bhI haiN| yaha donoM vyaktitvoM kI nijatA hai, jo unake vyavahAra va kArya-zailI meM spaSTa parilakSita hotI haiN| AcAryazrI 65 varSa kI avasthA meM bhI sadA utphulla rahane vAle haMsate-khilate suvAsita gulAba ke phUla kI taraha haiM, jinake mAnasa para avasthA apanA vizeSa prabhAva chor3ane meM asamartha rahI haiN| gata tIna cAra dazAbdiyoM meM jaba-jaba unake darzana sevA karane kA avasara milA, taba-taba maiMne unake cehare para tAruNya bharI muskAna va praphullatA ke hI darzana paae| bhayaMkara virodha va viSAdapUrNa paristhitiyoM meM bhI unakA asIma AzAvAda nyUna nahIM ho pAyA, unakI prasannatA ko miTA na sakA, ve usa sadAbahAra udyAna kI taraha rahe jisake kaNa-kaNa meM naI chaTA, nayA raMga, naI suvAsa satata vidyamAna rahatI hai aura yahI kAraNa hai abodha bacce va anabhijJa grAmINa se lekara bar3e-bar3e sattAdhIza evaM vidvajjana unase samAna rUpa se AkarSita rahe aura sabhI kSetroM meM itanI lokapriyatA Aja taka kisI dharmAcArya ko nahIM milii| isake ThIka viparIta yuvAcAryazrI ke cehare para maiMne sadA hI gAMbhIrya aura sAttvika taTasthatA kA hI bhAva dekhA- unako na to maiMne kabhI khulakara haMsate dekhA, na unake cehare para kabhI unmukta evaM vyApaka muskAna dekhii| agAdha pAMDitya ke sAtha unheM ahaM to chU nahIM pAyA, para gAMbhIrya achUtA na raha skaa| taTasthatA va anAsakta bhAva ke sAtha-sAtha sahaja udAsInatA ne unameM spaSTa abhivyakti pAlI / yuvAcAryazrI zAMta padma-sarovara ke zarad Rtu ke zveta kamala kI taraha nilipta aura sAmyayogI haiN| AcAryazrI Aja bhI yuvaka kI taraha utsAhI evaM prasanna-vadana rahate haiM, jaba ki yuvAcAryazrI apane bhara yauvana meM paripakva vyaktitva lie hue lagate the| AcAryazrI kI sahaja muskAna ke pIche loka ke sAre prANiyoM ke prati karuNA va samatA bhAva chalaka kara bAhara AtA pratIta hotA hai, aura yuvAcAryazrI kI taTastha vRtti meM prANI mAtra kI vedanA unake aMtaratama meM gaharI paiTha kara svapara Atma-kalyANa kI bhAvanA meM rUpAntarita ho jAnA cAhatI hai aura vibhAva se svabhAva meM jAne kI prakriyA kA yaha saMgharSa unake cehare para barabasa apanI jhalaka chor3a detA hai / eka hI lakSya ke pathika donoM ke mArga zreya hone para bhI bhinna-bhinna haiM / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ AcAryazrI kI oja bharI vANI va usameM yadA kadA phUTane vAlI saMgIta laharI se Ama janatA evaM buddhijIvI samAna rUpa se bhAva vibhora ho uThate haiM, to yuvAcAryazrI dvArA dharma ke gUr3ha tattvoM ko thor3e grAhya zabdoM meM sulajhAne kI vizeSa zailI se bar3e se bar3e vijJajana maMtra-mugdha ho uThate haiN| eka meM Ama janatA ke hRdaya ko jhakajhorane kI ajeya zakti hai, to dUsare meM mastiSka ko sIdhe chUne kI prajJAzakti hai aura ye donoM zaktiyA~ vyakti ko AtmalakSI banAne meM adbhuta preraNA kA kArya karatI haiN| eka ne apanI apAra karuNA se jana-jana kA sneha prApta kiyA hai, to dUsare ne hita-ciMtana kI satata sAdhanA meM jana-jana kA sammAna pAyA hai, aisI sthiti meM donoM eka dUsare ke pUraka haiM, aisA nizcita rUpa se kahA jA sakatA hai / donoM kadama eka sAtha nahIM cala sakate / eka padacApa para hI dUsarA padacApa nahIM par3atA, phira bhI donoM caraNa alaga-alaga raha kara evaM calakara bhI eka sAtha hI rahate haiM va unase pragati kI ora gati prApta hotI haiM / yuvAcAryazrI ke manonayana ke avasara para AcAzrI ne sAre saMgha ko Azvasta kiyA hai ki mahAprajJa jI ko dAyitva sauMpakara bhI ve unakI sAdhanA kI gatizIlatA meM koI vyavadhAna nahIM par3ane deMge va apanA dAyitva usI taraha nibhAte rheNge| yaha AzvAsana saubhAgya-sUcaka hai va sAre dharmasaMgha kI kAmanA hai ki AcAryazrI evaM yuvAcAryazrI donoM pUrNa Arogya evaM sudIrgha jIvana prApta kareM va saMgha ko apanA sabala netRtva dete raheM tAki vizva kI adhyAtma zaktiyoM ko bala mila ske| isa bAta meM kiMcit saMzaya nahIM kiyA jA sakatA, ki samaya Ane para yuvAcAryazrI apane meM AcAryazrI kI sArI zaktiyoM ko samAhita karane kI kSamatA rakhate haiN| isI AzA aura vizvAsa ke sAtha maiM AcAryazrI evaM yuvAcAryazrI donoM mahApuruSoM kA itihAsa ke isa abhinava prasaMga para zraddhA pUrvaka hArdika abhinaMdana karatA huuN| 362 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ saMsmaraNoM ke prakAza meM usa samaya ke muni nathamala : Aja ke yuvAcArya mahAprajJa muni zrI buddhamala saMsmaraNoM kI yAtrA yuvAcArya mahAprajJa terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke bhAvI AcArya haiN| ve mahAprANa yugapradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI ke dvArA niyukta unake uttarAdhikArI haiN| isa niyukti ke abhinandana meM "tulasI prajJA" apanA vizeSAMka nikAla rahI hai| maiM yuvAcArya kA samavayaska hUM, isase bhI adhika maiM unakA bAla-sAthI evaM sahapAThI rahA hUM, ataH unase saMbaMdhita kucha saMsmaraNa likhane ke lie mujhe kahA gayA hai| pichale ar3atAlIsa varSoM ke nikaTa samparka ke prakAza meM jaba maiM apane jIvana ke utAra-car3hAvoM kI ora dRSTipAta karatA hUM taba pAtA hUM ki mastiSka meM khaTTe-mIThe saMsmaraNoM kI eka bhIr3a dhakkA-mukkI karatI huI praveza kara rahI hai, maiM una sabako isa samaya apane pAThakoM ke sammukha upasthita kara sakU-yaha saMbhava nahIM hai| parantu kucha ko sammukha lAnA Avazyaka bhI pratIta hotA hai / to lIjie, ye upasthita haiM hamArI bAlyAvasthA ke kucha nanheM-munne saMsmaraNa, inase miliye / parantu eka bAta kA dhyAna rakhiye, inakI yAtrA mere bAla sakhA muni nathamala ke paripArzva se prAraMbha hotI hai aura yuvAcArya mahAprajJa taka pahuMcatI hai, phira bhI maMjila aura Age hai, yAtrA cAlU hai| bAla sAthI hama donoM janmanA DhUMDhAr3a (tatkAlIna jayapura rAjya) ke haiN| muni nathamala jI kA . janma Tamakora (viSNugar3ha) meM aura merA pilAnI ke samIpastha grAma lIkhavA meM huaa| merA lAlana-pAlana evaM prAraMbhika zikSA nanihAla meM huI, ataH maiM sAdulapura meM hI rahA aura vahIM kA ho gyaa| merA janma saM0 1977 AsAr3ha kRSNA 3 kA hai aura yuvAcArya jI kA AsAr3ha kRSNA 13 kaa| unhoMne terApaMtha ke aSTamAcArya zrI kAlUgaNI se saM0 1987 ke mAgha meM dIkSA grahaNa kI aura maiMne 1988 ke kArtika meN| prazikSaNa ke lie hama donoM muni tulasI (AcArya tulasI) ko sauMpe gaye / samavayaskatA ke sAtha-sAtha tabhI se hama donoM sAthI aura sahapAThI bana gaye / yadyapi usa samaya anya bhI aneka bAla-sAdhu the, parantu hama donoM kI paTarI kucha aisI baiThI ki prAyaH hara kriyA aura pratikriyA meM hama eka sAtha rahate / hamAre khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 363
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________________ nAma bhI prAyaH sabhI ke mukha para samastapada kI taraha eka sAtha rahate the| pUjya kAlUgaNI hameM "natthU-buddha" kaha kara pukArate the aura hamAre adhyApaka muni tulasI "nathamala jIbuddhamala jI" kahA karate the| haMsane kA daNDa bAla-cApalya ke kAraNa hama donoM haMsA bahuta karate the / sakAraNa to koI bhI haMsa letA hai, para hama akAraNa bhI haMsate the| pATha yAda karate samaya hama donoM ko kamare ke do konoM meM bhIMta kI ora muha karake biThAyA jAtA thA, phira bhI jhuka jhuka kara hama eka dUsare kI ora dekhate aura haMsate / choTI-moTI koI bhI ghaTanA yA sthiti hamAre haMsane kA kAraNa bana jAtI thii| hama abhidhAna citAmaNi koSa kaMThastha kara rahe the / muni tulasI ke pAsa vAcana karate samaya jaba "peDhAlaH poTTilazcApi" jaise vicitra uccAraNa vAle nAma hamAre sAmane Aye to hama donoM apanI haMsI roka nahIM pAye / kaThora anuzAsana paMsada karane vAle hamAre adhyApaka muni tulasI ne usa udaMDatA ke lie kaI dinoM taka hamArA zikSaNa baMda rakhA / isI prakAra mevAr3a se Aye eka vyakti kI phaTI-phaTI sI bolI sunakara bhI hama apanI haMsI nahIM roka sake aura daMDa svarUpa kaI dinoM taka zikSaNa baMda rhaa| baca gae tArAnagara kI bAta hai / maiM pAnI pIne ke lie gyaa| usI samaya muni nathamala bhI vahA~ pahuMca gaye / ve mujhe haMsAne kA prayAsa karane lge| bahuta dera taka unhoMne mujhe pAnI nahIM pIne diyA / Akhira jhallAkara maiMne unako dhamakI dI ki muni tulasI ke pAsa maiM ApakI zikAyata kara dUMgA / taba ve ruke aura maiM pAnI pI sakA / usa samaya hama donoM ko hI patA nahIM thA ki pAsa ke kamare se mahAmanA maganalAla jI svAmI hamArI kArastAnI dekha rahe haiN| sAyaMkAlIna bhojana parosate samaya maMtrI muni ne kAlUgaNI ke sammukha hI hamase pUchA ki Aja madhyAhna meM pAnI pIte samaya tuma donoM kyA kara rahe the ? hama donoM kI to mAnoM ghigghI hI baMdha gaI / maMtrI muni ne haMsate hue hamArI noka-jhoMka kAlUgaNI ko sunAI aura kahA-donoM hI bahuta caMcala haiN| AcAryazrI ne arthabharI dRSTi se hamArI ora dekhA aura muskarA diye / hama donoM taba Azvasta ho gaye ki baca gaye / bar3A bananA hai yA choTA? lagatA hai AcAryapravara ne hamAre haMsane ke usa svabhAva ko badalane ke lie manovaijJAnika prayoga kiyaa| hama donoM upapAta meM baiThe the taba unhoMne kahA-Ao eka soraThA yAda kro| unhoMne sikhAyA "haMsiye nA huMsiyAra, haMsiyA hamakAI huve / haMsiyA doSa hajAra, guNa jAvaM gahalo giNe // " eka bAra unhoMne yaha zloka kaMThastha karAyA 364 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ "bAla-sakhitvamakAraNahAsyaM strISu vivAdamasajjana-sevA / gardabhayAnamasaMskRta-vANI, SaTsu naro laghutAmupayAti // " AcAryazrI ne hameM zikSA dete hue kahA-"bacce ke sAtha mitratA, akAraNa hAsya, striyoM ke sAtha vivAda, durjana kI saMgati, gadhe kI savArI aura azuddha vANI-ina chaha bAtoM se manuSya choTA bana jAtA hai|" zikSA ke bIca meM hI AcAryazrI ne hamase prazna kiyA-- "tuma loga bar3A banA cAhate ho yA choTA ?" hama donoM ne eka sAtha uttara diyA--"bar3A" AcAryazrI ne taba hamArI ora eka vicitra dRSTi se dekhate hue kahA-"bar3A bananA cAhate ho to ina bAtoM se bacanA caahie|" sahaja bhAva se dI gaI ukta zikSA hamAre antaraMga meM utaratI gaI aura hama zIghra hI akAraNa hAsya ke usa svabhAva se mukta ho gaye / pArasparika spardhA gaharI mitratA ke sAtha-sAtha hama donoM meM spardhA bhI calatI rahatI thii| khar3iyA se paTTI kauna pahale likhatA hai, zloka kauna zIghra yAda karatA hai, AcAryazrI kI sevA meM kauna pahale pahuMcatA hai, muni tulasI kA kathana kauna pahale kAryAnvita karatA hai-ye hamArI spardhA ke viSaya huA karate the| kabhI-kabhI anya viSayoM meM bhI spardhA ho jAyA karatI thii| saM0 1986 meM eka bAra zrI DUMgaragar3ha meM kAlUgaNI kI sevA meM muni nathamala jI baiThe the / AcAryazrI ne apane "pu?" se bhartRhari kA nItizataka nikAla kara unheM diyaa| unhoMne Akara mujhe dikhAyA to maiMne bhI gurudeva se usakI mA~ga kii| eka bAra to unhoMne pharamAyA ki "pu?" meM eka hI prati thI, vaha de dI gaI, aba tumhAre lie kahA~ se Aye ? isa para bhI maiMne apanI mA~ga ko duharAyA, taba muni cauthamala jI ke "pu?" se eka dUsarI prati nikalavAkara usI samaya mujhe dI gii| saM0 1960 meM bIdAsara meM AcAryazrI kA pravAsa thaa| maiM akelA AcAryazrI kI sevAmeM thaa| AcAryazrI ne apane "pu?" se eka kavitApatra nikAlA aura mujhe diyaa| maiMne muni nathamala jI ko vaha dikhalAyA, to unhoMne bhI usakI mA~ga kii| dUsarA patra upalabdha nahIM thA, ataH nayA likhavAkara unheM diyA gayA / saM0 1986 ke saradArazahara cAturmAsa meM dIkSAeM huI, taba jo vastra AyA, usameM se eka kaMbala ko alaga rakhate hue AcAryazrI ne kahA-yaha natthU-buddha ko denA hai| kisI muni ke dvArA hameM ukta sUcanA to milI hI, sAtha hI yaha bhI patA calA ki usa kaMbala ke eka bhAga meM kucha kAle dhabbe haiN| madhyAhnakAlIna bhojana ke pazcAt kAlUgaNI ne kaMbala ke do Tukar3e kie aura hameM dene lage taba hama donoM ne hI binA dhabbe vAle Tukar3e kI mAMga kii| AcAryazrI ne hameM samajhAne kA prayAsa kiyA ki dhone para ye dhabbe miTa jAyeMge, parantu dhabbe vAlA bhAga lene ke lie hama donoM meM se koI bhI udyata nahIM thA / Akhira AcAryazrI ne donoM bhAgoM ko apanI goda meM dabAyA aura vastra se Dhaka diyA / kevala do chora Upara rakhakara hamase kahA ki eka-eka chora pakar3a lo| hama donoM ThiThake to sahI, parantu phira eka-eka khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 365
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________________ I chora pakar3a liyA / dhabboM vAlA bhAga muni nathamala jI ko milA / ve thor3e udAsa hue, parantu jaba donoM bhAga dhulakara punaH hamAre pAsa Aye taba hama pahacAna hI nahIM pAye ki dhabboM vAlA bhAga kaunasA thA ? muni tulasI artha karate saM0 1986 meM hama donoM abhidhAna cintAmaNi koza kaMThastha kara rahe the / AcAryazrI ne pharamAyA--madhyAhna meM pratidina eka zloka siMdUra prakara (sUkti muktAvali) kA bhI yAda kiyA karo | hama vaisA hI karane lage / kucha zloka kaMThastha ho jAne ke pazcAt hameM Adeza huA ki sAyaM pratikramaNa ke pazcAt tuma donoM zlokoM kA gAna kiyA karo aura tulasI artha kiyA karegA / bAlyAvasthA ke kAraNa usa samaya hamArA svara mahIna aura madhura thA / AcAryazrI ke sammukha khar3e hokara hama donoM upasthita jana samUha meM pratidina cAra zlokoM kA gAna karate aura hamAre adhyApaka muni tulasI unakA artha kiyA karate / eka zikAyata muni tulasI hameM kAphI kar3e anuzAsana meM rakhate the / idhara-udhara ghUmane kI chUTa to dete hI nahIM the, paraspara bAta bhI nahIM karane dete the / hama donoM ne kAlugaNI ke pAsa zikAyata karane kA nirNaya kiyaa| rAtri meM jaba AcAryazrI sone kI taiyArI kara rahe the, taba hama gaye aura pAsa jAkara vandana kiyA / AcAryazrI ne donoM ke sira para hAtha rakhate hue pUchA - "bolo kyoM Aye ho ?" hama donoM ne kucha saMkucAte aura kucha sAhasa karate hue kahA - "tulasIrAma jI svAmI hameM bAta bhI nahIM karane dete, bahuta kar3AI karate haiM / " AcAryazrI ne pUchA--"yaha saba vaha tumhArI par3hAI ke lie hI karatA hai yA anya kisI kAraNa se ?" hamane kahA - " karate to par3hAI ke lie hI haiM / " AcAryazrI bole - "taba phira kyA zikAyata raha jAtI hai ?" " isa viSaya meM to vaha jaisA cAhegA vaisA hI karegA / tumhArI koI bAta nahIM calegI / " hama donoM avAk the / na kucha kaha pAye aura na uThakara hI jA pAye / AcAryazrI ne gurukula meM par3hA karatA thA / anya chAta rAjakumAra ko rAjA ke pAsa le jA rahe aura gaTharI rAjakumAra ke sira para utaravA dI gaI / ve saba rAjasabhA vyavahAra kaisA rahA ?" AcArya ne rAjakumAra se bhI pUchA - " AcArya jI ne rAjakumAra ne hameM eka kahAnI sunAte hue kahA- rAjA kA putra bhI vahA~ par3hate the / par3hAI sampUrNa hone para AcArya the / rAjadhAnI ke bAjAra meM unhoMne kucha gehUM kharIde rakha dI / kucha dUra taka le calane ke pazcAt vaha gaTharI meM pahuMce / rAjA ne Azcarya se pUchA - "rAjakumAra kA kahA- -: " bahuta acchA, bahuta vinayayukta / " rAjA ne tumhAre sAtha kaisA vyavahAra kiyA ?" sakucAte hue to bahuta acchA vyavahAra kiyA, parantu Aja kA vyavahAra usase meM inhoMne mere se bhAra uThavAyA / " rAjA ne khinna hokara AcArya se isakA kAraNa pUchA / 366 tulasI- prajJA kahA - "itane varSoM taka bhinna thA / Aja bAjAra
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________________ AcArya ne kahA - "yaha bhI eka pATha hI thA / bhAvI rAjA ko yaha jJAta honA cAhie ki garIba kA zrama kitanA mUlyavAna hotA hai / " AcAryazrI ne kahAnI kA upasaMhAra karate hue kahA- - "adhyApaka to rAjA ke putra se bhI bhAra uThavA letA hai, to phira tumhArI zikAyata kaise mAnI jA sakatI hai ? tulasI ne to tumheM bAta karane se hI rokA hai / jAo, mana lagAkara par3hA karo aura jaisA vaha kahe vaisA hI kiyA kro| " hama AzA lekara gaye the, parantu nirAzA pAkara lauTa aaye| dUsare dina muni tulasI ke pAsa par3hane ke lie gaye to mana meM dhukura-pukura macI huI thI ki kahIM hamArI zikAyata kA patA laga gayA to kyA hogA ? kizorAvasthA meM bAlyAvasthA se kizorAvasthA meM pahuMcane para hamArI spardhA ke viSaya badala gaye / saM0 1661 meM jodhapura cAturmAsa meM hamane rAjasthAnI bhASA kI prathama kAvya racanA kI / saM0 1994 ke bIkAnera cAturmAsa meM saMskRta bhASA meM prathama kAvya racanA kI / hama eka dUsare ko apanI racanA dikhAte aura usake guNa-doSoM para carcA karate / anya viSaya para bhI hamArI paraspara carcA calatI rahatI thI / hama zauca ke lie prAyaH sabase dUra jAyA karate / vahA~ Asana kiyA karate / saMskRta bhASaNa kA abhyAsa bhI kiyA karate / eka dUsare se prAyaH preraNA grahaNa karate rahate / zikSArthI sAdhuoM ko vyAkaraNa, kAvya aura darzana - zAstra Adi aneka viSayoM kA prazikSaNa dene kA kArya bhI hama logoM ne kiyA / parihAsa ke kSaNoM meM samaya-samaya para hama donoM meM parihAsa bhI calatA rahatA thaa| eka bAra muni nathamala jI ne kisI viSaya para mujhe koI sujhAva diyaa| maiMne use asvIkAra karate hue unakA majAka ur3AyA ki maiM Apase Ayu meM nau dina bar3A hUM, ataH mujhe zikSA dene kA Apako koI adhikAra nahIM hai / unhoMne bhI mujhe usI lahaje meM tatkAla uttara diyA ki tuma nau dinoM ke ghamaNDa meM phUle ho, maiM dIkSA meM tumhAre se nau mahIne bar3A hUM / eka bAra maiMne unako koI sujhAva diyA to usakA majAka ur3Ate hue unhoMne kahA"tumhArA to nAma hI buddha hai, tuma mujhe kyA sujhAva de sakate ho ?" maiMne bhI "jaise ko taisA" uttara dete hue kahA -- " maiM samajhadAra vyakti ke kathana ko hI mahattva detA hUM / "aire gaire natthU khaire" mere viSaya meM kyA kahate haiM, usa para kabhI dhyAna nahIM detA / " jo Aja bhI yAda hai AkSepAtmaka parihAsa prAyaH kaTutA utpanna kara dete haiM, jabaki gudagudAne vAle parihAsa tRptidAyaka hote haiM / ve bahudhA apanI smRti meM bhI vaisI hI tRpti pradAna karate haiM / saM0 2000 meM mere dvArA kiyA gayA eka parihAsa, jise maiM bhUla cukA thA, parantu yuvAcArya khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 367
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________________ jI ko Aja bhI vaha yAda hai / isakA patA mujhe taba lagA jaba yuvAcArya banane se tIna-cAra dina pUrva hI bAta-cIta ke silasile meM unhoMne mujhe usa ghaTanA kA smaraNa kraayaa| ukta ghaTanA saM0 2000 ke cAturmAsa se pUrva grISmakAla kI hai / usa samaya AcArya zrI tulasI ne muni nathamala jI ko agraNI rUpa meM bahibihAra ke lie bhejA thA / bAisa varSa kI car3hatI avasthA aura nizcita svataMtra viharaNa ne unake zarIra para kAphI acchA prabhAva DAlA / kucha mahInoM ke pazcAt jaba ve vApasa Aye to raktAbha mukha unakI svasthatA kA agrima paricaya de rahA thA / maiMne unako vandana kiyA aura parihAsamaya prAcIna zloka kA eka caraNa sunAte hue usI ke mAdhyama se unheM sukhapRcchA kI / sthityanukUla saTIka baiThane vAlA apanA parihAsa sunakara ve khilakhilA par3e / abhI-abhI rAjaladesara meM yuvAcArya banane se pUrva unhoMne mujhe merI parihAsa - prakRti kA smaraNa dilAte hue vahI caraNa gunagunA kara kahA thA -- kyA tumheM yAda hai ki tumane mere lie isakA prayoga kiyA thA ? lagabhaga paiMtIsa varSa pUrva kiye gaye usa parihAsa ko yAda kara hama donoM eka bAra phira khilakhilA kara haMsa par3e / sAtha ke sAdhu jijJAsApUrvaka usa zloka ke lie pUchate rahe / isa par3Ava para AcAryazrI tulasI ne saM0 2000 kA cAturmAsa karane ke lie mujhe agraNI banAkara zrI DUMgaragar3ha bheja diyA / usake pazcAt dhIre-dhIre mujhe bahivihArI hI banA diyA gayA / tabhI se hama donoM ke kAryakSetroM meM pArthakya prAraMbha ho gyaa| muni zrI nathamala jI ko AcAryazrA ke sAmIpya kA niraMtara lAbha prApta hotA rahA, mujhe vaha nahIM mila pAyA / paiMtIsa varSoM ke isa pralaMba bahivihAra-kAla meM maiMne jIvana kI durgama ghATiyoM ke aneka utAra-car3hAva pAra kiye haiM / Aja jisa par3Ava para khar3A hU~, vahA~ se pUre atIta ko bahuta spaSTatA se dekha rahA hUM / vigata kA pUrA lekhA-jokhA mere mastiSka meM aMkita hai / usake pRSTha ulaTatApalaTatA hUM to pAtA hUM ki bAla sakhA muni nathamala jI yuvAcArya mahAprajJa banakara bhI Aja mere vahI nikaTatama sAthI hai| yAtrA mArga aura par3AvoM kI dUriyA~ hamAre sakhya meM koI bAdhA upasthita nahIM kara pAI haiM / nayA mor3a A rahA hai AcAryazrI tulasI ne muni nathamalajI ko apanA uttarAdhikArI niyukta kiyA / cAroM ora vAtAvaraNa meM eka harSotphullatA chA gaI / maiMne eka atirikta AhlAda aura gaurava kA anubhava kiyaa| dUsare dina prAtaH pratilekhana Adi kAryoM se nivRtta hokara baiThA hI thA ki acAnaka yuvAcArya mere kamare meM praviSTa hue / maiMne uThakara unakA svAgata kiyA aura Ane kA kAraNa puuchaa| unhoMne kahA -- "tuma to mere sAthI ho, sAthI ke lie AyA hUM / " unhoMne merA hAtha pakar3A aura kahA calo AcAryazrI ke pAsa caleM / maiM unake sAtha gayA to AcAryazrI ne usa sthiti para prasannatA vyakta karate hue jo kucha kahA vaha mujhe gadgad kara gayA / usI dina prAtaH kAlIna vyAkhyAna meM yuvAcArya kA abhinandana karate hue maiMne ukta ghaTanA kA ullekha kiyA to uttara dete samaya yuvAcArya ne merI bAta ko chUte hue kahA -- "sAthI to sAthI hI rahatA hai / " maiMne anubhava kiyA saMsmaraNoM ke pravAha meM avarodha nahIM, eka nayA mor3a A rahA hai / 368 Xx tulasI- prajJA
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________________ maryAdA mahotsava viziSTa upalabdhi sAdhvI zrI saMghamitrA maryAdA.mahotsava terApaMtha dharmasaMgha kI sudRr3ha nIMva hai / yaha mahotsava prativarSa mAgha zuklA saptamI ke dina manAyA jAtA hai / isa samaya para saikar3oM sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kI upasthiti, AcAryapravara kA mahAna preraka sAnnidhya, paraspara vicAroM kA vinimaya, cintana-mananapUrvaka AcArya deva dvArA aneka naye nirNayoM kI ghoSaNA, evaM agrimavarSa ke liye cAturmAsoM kI niyukti Adi AkarSaNa ke mukhya kendra bane rahate haiM / yaha maryAdA mahotsava dharmasaMgha ke liye vividha upalabdhiyoM kA mahotsava hotA hai / isa bA kA yaha mahotsava rAjaladesara meM sampanna huA thA / maryAdA mahotsava ke dina madhyAhna ke samaya maryAdA - patra vAcana ke bAda caturvidha saMgha ke bIca AcArya deva ne eka anupama aitihAsika nirNaya liyA thA / AcArya ke kandhoM para aneka prakAra ke mahattvapUrNa dAyitva hote haiM / unameM sabase mahattvapUrNa dAyitva bhAvI AcArya kA nAma ghoSita kara denA hai| AcArya dvArA kiye gaye isa nirNaya se sArA saMgha cintA-vimukta ho jAtA hai / isa nirNaya meM AcArya ko atyanta satarkatA se kAma karanA par3atA hai| saMgha hita kI dRSTi se yogya vyakti kA niSpakSa nirNaya Avazyaka hai | yogya vyakti kI saMgha meM upalabdhi na hone para AcArya ke sAmane saMkaTapUrNa prazna upasthita ho jAtA hai / vIra nirvANa kI dvitIya zatAbdI meM AcArya prabhava ke sAmane yahI prazna atyanta jaTila bana gayA thA / AcArya prabhava vRddhAvasthA meM the-- eka dina unhoMne apane uttarAdhikArI ke viSaya meM cintana kiyaa| pUre jaina samAja meM saMgha dAyitva nirvahaNArtha koI bhI vyakti unakI dRSTi meM nahIM thaa| brAhmaNa samAja meM se udbhaTa vidvAn, netRtva - kalA kuzala zayyaMbhava ko udbodhana dekara AcArya prabhava ne unheM zramaNa dIkSA dI evaM AcAryapada kA dAyitva sauMpA thaa| AryarakSita ke sAmane bhI AcArya pada ko lekara gambhIra sthiti paidA ho gaI thI / AryarakSita durbalikA puSyamitra ko apanA uttarAdhikAra sauMpa rahe the / saMgha ke kucha sadasya Arya phalgurakSita evaM goSThAmAhila ke pakSa meM the / phalgurakSita AryarakSita ke laghu-bhrAtA aura goSThAmAhila zAstrArtha - nipuNa mahAn vidvAn zramaNa / AryarakSita ne ghRta, tela, ur3adakaNoM bhRta kalazaya kA dRSTAnta diyA aura kahA - "Arya durbalikA puSyamitra merI jJAna rAzi khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 se 366
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________________ ko grahaNa karane meM atyadhika saphala huA hai / " sabake mana ko samAhita kara AryarakSita durbalakA puSyamitra kA nAma AcAryapada ke liye cunA / isase saMgha meM sarvatra prasannatA kI lahara daur3a gaI thI / terApaMtha dharmasaMgha meM kavi, lekhaka, vaktA, vidvAn, dArzanika evaM dAyitva vahana karane meM sakSama saikar3oM zramaNa zramaNI haiM / AcAryapravara ne apane pravacana meM eka dina zramaNa zramaNiyoM kI yogyatA kA ullekha karate hue kahA thA- "mere saMgha meM sAdhviyA~ bhI aisI haiM, agara maiM unako merA sampUrNa dAyitva sauMpa dUM to bahuta acche DhaMga se AcArya pada ke dAyitva ko saMbhAla sakatI haiM / yaha hamAre dharmasaMgha ke lie gaurava kI bAta hai / " rAjaladesara maryAdA mahotsava para AcAryazrI tulasI ne vividha vizeSatAoM ke dhanI, sarvAdhika suyogya mahAprajJa muni zrI nathamala jI kA nAma apane uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM ghoSita kiyA / yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM isa bAra dharmasaMgha ko maryAdA mahotsava kI yaha viziSTa upalabdhi huI / mahAprajJa zrI jaina darzana ke adhikRta vidvAn, UrdhvamukhI vyaktitva ke dhanI uccakoTi kre dArzanika evaM AcAryazrI tulasI ke saphala bhASyakAra haiM / yogadhArA ko nae saMdarbha meM prastuta kara mahAprajJa zrI ne samagra jaina samAja ko anupama de dI hai / bahuvidha sAhitya ke mAdhyama se dharma kA vaijJAnika rUpa prastuta kara yuvA pIr3hI ko unhoMne dharma kI ora AkRSTa kiyA hai / viziSTa dhyAna yoga kI sAdhanA se muni zrI durbalikA puSyamitra kI bhA~ti kRzakAya hai | jJAna- sampadA, dhyAna - sampadA evaM zarIra - sampadA se Apa isa yuga ke dvitIya durbalikA puSyamitra hI pratIta hote haiM / saMgha Apako yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM pAkara dhanya huA hai / badhAI ke pAtra haiM - AcArya zrI tulasI / yogya vyakti ko yogya apane dAyitva ko vahana karane meM pUrNataH saphala huye haiM / isa avasara para koTizaH pada para pratiSThita kara ve mahAprajJazrI ne apanI sAhitya - sAdhanA, dhyAna-sAdhanA se bahuta kucha samAja ko diyA hai | vizvAsa hai aba unakI UrdhvagAmI cetanA dharmasaMgha ko unnati ke zikhara para ArUr3ha karane meM sakSama siddha hogI ! badhAI ! badhAI !! badhAI !!! 400 tulasI- prajJA
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________________ manISI saMta, sAdhaka mana, vaijJAnika dArzanika aura prAjJakavi -DA. narendra bhAnAvata muni zrI nathamalajI terApaMtha dharma saMgha ke hI nahIM samasta jaina jagata ke aura kahanA to yaha cAhie ki sampUrNa bhAratIya dArzanika paramparA ke jagamagAte nakSatra haiM / ve sacce arthoM meM dArzanika haiN| unhoMne jJAna ko AtmasAkSya bhAva se dekhA hai aura use AcaraNa meM utArA hai| isI lie jJAna kI uSmA unheM mAtra tArkika nahIM banAtI varan anubhUti ke prakAza meM rUpAMtarita hokara, unheM prAjJa-mahAprAjJa banAtI hai| muni zrI nathamalajI se merA pandraha-solaha varSoM se paricaya hai / unakA bahuraMgI aura bahuAyAmI sAhitya maiMne par3hA hai| kaI bAra unase bauddhika saMlApa karane ke bhI avasara Aye haiM / maiMne unheM sadA samudra kI taraha gaMbhIra, himAlaya kI taraha unnata aura AkAza kI taraha avakAzI pAyA hai / jIvana ke Thosa yathArtha dharAtala se bAta zurU kara ve use udAtta AdarzoM aura jIvana-mUlyoM kI ora isa prakAra agrasara karate haiM ki zrotA yA pAThaka usase abhibhUta hue binA nahIM rhtaa| __ muni zrI kArayitrI evaM bhAvayitrI donoM pratibhAoM ke samAna rUpa se dhanI haiN| unakI kArayitrI pratibhA se saMskRta aura hindI bhASA meM aneka kAvya kRtiyoM kA nirmANa huA hai| saMskRta kAvya "sambodhi" meM sAdhanA kSetra meM durbala aura zaMkAlu megha kumAra mahAvIra se sambodhi pAkara apane Atma-puruSArtha ko jAgrata karatA hai| "azruvoNA" meM azrupravAha ke mAdhyama se candanabAlA kA saMdeza preSita kiyA gayA hai| "tulA-atulA" meM muni zrI ke Azukavitva kI paricAyaka vividha racanAeM saMgrahIta haiN| hindI kAvya saMgraha "phUla aura aMgAre" tathA "gUMjate svara : bahare kAna" meM muni zrI kI aisI kavitAeM saMkalita haiM jo cintanazIla hotI huI bhI AtmAnubhUti ke rasa se sikta haiM, anekAntadharmI hotI huI bhI bhAvanA ke ghanatva se Ardra haiM aura lokabhUmi se jur3I hokara bhI AtmaniSTha haiM / artha-gAmbhIrya aura zabdalAlitya se ve sampanna haiM / muni zrI kA sAdhaka mana jaba bhItara kI gaharAI meM DUbatA hai, taba sahaja Ananda kI nizchala aura nirAvaraNa abhivyakti hI kavitA ke rUpa meM phUTa par3atI hai / muni zrI kI kavitA AtmollAsa ke kSaNa meM likhI hone para bhI lokollAsa ko abhivyakta karatI hai| "sva" ko "sarva" meM vilIna karane kI yaha racanA prakriyA muni zrI ke santa aura sAdhaka vyaktitva kA pariNAma hai| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 401
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________________ muni zrI kI bhAvayitrI pratibhA unheM gUr3ha dArzanika agamya tattvavettA, sUkSma vivecana aura vizada vyAkhyAtA banAne meM nikharI hai| "jaina darzanaHmanana aura mImAMsA," "ahiMsA tattva darzana" "zramaNa mahAvIra." tathA "uttarAdhyayana" aura "dazavaikAnika" sUtroM ke samIkSAtmaka adhyayana meM munizrI kA gahana vicAraka, vyApaka adhyetA aura maulika cintaka kA rUpa sAmane AyA hai| munizrI kI vyAkhyA aura vivecanA meM jo tejasvitA aura maulikatA pratibimbita hotI hai, vaha unake dharma, darzana, sAhitya, itihAsa, manovijJAna, samAjazAstra, bhASAvijJAna Adi vividha viSayoM ke samanvita adhyayana, manana aura manthana kA pariNAma hai| jainadharma krAntivAdI aura bauddhika cintana kA pariNAmI dharma rahA hai / para madhyayuga meM anya dharmoM kI bhAMti jainadharma bhI andha paramparAoM kA zikAra banA aura usakA teja kunda ho gyaa| vaha zraddhAluoM taka sImita raha gayA / Adhunika yuga meM isa bAta kI bar3I jarUrata thI ki jainadharma aura darzana kI vivecanA bauddhika saMvedanA ke dharAtala se kI jAe aura use dharma yA sampradAya ke rUpa meM nahIM varan jIvana-mUlya ke rUpa meM pratipAdita va pratiSThita kiyA jaae| muni zrI nathamalajI ne isa aitihAsika AvazyakatA kI pUrti karane meM apanI vilakSaNa pratibhA aura bauddhika jAgarUkatA kA acchA paricaya diyA hai / phalasvarUpa bhAratIya vizvavidyAlayoM ke aneka AcArya aura bhAratIya manISA ke agragaNya pratinidhi muni zrI ke vaktavyoM aura granthoM se jaina darzana ko sahI pariprekSya meM samajha sake / rAjasthAna vizvavidyAlaya meM jaina nyAya para diye gaye muni zrI ke vizeSa vyAkhyAna hamAre isa kathana ke sAkSI haiN| ___ muni zrI kore zuSka dArzanika nahIM haiN| unake pAsa sAdhanA aura saMyama kA vizeSa bala hai| bhAratIya yoga-paramparA ke vyApaka saMdarbha meM unhoMne jainayoga-sAdhanA kA, prekSAdhyAna kA siddhAntaparaka aura anubhUtimUlaka vivecana, vizleSaNa aura prayoga kiyA hai| isa prakAra muni zrI ne darzana ke kSetra meM vaijJAnikatA ko pratiSThita kiyA hai aura vijJAna ke kSetra meM dArzanikatA ko pratiSThita karane ke ve pakSadhara haiM / aise manISI saMta, sAdhaka mana, vaijJAnika dArzanika aura prAjJakavi ko AcArya zrI tulasI ne apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kara abhinandanIya kArya kiyA hai| isa ghoSaNA se zraddhAlu bhaktoM meM hI nahIM, buddhijIviyoM meM bhI prasannatA kI lahara vyApta huI hai / isa avasara para maiM yuvAcArya mahAprajJa zrI ke prati apanI zubha kAmanAeM prakaTa karatA hUM aura AzA karatA hUM ki unake prajJAbhAva se zIla aura samAdhi kA vizeSa vAtAvaraNa bnegaa| 402 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ mahAprajJa se dharma-anuzAstA : eka gauravapUrNa upalabdhi -devendra kumAra karNAvaTa mahAprajJa mani zrI nathamalajI ke yuvAcArya kI ghoSaNA se "terApaMtha dharmasaMgha" meM hone vAlI aneka kalpanAtmaka carcAeM samApta ho gaI haiM / bahuta sI bhaviSyavANiyAM kevala bhaviSyavANiyAM raha gaI haiN| terApaMtha meM nava unmeSoM ke prANa-pratiSThApaka yuga pradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI ne, jo srota, pratisrota evaM saMgharSoM meM bhI sadaiva navInatA ke dizA-preraka rahe haiM, jIvana ke isa uttarArddha meM bhI yuga ke nitya badalate pariveza meM eka yugavIra kI taraha kucha de jAne ke lie kRta-saMkalpazIla haiM, darzana jagata ke namra dArzanika evaM prayogazIla vicAraka ko anuzAstA ke pada para pratiSThApita kara sabako AzcaryAnvita kara diyA hai| 0 mani zrI nathamalajI vastutaH sAdhutA meM ramaNazIla eka aise saMta haiM, jinake darzanamAtra se mana gauravAnvita ho uThatA hai, sAMskRtikatA evaM paurANikatA jAga uThatI hai| lekina icchA aura AkAMkSA se kosoM dUra, yuga ke bahate pravAha meM kucha le gujarane kI mahattvAkAMkSA unameM tilamAtra bhI nahIM hai| dharma netA ke rUpa meM netRtva kI to bilkula hI nahIM hai| phira bhI ve netRtva ke zikhara para pahuMca gaye haiM, yaha unakI Atma-tejasvitA hai| 0 muni zrI nathamalajI lekhana kI prakriyA meM khoja evaM zodha kI dizA se satat prerita eka prakAzamAna evaM zruta lekhaka hai, jinakI lekhanI se na sirpha darzana kI AbhA prasphuTita hotI hai varan bhAratIya darzana kI rAheM bhI vikasita hotI haiN| prazasti evaM prasiddhi kI dRSTi se sarvathA pRthak "svAntaH sukhAya" hI unakI kalama kI AtmavRtti hai, jo nirantara calatI rahatI hai / bhAratIya evaM vizva sAhitya meM yaha unakI advitIya dena hai, jo vividha pustakoM ke rUpa meM upalabdha hai| 0 muni zrI nathamalajI darzana kI gaharAI evaM vikAsa ke lie eka aise cintanazIla vicA raka haiM, jinase nitya navInatA kI dizA milatI hai| sAmAyika ke prArambhika sUtra se lekara prekSA dhyAna kI uccatama maMjila taka sAmAnya bhAva se sAmAnya jana ko pahuMcA diyA, yaha unakI apanI kSamatA hai, jise prApta kara Aja Atma-jagata gauravAnvita hai| kahIM bhI rUr3hatA nahIM hai varan kuThAoM se grasta granthiyoM ko kholane kI unameM eka ajasra zakti hai| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 403
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________________ 0 muni zrI nathamalajI jJAna aura vijJAna kI pravRtti se nitya sRjanazIla eka prayogavettA haiM, jinakI prayogazAlA khAte-pIte, uThate-baiThate pratipala prativRtti meM calatI rahatI haiM / kahIM kucha AhaTa nahIM aura vyavahAra meM kahIM kucha kamI nahIM / sadaiva bolatI huI muskarAhaTa, jijJAsu aura darzaka ke lie basa yahI saba kucha hai / dRSTimAtra hI Aguntaka ke hRdaya ko jIta letI hai / mahAnatA ke isa apAra saMgraha meM bhI aham kahIM chU bhI nahIM gayA hai / ahaMkAra kA to prazna hI nahIM hai / darzaka ko vahA~ darzana hI nahIM varan prayogazAlA kI jhAMkI bhI milatI hai, lekina jakar3ana kahIM bhI nahIM haiN| __ isIlie "mahAprajJa' ke rUpa meM AcArya zrI tulasI kI yaha khoja kahUM yA dena, advitIya hai| na sirpha 'terApaMtha' varan jaina jagata ko AcArya zrI ne apane pIche unheM 'dharma-anuzAstA' ke rUpa meM ghoSita kara eka aisI dena dI hai, jo sadaiva cira smaraNIya rhegii| prajJAcakSa paM0 sukhalAlajI ke bAda jo eka kamI jaina jagata mahasUsa kara rahA thA, mahAprajJa ke rUpa meM muni zrI nathamalajI ko pAkara yaha samAja Aja apanI dhanyatA kA anubhava kara rahA hai / vastutaH hama saba bhAgyazAlI haiM aura phira 'terApaMtha' ke yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM mahAprajJa ko pAkara hama aura adhika dhanya ho uThe haiM / yuga pradhAna AcArya zrI tulasI kI yaha eka aitihAsika dena hai| yaha eka aisI dena hai, jisase yuga-saMdarbha meM jahA~ kaI bhaviSyavANiyAM dharAzAyI ho uThI haiM to kaI punarjIvita ho uThI haiM, jo jaina-darzana ko nitya navIna unmeSoM, prayogoM evaM vicAroM se plAvita karatI rahegI aura na sirpha jaina varana samUce AdhyAtmika netRtva ko naye AyAma pradAna kregii| 404 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa: pahale aura bAda meM - sAdhvI kamaladhI navInatAoM se bharA itihAsa hI Ane vAle yuga ke lie eka apanA AkarSaNa chor3a jAtA hai, lekina vahIM vartamAna meM koI AkarSaNa aura Azcarya zUnya bhI nahIM hotA / samAna jIvanakrama meM taratamatA aitihAsika Azcarya nahIM hai, kintu pUrvApara akalpita ghaTanAeM agaNita cetanAoM kA cittaraMjana karatI haiM / yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa bAlya kAla ke jIvana se lekara apane vidyArthI jIvana taka hI sIdhe, sarala evaM nijIya suvidhAoM se anabhijJa, avazya hI samatAyogI the / kintu auroM kI dRSTi meM tathA svayaM ke anubhava meM ve eka bholI pratimA hI mAne jAyeMge / para Aja unake pANDitya pUrNa vicAra, cintana va sAdhanA se sAre bAla, yuvaka aura vRddha jo anAyAsa AkRSTa ho rahe haiM yA yoM kahUM ki AcArya pada ke mAMgalya-sUcaka yuvAcAryatva kI ghoSaNA se jo sabhI loga bhAva-vibhora ho rahe haiM, vaha jana-jana kI saMbhAvanA meM navaprabhAta kA sUcaka hai / 1 Tamakora eka choTA-sA retIlA gAMva hai| vahAM vRkSa - paudhe bahuta kama haiM / kaTIlI jhAr3iyA~ evaM kaI jaMgalI tara hI khar3e dikhAI dete haiM, kintu Aja vahA~ eka kalpavRkSa UgA hai / jisake vikAsa krama ko prArambha se lekara Aja taka logoM ne dekhA hai aura vikAsa kA yaha krama apanI parAkASThA ko avazya prApta hogA / jinhoMne AcArya pravara dvArA siJcana, rakSaNa evaM sajIva preraNAoM ko prApta kara svayaM kI yoganiSThA tathA pratiSThA kA Akalana kiyA hai| aise AcArya ko pAkara kauna nahIM saMbhAvanAoM kI naI camaka, naI UrjA ke lie gauravAnvita hogA / kauna nahIM jIvana dizA kI UrdhvagAmI jyotidhArA pAkara unake prati AbhAra pUrNa banegA ? yuvAcAryazrI na kevala bauddhika cintaka varga ke lie dArzanika aura cintaka hI haiM, kintu vyavahAra madhuratA, vinaya AcaraNa to unheM aura bhI adhika priya haiM / merI saMsAra pakSIya jyeSTha mAtuzrI sAdhvI zrI bAlujI ( yuvAcArya zrI kI saMsAra pakSIya mAtAjI ) kahA karatI thIM ki tumhAre bar3e pitA (zrI tolAmala jI corar3iyA) ke svargavAsa hone ke pazcAt ve apane cAcA ( pannAlAlajI corar3iyA) ke pAsa hI adhika rahate the / inake cAcA inakI vinamratA se itane prabhAvita the ki saMsAra kI sampUrNa vilAsitA ko lA~ghakara svayaM yuvAcArya zrI ke sAtha dIkSita bhI honA cAhate the / unakA vizvAsa thA ki aisA putra hI tANa kara sakatA hai / phira na jAne merA isa duniyA meM kauna hogA ? para niyati se vivaza jI tor3akara khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 405
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________________ bhI ve dIkSita na ho sake / parivAra ke sAta nikaTatama vyaktiyoM kI dIkSAoM meM yuvAcArya zrI ne hI prathama zubhArambha kiyaa| zrI kAlUgaNI ke lADale aura AcArya zrI tulasI ke atyaMta snehila vidyArthI ke pratyakSa pramANa ke rUpa meM Aja hamAre sAmane prastuta haiM / zAnta svabhAva aura mRdutA se koI bhI guru kA sneha bhAjana ho sakatA hai, para adhyAtma yoga-ramaNa kI gahanatA pAnA viralavirala aura atIva viralatA kA sUcaka hai| ___ maiM 12 varSa kI umra meM prathama bAra hI Tamakora gaI, merA jI Uba gayA thaa| mAtra retIle TIle aura unake bIca basA huA bhavya bhavanoM kA eka choTA-sA grAma / jahA~ na skUla kI, na nala kI, na bijalI kI aura na yAtAyAta kI, koI suvidhA thii| kAza ! vahA~ AcArya pravara aura yuvAcAryazrI kA padArpaNa na hotA to ghora ghuTana ke atirikta aura kucha hAtha nahIM AtA / kyoMki manoraMjana va sApekSa-suvidhA sAmagrI kA bhI bAjAra vahA~ dekhane ko na milatA thA / yuvAcAryazrI vahA~ janme aura zikSA-sAdhanA ke abhAva meM bhI hona-hAritA unake sAtha janamI, jisakI parakha divya dRSTi vAle santoM ne hI kii| parivAra ke sukumAra lAr3ale, apanI mAM zrI bAlujI ke ekamAtra A~khoM ke tAre, kaise unheM santoM kI preraNA bhaatii| kintu vizva kA bhI saubhAgya vahA~ aDiga praharI banakara khar3A thaa| parivAra vAle, 6 varSa kI avasthA meM hI zAdI-sambandha kI dhuna meM lage hue the, kintu sabake saubhAgya ko jagAne, unakI AtmA ke devatA ne unheM pratibodha diyaa| muni zrI chabIla jI svAmI kA athaka prayAsa saphala huaa| tadanantara, apanI mAM zrI bAlu jI ke sAtha pUjya zrI kAlUgaNI ke kara-kamaloM meM 10 varSa kI laghuvaya meM muni vrajyA unhoMne svIkAra kii| kucha samaya bAda unakI bahina zrI mAlujI ne bhI sanyAsa le liyaa| Aja bhI unakA janma-bhavana, eka vizAla makAna, usake sundara citra, aneka vidha sAmagrI unake apAra vaibhava kI nizAnI kI sUcaka hai| lagatA hai usa samaya pUre Tamakora meM unakA hI vaibhava advitIya thaa| ghara meM U~Ta, ghor3e, aneka go, mahiSa vraja rahe hoMge, kyoMki unake gahane va anya saMghAta, ina bAtoM kA paricAyaka hai| 4 bhAiyoM ke parivAra meM 2 bhAiyoM ke (sAdhvI pramukhAzrI jI ke nAnA--zrI gopIcanda jI coraDiyA sAdhvI zrI mohanA jI ke pitA zrI bAlacandajI coraDiyA) ke makAna alaga the| unake sabase choTe cAcA pannAlAlajI tathA unake pitA zrI tolAmala jI eka hI makAna meM sammilita rUpa meM rahate the| astu, nikaTa atIta taka unakA apanA priya nAma muni zrI nathamalajI thA / AcArya zrI tulasI ne, usake sAtha mahAprajJa eka niSpanna vizeSaNa diyA, kintu Aja to vizeSatAoM se bharA, unakA apanA nAma hI mahAprajJa ghoSita ho gyaa|| yaha saba ApakI yoga-vidyA ke karizmoM kA sUcaka hai| AtmA ko chUne vAlI aneka abhivyaktiyoM kA bheda maMtra hai / aura pUrvApara jIvana kI akalpita vibhinna nirmitiyoM ke ekIkaraNa kA phalita hai / Aja apanA paricaya ve svayaM de rahe haiN| unakA sAhitya unake zivira saMcAlana, unake gahana darzana pUrNa vaktavya de rahe haiN| bhArata ke vivekAnanda ke rUpa meM manISiyoM ne jinako parakhA hai| zrI kRSNa ke arjuna kI taraha jinako AcArya zrI ne apane [zeSa pRSTha 410 para] 406 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ yuvAcAryazrI kA abhinandana --upAdhyAyazrI amaramuni krAntadarzI mahAmanISI munizrI nathamalajI ko jaba "mahAprajJa" pada se alaMkRta kiyA gayA thA, to hara sahRdayoM ke hRdaya sarovara meM prasannatA kI taraMga nAcane lagI thii| aura aba jaba ki unheM bhAvI AcArya ke rUpa meM yuvAcArya pada se abhiSikta kiyA gayA, to antarmana Ananda kI hajAroM-hajAra ucchala laharoM se abhito vyApta ho gyaa| munizrI prajJA kI jyotirmayI sajIva mUrti haiN| unakA sarala, svaccha, sahaja, sadvyavahAra hara kisI sahRdaya ke hRdaya ko sahasA ApyAyita kara detA hai / unakA vyApaka adhyayana evaM sUkSma dArzanika cintana kaThina se kaThina, durdhara, gaMbhIra viSaya ko bhI antastala taka sparza karatA hai| prAcIna AgamoM ke sampAdana meM unheM anekatra mukAmana se satya kA anusaraNa karate pAyA hai, jo sampradAya vizeSa se paribaddha vyakti ke lie prAyaH asaMbhava hI hotA hai| Atmapriya munizrI se merA paricaya lagabhaga 21 varSa purAnA hai| AgarA ke prathama milana meM hI mujhe unhoMne snehAkRSTa kiyA thaa| tabhI maiMne unake cintana meM krAnti ke sphuliMga vikIrNa hote dekhe the, jo aba bahuta kucha jvAlA hI nahIM, nidhUma prajvAlA bana gae haiM / satya ko belAga svIkAra karane meM aneka bAra ve sarvathA bedAga siddha hue haiN| prAkRta, saMskRta, hindI Adi bhASAoM para munizrI kI avyAhata sAdhikAra gati hai / tad-tad bhASAoM meM unakI aneka racanAeM jahA~ lokapriya huI haiM, vahA~ vidvatpriya bhI haiM / ve saMskRta ke Azukavi bhI haiM / AgarA kI eka sabhA meM sabhA ke tatkAlIna bhavya dRzya ko unhoMne saMskRta chandoM meM jaba AzuracanA kA rUpa diyA, to hama saba pratibhA ke isa adbhuta camatkAra se maMtramugdha ho gaye the| yathAprasaMga munizrI ne apanI aneka sAhityika kRtiyoM para mere abhimata lie haiM aura maiMne prazaMsAmukhara zabdAvalI meM yogya abhimata diye haiN| yaha koI lokavyavahAra ke nAte aupacArika rUpa meM satahI taura para nahIM hotA rahA hai / munizrI kI bahuta kucha bAteM mujhe acchI lagI haiM, aura maiMne khule nirvyAja mana se unakA abhinandana kiyA hai / yadyapi mere kucha kaTTara sAmpradAyika manovRtti ke sAthiyoM ko yaha pasaMda nahIM hotA thA, parantu satya ko dUsaroM kI pasaMdagI yA nApasaMdagI se kucha lenA-denA nahIM hai / satya kA mUlAdhAra to eka mAtra apanI svAnubhUti se prasphurita sahaja abhirocanA hai / yahI hetu hai, ki sAmpradAyika dvandvoM ke kaTu vAtAvaraNa meM bhI merI aura munizrI kI pArasparika AtmIyatA kI niSkaluSa sneha dhArA abAdha gati se nikAsa patha para agrasara hotI jA rahI hai| AcAryapravara zrI tulasIjI ne yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM yogya pada para yogya muni kA cayana kiyA hai, etadartha zata-zata sAdhuvAda / yaha cayana kevala terApaMtha sampradAya ke hita meM hI nahIM, samagra jaina samAja ke hita meM phalaprada hogA, aisA mujhe unake niraMtara ujjavala hote jAte bhaviSya para se pratibhASita hotA hai / merI hArdika zubhakAmanAeM munizrI jI ke sAtha haiN| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 407
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________________ zabda va bhAva ke amara zilpI : saMskAra-niSpanna manISI evaM prabuddha sAdhaka : yuvAcArya mahAprajJa -~-DaoN. chaganalAla zAstrI yuvAcArya mahAprajJa (muni zrI nathamalajI) eka divya saMskArI manISI haiM, yaha mere mana para sabase pahale taba prabhAva par3A, jaba maiM lagabhaga 35 varSa pUrva pahale pahala unake samparka meM AyA / unakA vaiduSya Aja hama jisa nikhAra para dekha rahe haiM, usake mUla bIja taba bhI vyakta-avyakta rUpa meM unakI vANI, vivecana aura vizleSaNa meM samaya-samaya para prasphuTita hote dRSTigocara hote the| sahaja saumyatA, sahRdayatA aura saralatA unake vyaktitva kA janmajAta guNa hai, tabhI se maiM yaha anubhava karatA rahA huuN| __ terApaMtha meM eka prabuddha lekhaka ke rUpa meM yuvAcArya mahAprajJa kA apanA gauravapUrNa sthAna hai| jaina tattva darzana ko Aja kI bhASA va samIkSAtmaka zailI meM prastuta karane kA abhipreta lie unhoMne apanI lekhanI uThAI, phalataH 'jaina darzana ke mauli tattva', 'ahiMsA tatva darzana' jaise aneka grantha vidvajjagat ke samakSa Ae, jinakA prakAzana Adarza sAhitya saMgha dvArA huaa| isa sandarbha meM mujhe isa mahAn manISI dvArA likhe gae sahasroM pRSThoM kI sAmagrI kA saMkalana tathA prabandha saMpAdana karane kA saubhAgya prApta huA hai / unakI kRtiyoM ko dekhate hI yaha spaSTa AbhAsita hotA hai ki ve kevala adhIta vidyA ke dhanI hI nahIM haiM, pratyagra kSayopazama kI virAT nidhi unheM samupalabdha hai| AcAryazrI tulasI kI pUnA-yAtrA kA prasaMga eka aisA aitihAsika prasaMga hai, jaba bhAMDArakara risarca iMsTITyUTa, tilaka vidyApITha, saMskRta vAgvadhinI sabhA, Dekkana kaoNleja Adi rASTravizruta vidyA-kendroM meM yuvAcArya mahAprajJa ke saMskRta meM bhASaNa tathA Azukavitva ke jo preraka prasaMga bane, dakSiNa kI kAzI pUnA nagarI ke vidvAn harSa vibhora ho utthe| pUnA ke apane mitra zrI e0 vI0 AcArya ko maiM isa prasaMga para nahIM bhUla sakatA, jinakA hamAre kArya meM hArdika yogadAna rhaa| pUnA kI usa pahalI yAtrA meM AcAryazrI tulasI kevala nau dina Thahare, lagabhaga sattAIsa goSThiyoM kA Ayojana huaa| vidyA-kSetra pUnA meM samAyojita ina mahattvapUrNa kAryoM ko dRSTi meM rakha AcAryazrI ne kahA thA-baMbaI ke nau mAsa aura pUnA ke kevala nau dina unase kama nahIM haiN| mahArASTra ke suprasiddha dainika 'sakAla' ke mukhapRSTha para tulasI-prajJA 408
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________________ mahAprajJa kA Azu kavitA karate hue citra chpaa| usa durlabha citra ko maiMne apane pAsa Aja bhI surakSita rakha chor3A hai| yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI aura yuvAcArya mahAprajJa kI vidyAgarimA pUnA ke mAdhyama se sAre dakSiNa meM parivyApta ho gii| vizvavikhyAta vidyAnagarI kAzI kA vaha prasaMga bhI maiM nahIM bhUla sakatA, jaba AcAryazrI tulasI apanI kalakattA-yAtrA ke bIca vahAM ruke the| vArANaseya saMskRta vizvavidyAlaya, hindU vizvavidyAlaya, kAzI vidyApITha tathA syAdvAd mahAvidyAlaya Adi vidyA-kendroM meM mahattvapUrNa vidvatsabhAoM ke samAyojana hue| vArANaseya saMskRta vizvavidyAlaya aura hindU vizvavidyAlaya ke samAroha to sadA smaraNIya rheNge| bhAratIya darzana, jaina tattvajJAna Adi viSayoM para saMskRta aura hindI meM yuvAcArya mahAprajJa ke jo bhASaNa hue, ve vaiduSya aura gahana adhyayana kI dRSTi se etihAsika the| vArANaseya saMskRta vizvavidyAlaya meM saMskRta meM kAryakrama cala rahA thaa| sAyaMkAla ho gyaa| sAdhuoM ke pratikramaNa kI velA thii| vidvAn itane vimugdha the ki kAryakrama kA avarodha nahIM cAhate the, ataH AcAryazrI ne tatkAla sAdhuoM ke vahIM rAtri-pravAsa kA nirNaya liyA aura pratikramaNa ke pazcAt punaH kAryakrama cAlU krvaayaa| ghaMToM kAryakrama calatA rahA--saba saMskRta meN| saMskRta meM Azukavitva kA kAryakrama pUnA kI taraha yahAM bhI bar3A cAmatkArika rahA / vidvAnoM kI bar3I sukhada pratikriyA rahI aura anuzaMsA bhI kI AcAryavara ne kitanA UMcA manISI taiyAra kiyA hai| vidyAbhUmi kAzI meM yuvAcArya mahAprajJa aura unakI pratibhA kI sarvatra khyAti huii| __ eka variSTha vidvAn tathA cintaka ke atirikta yuvAcArya mahAprajJa kA jo sAdhaka kA rUpa hai, vaha atyanta hI preraka tathA udbodhaka hai / Aja to ve prekSAdhyAna ke mAdhyama se sAdhanA ke kSetra meM eka abhinava udyota de hI rahe haiM, varSoM pUrva bhI unakA jIvana itanA bahinirapekSa tathA antaH sApekSa rahA hai ki unako dekhate hI yaha anubhUta hotA thA ki isa sAdhaka ke jIvana ke kaNa-kaNa meM ahiMsA aura saMyama kI parivyApti hai / yuvAcArya mahAprajJa prAya: apane guruvarya AcAryazrI tulasI ke sAnnidhya meM hI rahate Ae haiM, para cikitsA Adi kI dRSTi se kaI aise avasara Ae haiM, jaba ve apane sAthI zramaNoM ke sAtha alaga bhI rahe haiN| ina sabhI prasaMgoM meM mujhe unake sAtha rahane kA suavasara prApta huaa| bhivAnI, kAMkarolI, rAjasamaMda tathA sojata ror3a Adi meM unakI cikitsA kI dRSTi se pravAsa huaa| maiM aura mere sAthI vahIM the| ghaMToM unake sAnnidhya pAne ke suavasara milte| unakI udAtta manovRtti aura ucca bhAvanA se hama vimohita ho jAte / eka sahaja nizchala mAnava ke rUpa meM yuvAcArya apanI koTi ke asAdhAraNa haiN| kAMkarolI evaM rAjasamaMda meM unakI cikitsA mere mitra vaidya paM0 mizrIlAla dave AyurvedAcArya karate the| zrI dave eka saralacetA bhadra vyakti haiN| usa samaya yuvAcArya ke sAnnidhya meM baiThane ke vizeSa prasaMga banate hI rahate the| zrI dave aura hama Apasa meM kahateterApaMtha saMgha ke ye itane mAnya aura vidvAn santa kaisI bAla sulabha bhadratA lie hue haiN| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 406
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________________ ye yuvAcArya mahAprajJa ke jIvana ke pUrvArddha ke thor3e se prasaMga haiM / jo kucha ve Aja haiM, usake bIja unake pUrvavartI jIvana meM anusyUta the, cAhe dIkhate na hoM / AcAryazrI tulasI to eka draSTA haiM / unheM taba bhI yaha saba dIkhatA thA, jisakI abhivyaMjanA unhoMne mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala jI ko apanA uttarAdhikArI, terApaMtha ke bhAvI dazama AcArya ghoSita karake aba kA hai / eka mahimA mahIyAn saMghAdhinAyaka ke varIyAn antevAsI ke kandhoM para dharmazAsana kA garIyAn dAyitva AyA hai / adhyAtma jagat ko aneka AzAe~ haiM / --:: [ pRSTha 406 kA zeSAMza ] jyotipuMja kI UrjA pradAna kI hai / usakA vistAra jana-jana ke mana meM aura akhila vidvAnoM ke paricaya meM hai / Azcarya kA viSaya hai, jaba unake va AcArya pravara ke muMha se unake sabase kamajora rahane vAle vidyArthI jIvana ke saMsmaraNa sunate haiM / AI sTIna, aura vAziMgaTana kI taraha kabhI vikAsa kI eka rekhA bhI prasphuTita kara apane adhyApaka muni tulasI ( AcArya zrI tulasI) ko zAyada usa samaya thor3A bhI santoSa janya vizvAsa nahIM diyA / para vinaya samarpaNa aura prekSA janya pratibhA se Aja unhoMne AcArya zrI ko bhI isa niyukti ke lie udyata kara diyA / itihAsa kI yaha Azcarya kAritA, vizva yugoM-yugoM taka gAtA rahegA / 410 tulasI- prajJA
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________________ abhinandana ! abhinandana! ___ Aja harSa na samAya chAI raMgarelIjI, khilI kalI-kalI-kalI bhArI khabara milI jI Aja harSa na samAya maukA dekha ke manohara, tulasI prabhu ke paTTodhara apanA kara diyA hai jAhira ||aaj0|| mahAprajJajI hai nAma, jinakI vidvattA prakAma loka jAnate tamAma ||aaj0|| bar3A bhArI kAma thA, prazna grAmo grAma thA phikra AThoM yAma thA ||aaj0|| Aja phikra miTa gayA, sabakA prazna haTa gayA acchA saudA paTa gayA ||aaj0|| ciraMjIvo gaNirAja, sevA karo yuvarAja kaheM muni dhanarAja ||aaj0|| zAsana phalo aura phUlo, sAre khuziyoM meM jhUlo duHkha-darda saba bhUlo ||aaj0|| nandana vana ke samAna, gaNa hai sukha kA nidhAna maje lUTo jI mahAn ||aaj0|| (layaH pUrI gAI nahIM jAtI mahimA gurudeva kI) -muni dhanarAja mahAmahima AcAryadeva ! Apa merI ora se zata-zata badhAiyA~ svIkAra kreN| Apane ucita samaya para ucita kAma kiyA hai / apane uttarAdhikArI kA nAma ghoSita kara Apa RNa-mukta bane ho| yuvAcArya pravara zrI mahAprajJa mahodaya kA bhI maiM hArdika abhinandana karatA huuN| yadi kiJcit bhI AbhAsa hameM milA hotA to hama bhI isa adRSTa pUrva samAroha ke avazya sAkSI banate / Apa zrI pratipada Rddhi-vRddhi-vijaya-siddhi-prema-Arogya ko prApta karate hue jaina-zAsana kI zrI para cAra cA~da lgaaeN| isI zubhAzaMsA ke sAtha / -muni candanamala khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 411
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________________ prApta samAcAroM se jJAta huA hai ki maryAdA mahotsava ke dina paramArAdhya AcAryapravara ne mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala jI ko yuvAcArya pada pradAna karavAyA hai| kAza ! hama bhI isa maMgala dRzya ko apanI A~khoM se dekha pAte / pratyakSataH AcAryapravara evaM yuvAcAryazrI ke caraNoM meM apanI bhAvAJjali arpita karatA / isa maMgala avasara para sabase pahale maiM paramArAdhya parama pitA AcAryazrI ke caraNoM meM hArdika kRtajJatA jJApita karatA huuN| jinhoMne bhAvI AcArya kI niyukti karake saMgha ko nizcinta banA diyaa| svayaM bhI kRtyakRtya bana gae aura saMgha ko bhI kRtyakRtya banA diyaa| isa pAvana prasaMga para yuvAcAryazrI ke prati yahI maMgala kAmanA karatA hU~ ki ApazrI kA tejasvI jIvana dharmasaMgha ko aura adhika tejasvI bnaae| ApakI prakhara sAdhanA dhArmika jagat ko prabhAvita karane vAlI siddha ho| paramArAdhya, parama pitA AcArya pravara aura yuvAcArya pravara kI yaha samartha jor3I yugoM-yugoM taka saMgha ko netRtva pradAna karatI rhe| muni sumeramala (lADanU) gurudeva kA yaha nirNaya janamata, saMghamata aura jainetaramata-tInoM ke ekamata kA nirNaya hai / sabakI jayadhvani nikala rahI hai / AcArya pravara ne yaha eka adbhuta kArya sampanna kiyA hai, jisakI khuzI sabake dila para chAI hai / sArI dRSTiyoM se AcAryazrI ne bar3A sundara kArya kiyA hai aura saMgha meM cAra cA~da lagAye haiN| yuvAcArya jI sadaiva gurudeva ke sAtha rahe haiN| gurudeva ne hI unheM zikSA pradAna kI hai| isa mahAvRkSa ko gurudeva ne hI lagAyA hai aura unhoMne hI apane hAthoM se siJcita kiyA hai / gurudeva ne saMghanAyaka ke rUpa meM Apako prastuta kiyA, isake lie hama saba kRtajJa haiN| mAgha zukla saptamI sakhara, yuva pada donoM iish| nakra bhUSaNa, nava niSa varo, de saMtadAsa AzISa / / -muni jIvanamala, muni mulatAnamala AcAryazrI tulasI ne eka aisI svastha cetanA ke hAthoM meM saMgha kI bAgaDora sauMpI hai, jo svabodha ke Aloka se jagamagA uThI hai| -- sAdhvI rAjImatI sthAnAMga sUtra meM gaNa-dhAraNa aura usake saMcAlana hetu jina chaha viziSTa guNoM kA ullekha milatA hai, yuvAcAryazrI ke jIvana meM una sabhI guNoM kA samanvaya hai| ye AcAryazrI ke amUrta bhAvoM ko mUrtarUpa dene meM atyanta kuzala haiN| AcArya pravara ke maMgala svapna aba aura bhI zIghratA se Thosa rUpa grahaNa kareMge / ___-- muni rAkeza kumAra isa garimAmaya uttaradAyitva kI prApti para zata-zata shubhkaamnaaeN| ApakA maMgala netRtva terApaMtha dharmasaMgha kA yuga-yuga taka yoga-kSama karatA rahe, isI zubhecchA ke sAtha / - muni DUMgaramala 412 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ munizrI nathamala jI hindI, saMskRta Adi bhASAoM ke vidvAna haiM aura inheM yuvA AcAryazrI mahAprajJa ke nAma se saMbodhita kiyA jAegA, yaha inakI vidvatA aura pAMDitya ke anurUpa hogaa| __ AzA hai, zrI nathamalajI samAja meM mAnavatA aura samAnatA kA pracAra karane kA prayAsa karate rheNge| jagajIvanarAma upa pradhAnamaMtrI bhArata sarakAra yogya guru ne yogya ziSya kI kSamatA ko snehapUrNa sammAna pradAna kiyA hai| isase terApaMthI dharmasaMgha aura bhI adhika vikAsonmukha banegA / sAdara abhivAdana bherUlAla zekhAvata mukhya maMtrI, rAjasthAna munizrI nathamalajI terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke dasaveM AcArya ho gae haiM, yaha jAnakara prasannatA huI / ye AcAryazrI tulasI ke aNuvrata kAryakrama ko aura gatizIla banAkara samAja meM unake siddhAntoM ko pratipAdita karane meM apanA bahumUlya yogadAna deMge, isI bhAvanA ke sAtha maiM sampUrNa zraddhA sahita apanA sadbhAva preSita karatA huuN| lalita kizora caturvedI siMcAI evaM vidyut maMtrI (rAja0 sarakAra) mahAprajJa zraddhaya muni nathamalajI. eka prasiddha dArzanika, cintaka, vicAraka aura lekhaka haiN| inakI racanAoM ne jaina dharma, darzana aura saMskRti ko nae AyAma die haiN| inakI cintanA jitanI maulika haiM utanI hI prAmANika, gur3ha aura zAstra-sammata / ye sacamuca mahAprajJa haiN| __kalyANamala lor3hA adhyakSa, hindI vibhAga, kalakattA vizvavidyAlaya muni nathamalajI AcArya tulasI ke uttarAdhikArI bane, yaha sunakara bar3I prasannatA huI / yogya vyakti kA yogya sammAna huA hai| merA vizvAsa hai ki munizrI nathamalajI ke netRtva meM jaina dharma aura samAja kI unnati aura pragati hogii| -cimanalAla so0 zAha solisiTara, bambaI mujhe yaha jAnakara bar3I prasannatA huI hai ki munizrI nathamalajI ko AcArya mahArAja zrI tulasI ne apane antevAsI ko apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kiyA hai| merI hajAroM vndnaa| --- kastUra bhAI lAlabhAI, ahamadAbAda khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 413
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________________ munizrI nathamalajI kI tapasyA, vidvatA aura vrata-dharma niSThA adbhuta ginI jaaegii| sAtha-sAtha unakI viveka-virAga bhAvanA bhI itanI gaharI hai ki na kevala terApaMtha ko apitu ve samagra jaina jagat ko, itanA hI nahIM, samUce bhAratIya saMskRti ko mArga-darzana karane meM hamezA agrasara rheNge| hamAre tattvajJAna maMdira saMsthA kI tarapha se tathA vyaktigata rUpa meM AcAryazrI nathamalajI ko zata-zata praNAma ke sAtha badhAI detA huuN| -zivAjI na bhAve yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI agAdha jJAnI haiM aura sAtha hI unakA jJAna unake jIvana meM ghula-mila gayA hai / unakA mana sarala evaM nirmala hai / sabase bar3I bAta hai ki buddhi kA unake mana para koI bhAra nahIM hai| merI zata-zata badhAI / jainendra kumAra dillI yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI ne munizrI nathamala jI ko yuvAcArya kA dAyitva dene kI ghoSaNA karake eka mahAn nirNaya liyA hai| yaha jaina samAja kA gaurava hai ki munizrI nathamala jI jaisA eka dArzanika santa AcAryazrI ke netRtva meM prApta huaa| jisa dAyitva evaM alaMkAra se AcAryazrI ne munizrI ko alaMkRta kiyA hai, usase sabhI ko prasannatA huI hai| isa avasara para maiM AcAryazrI evaM yuvAcAryazrI, donoM kA hArdika abhinandana karatA huuN| -akSayakumAra jaina, dillI yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI ! zraddhaya AcAryazrI tulasI ne isa bAra maryAdA mahotsava ke pAvana avasara para jo dAyitva sauMpA hai, usakA vivaraNa vijJaptiyoM meM par3hakara mana vibhora ho utthaa| usake lie AcAryazrI ko hArdika sAdhuvAda aura Apako Antarika bdhaaii| dharmasaMgha kI maryAdA ko AcAryazrI ne jisa prakAra samRddha aura samujjvala kiyA hai, vaha nissaMdeha sarAhanIya hai| mujhe pUrA vizvAsa hai ki vaha paramparA bhaviSya meM aura bhI adhika ujjvala bnegii| yazapAla jaina sampAdaka, jIvana-sAhitya, dillI AcAryazrI ne apane jIvana ke eka sarvopari uttaradAyitvapUrNa kArya ko bar3I nipuNatA se sampanna kiyA, yaha zAsana ke bar3e saubhAgya kI bAta hai| 'mahAprajJa' AcArya bhArImAla jI kI taraha 'paramabhakta' kI zreNI ke puruSa haiN| jayAcArya ne svAmI jI kI vANI ko mukharita kiyA, mahAprajJa' AcAryazrI ke igita-AkAra-vicAra aura vANI ke advitIya AdratA aura vyAkhyAkAra rahe haiM / ve AcAryazrI ke 'mahAdeva' haiM / AcAryazrI ke cunAva ke lie kyA badhAI dUM? apane pratibimba ko apanA uttarAdhikArI banAkara 414 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ AcArya - pravara ne eka bahuta hI dUradarzitApUrNa kArya hI nahIM kiyA hai, para bhArata-bhUmi aura dArzanika jagat ko eka anupama upahAra diyA hai / - zrIcanda rAmapuriyA - kulapati, jaina vizva bhAratI, lADanUM jaina vidyA ke pracAra-prasAra kI jo dhArA AcArya pravara kI preraNA aura sAnnidhya meM pravAhita huI hai, nizcita hI aba vaha nirantara gatimAna hotI rahegI / bhAratIya dharma aura vidyA ke kSa etra meM terApaMtha kA yaha bauddhika anudAna hamezA smaraNa rahegA / - prema sumana jaina udayapura vizvavidyAlaya munizrI nathamala jI AcAryazrI ke uttarAdhikArI hoMge - yaha merI antarAtmA bahuta varSoM pahale kaha cukI thI / vaha Aja pratyakSa huA / AzA hI nahIM, yuvAcAryazrI ke sAnnidhya meM saMgha kA kAma bahuta bar3hegA / pUrNa vizvAsa hai ki ---- nAgaramala sahala rIDara, jodhapura vizvavidyAlaya yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kI vidvattA, zAlInatA aura sRjana kSamatA se sabhI paricita haiM / unakA sAhitya unake udAtta aura sulajhe vicAroM kA pramANa hai / vizvAsa karanA cAhie ki unake netRtva meM aNuvrata Andolana naye AyAmoM kI khoja karatA huA nirantara pragati ke mArga para bar3hatA jAyegA / - viSNu prabhAkara AcArya pravara ne mahAprajJazrI ko sarvathA upayukta samaya para upayukta pada para manonIta kara saMgha para mahAna upakAra kiyA hai| AcAryazrI ne eka dedIpyamAna ratna ko zata guNI AbhA se maMDita kara samUce saMgha ko Aloka pradAna kiyA hai aura sAtha-sAtha vizva ke eka prakhyAta dArzanika ko apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kara jaina darzana ko vizvavyApI banAne ke mArga ko bhI sahaja prazasta banA diyA hai / - mahendra jaina, jayapura abhinandanIya haiM hamAre paramArAdhya AcAryapravara kI yaha dUradarzitA ki unhoMne apane pada kI pavitra garimA anurUpa vaise zramaNavarya kA cayana kara saMgha-saMpadA kA samagra uttarAdhikAra, tadanurUpa kSamatA va yogyatA ke dhanI muni puMgava ko pradAna kara, dharma-zAsana ke bhAvI netRtva ke mahattvapUrNa prazna ko samAhita kara sabake mana meM Ananda kA ajasra srota pravAhita kara diyA / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 415
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________________ munizrI kI sudIrgha sayama eva zruta sAdhanA, prakRti - zAlInatA, bar3oM ke prati vinamratA kA bhAva, choToM ke prati vAtsalya, utkRSTa koTi ke tattvavettA evaM marmajJa vidvAn ke rUpa meM anekAneka vizeSatAoM ke dhanI, jo ki aba taka hameM kevala eka muni ke rUpa meM hI prApta the, aba hameM sammAnya yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM prApta haiM / padAbhiSeka ke isa punIta kSaNa meM, unakA atyanta samarpita evaM vinamra bhAva se vandana karatA hU~ / - motIlAla rAMkA, sudharI, mAravAr3a upAdhyakSa, a0 bhA0 aNuvrata samiti terApaMtha kI pragatizIla aitihAsika ghar3iyoM meM itihAsa puruSa AcAryazrI tulasI ne apane uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala jI kA cayana kara itihAsa ko aura afar gauravAnvita kiyA hai / hamArA apanA saubhAgya hai ki munizrI nathamala jI ke rUpa meM mahAprajJa evaM yuvAcArya donoM eka sAtha prApta hue haiM / yuga kI parivartanazIla paristhitiyoM meM yuga puruSa kA yaha aitihAsika nirNaya yuga-yuga taka saMsmaraNIya rahegA / - zrI devendrakumAra karNAvaTa, bhU0 pU0 mahAmaMtrI akhila bhAratIya aNuvrata samiti AcAryazrI evaM yuvAcArya ke caraNoM meM koTi-koTi abhivandana / gurudeva ne ati anugraha kara yuvAcArya kI ghoSaNA kara saMgha kI AzA pUrNa kI, ataH ati AbhArI haiN| AcAryazrI ke nirdezAnusAra saMgha ke sarvAGgINa utkarSa ke gauravamaya kArya meM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa pUrNa saphala hoM, yahI hArdika kAmanA hai / 416 -zrI nemacanda jo gadhaiyA, saradArazahara, bhU0 pU0 adhyakSa -- jaina zve0 te 0 mahAsabhA AcAryazrI ke isa nirNaya kA kalakattA meM karake AcAryapravara evaM yuvAcAryazrI taka merI zata-zata badhAI pahuMcAe / sarvatra svAgata kiyA gayA hai / Apa kRpA tilokacanda DAgA, kalakattA gaNa jI kA yaha cayana atyanta sundara hai aura jaina paramparA ke sAmane eka utkRSTa udAharaNa upasthita karatA hai / muni nathamala jI jaisA cintaka vicAraka aura lekhaka zAstrajJa vidvAn kisI saMgha ko bar3e saubhAgya se milatA hai / gaNijI ne terApaMtha ke liye jo kucha kiyA hai, vaha mere sAmane hai / muni nathamala jI se usameM aura bhI vRddhi hone kI pUrNa AzA hai / jJAna vijJAna ke kSetra meM tyAgamArga ke pathikoM kI yaha paramparA sadA samAhata hogI / paM0 kailAzacandra zAstrI sampAdaka jaina sandeza, vArANasI tulasI- prajJA
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________________ yaha jAnakara hArdika prasannatA huI ki jaina zvetAmbara terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke adhizAstA yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI ne apane labdhapratiSTha antevAsI mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala jI ko 115veM maryAdA mahotsava ke avasara para apane uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM yuvAcArya pada para pratiSThita kiyA hai / ... mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala jI gambhIra cintaka, zreSTha dArzanika, ojasvI vaktA, uccakoTi ke lekhaka, Azukavi aura Adarza santa haiN| Apa prAkRta, saMskRta aura hindI bhASA ke acche vidvAn haiM / Apake dvArA uccakoTi ke vizAla sAhitya kA nirmANa huA hai aura Apake lagabhaga eka sau grantha prakAzita ho cuke haiN| .... aise sarvaguNa sampanna vidvAn santa kA yuvAcArya pada para pratiSThita kiye jAne se samasta samAja ko atyadhika Ananda kI anubhUti honA svAbhAvika hI hai| isa ullAsamaya avasara para maiM pUjya yuvAcAryazrI nathamala jI kA hArdika abhinandana karatA huuN| -pro0 udayacandra jaina banArasa hindU vizvavidyAlaya, vArANasI AcAryazrI ne dharmasaMgha kA mahAvaTavRkSa ropita kiyA hai tathA Apake mArgadarzana meM yaha saMgha dinoM-dina pragati patha para hai / dharmasaMgha sadaiva ApakA RNI rhegaa| mahAprajJa yuvAcArya munizrI nathamala jI jaise karmaTha santa hI Apake dvArA sauMpe gaye uttarAdhikAra ko saMbhAlane meM sakSama haiN| vizvAsa hai unake sAnnidhya meM dharmasaMgha uttarottara pragati karatA rhegaa| saradArasiMha caurar3iyA, biralA nagara, gvAliyara ...... maiMne pUjya munizrI ko kAphI najadIka se dekhA hai aura anubhava kiyA hai ki unameM Akhila jaina samAja kA hI nahIM varan akhila mAnavatA kA mahAmaMgala spandita hai / ve eka uccakoTi ke cintaka haiM, unake rUpa meM sukarAta hI jaise janmA hai; unakI vANI praznila hotI hai, itane prazna, itane nizAna aura hara nizAna kA apanA acUka nizAnA, saca, yaha koI mahAvibhUti hI kara sakatI hai| mujhe rAzi-rAzi sAdhuvAda dene dIjiye pUjya AcAryazrI ko jinhoMne eka atIva yogya vyaktitva ko yuga netRtva sauMpA hai / mujhe vizvAsa hai ki jisa yugAzva kI valgA munizrI ke hAthoM meM dI gaI hai, vaha digvijaya karegA aura yugapravartaka siddha hogaa| maiM ina kSaNoM meM bhAva-vibhora hU~ aura unheM praNAma kara rahA huuN| ... DA0 nemIcanda jaina sampAdaka 'tIrthaMkara' indaura AcAryazrI tulasI dvArA sabhI dRSTiyoM se apane yogyatama ziSya sthirayogI, prakhyAta dArzanika mahAprajJa muni nathamala jI ko uttarAdhikArI manonita karane kI jAnakArI prApta kara atyanta prasannatA kA anubhava huaa| AcAryazrI kI anupama sUjhabUjha evaM dUradazitApUrNa isa sukhada samAcAra se sArA samAja harSa, ullAsa aura gaurava kA anubhava karatA hai| .-sohanalAla koThArI, nyAyAdhIza khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 417
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________________ vidvadvara munivara zrI nathamala jI kI zAsana-bhakti, vilakSaNa kSamatA evaM atulanIya vidvattA jaina va jainetara jagat meM sadaiva parilakSita haiM / inhIM saba vizeSatAoM ke anurUpa hI unhoMne isa mahAn pada kI prApti kI hai / AzA hai zAsana isase zAzvata gauravAnvita rahegA / vinIta badhAiyA~ | sAdara abhinandana / saMpUrNa samarpaNa / zubhakAmanAoM sahita zraddhAnata / - zubhakaraNa dazAnI munizrI kI vidvatA kA maiM prArambha se hI prazaMsaka rahA huuN| merA vizvAsa hai ki unake AcAryatva meM terApaMtha dharmasaMgha nirantara bar3hatA jAyegA / zatazata badhAI / - zrIkRSNa, parAga prakAzana, dillI --kevala caMda nAhaTA paTTaziSya munizrI prakhara pratibhA ke dhanI haiM, adhyAtma sAhitya ke sraSTA haiM, alaukika Azukavi haiM / saMskRta, prAkRta aura hindI ke adhikArI vidvAn haiM / sarvopari draSTavya hai ApakI vidvatA ke sAtha vinaya kA tAlamela / sacamuca gaNa evaM gaNI ke prati ApakA samarpaNa bhAva hama logoM ke lie hRdayagrAhI hai aura dUsaroM ke lie spardhA kA viSaya banA huA hai| yugadraSTA AcAryapravara dvArA kie gae samayocita evaM zAsanAnukUla isa manonayana ko hama sAdharmI bandhu saharSa vinayapUrvaka zirodhArya karate haiM / -- jaina zvetAmbara terApaMthI zrAvaka samAja jalapAIguDI munizrI kI vidvattA, tyAga, tapasyA evaM udAtta mAnavIya dRSTi terApaMthI samAja ke lie Arambha se hI preraNA strota rahI hai / AsAmavAsiyoM kI hArdika badhAI / - jaina zvetAmbara terApaMthI sabhA gohATI munizrI kA yuvarAja pada para cayana kara kiyA hai / dharmasaMgha hara kSetra meM aura aisA vizvAsa hai / Apane saMpUrNa dharmasaMgha ko gaurava pradAna adhika upalabdhiyoM ko prApta kara Age bar3hatA rahegA, 418 terApaMtha yuvaka pariSada kurlA, bambaI yaha jAnakara bahuta prasannatA huI ki AcAryazrI ne muni nathamala jI ko yuvarAja ghoSita kiyA hai / yaha maiM AcAryapravara kI mahAn buddhimattA evaM dUradarzitA mAnatA hUM / samAja meM isakA bahuta svAgata huA hai / - zivacandarAya DAbar3IvAlA ------ tulasI - prajJA
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________________ isa mahAn pada ke lie muni nathamala jI hI hara dRSTi se upayukta aura sakSama vyakti haiN| inake nirmala vyaktitva ke kAraNa saMgha kA bhaviSya nizcita rUpa se ujjvala hai| mAMgIlAla vaida, sujAnagar3ha AcArya pravara ke isa mahattvapUrNa nirNaya kI jitanI prazaMsA kI jAe, utanI thor3I hai| -pazcima baMga prAdezika aNuvrata samiti kalakattA muni nathamala ko AcArya tulasI ne apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kiyA hai / dharmaya ga parivAra kI ora se hArdika badhAI / -rAmamUrti upasampAdaka, dharmayuga muni nathamala jI ko yuvAcArya banAne para mujhe itanI prasannatA huI ki maiM use abhivyakta karane meM asamartha huuN| terApaMtha samAja hI nahIM, samucA jaina samAja AcAryazrI kI dUradRSTi kI bhUri-bhUri prazaMsA karatA hai / maiM aneka vyaktiyoM se milatA rahA huuN| sabane isa cunAva kI bahuta prazaMsA kI hai| merI hArdika badhAiyA~ / -ena0 ema0 dugar3a janarala mainejara, iNDiyana eksapresa, bambaI eka Atma-sAdhaka va sAhitya-sarjaka ke rUpa meM zramaNa dharma kI jo sAdhanA va siddhi Apane kara dikhAI hai, vaha jaina dharma va saMgha ko gauravAnvita karane vAlI hai| Apake vyaktitva ke bahumukhI vikAsa ko dekhate hue, isa sammAna nimitta Apako badhAI, dhanyavAda / ratilAla dIpacanda desAI munivara eka gahana ciMtaka tathA vidvAna saMta hai aura AcAryavara dvArA ghoSita isa nirNaya se unakI vidvatA va zreSThatA kA sammAna huA hai / hArdika abhinandana / -rAjendra nagAvata, ratalAma yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa zAsana ke eka stambha ke rUpa meM rahe haiN| inhoMne apanI dArzanika evaM sAhityika pratibhA se dharmasaMgha kI zrIvRddhi kI hai| unhIM para dharmasaMgha kA yaha mahatvapUrNa dAyitva A jAnA eka mahattvapUrNa prasaMga hai| samasta dharmasaMgha ke lie yaha eka upalabdhi hai| -devendra kumAra hiraNa khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 416
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________________ pUjya munizrI nathamala jI isa samaya una kucha virala aura mUrdhanya jaina zramaNoM meM haiM, jinakI kalama se mahAvIra kA isa yuga ke sandarbha meM punarAvatAra huA hai / unakA cintana anubhUta hai, sAkSAtkRta hai / ve yogI haiN| unakA grantha 'sambodhi' isakA pramANa hai / maiM ise vartamAna jinavANI kA eka klAsika mAnatA hU~ / 'zramaNa mahAvIra' bhI adbhuta grantha hai / bAra-bAra use par3hane ko jI karatA hai / sabase bar3I bAta yaha ki pU0 munizrI nathamala jI ke sAtha maiM gaharI cintanAtmaka tadAkAritA mahasUsa karatA hU~ | maiM cakita camatkRta huA yaha dekhakara ki 'anuttara yogI' meM jo maiMne likhA hai, usakA samarthana mujhe unake cintana meM barAbara milatA gayA hai / to mujhe lagA ki yaha mahAvIra hI samarthana hai / pU0 munizrI ko praNAma bhejatA hU~ aura unakA AzIrvAda cAhatA hU~ / vIrendra kumAra jaina bambaI ( 'anuttara yogI ' ke yazasvI lekhaka ) yaha jAnakara atyanta prasannatA huI ki AcArya tulasI jI ne munizrI nathamalajI jaise svatantracettA talasparzI ciMtaka ko uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM ghoSita kiyA hai / isa zubha avasara para maiM donoM mahApuruSoM ko badhAiyA~ denA cAhU~gA / eka charahare vadana meM apane astitva ko chipAye mahAprajJa munizrI nathamalajI kA prazAnta vyaktitva pichalI dazAbdiyoM se ciMtana ke kSetra meM dinakaravat camaka rahA hai / ve samagra bhAratIya darzanoM ke gaMbhIra vidvAna haiM / saMgoSThiyoM meM to hamane unheM vizvakoSa ke rUpa meM pAyA hai / ve jisa adhikArika vANI se apanI Agamana aura nigamana zailI meM uddharaNoM aura dRSTAntoM ke sAtha viSaya kA pratipAdana karate haiM, vaha atyanta prabhAvaka aura hRdayagrAhI bana jAtA hai / una kA lekhana, ciMtana aura kathana eka sAmaJjasyapUrNa dRSTikoNa se otaprota rahatA hai / jaina siddhAntoM kI marmajJatA unakI bhAvapravaNatA sAtha jur3a jAtI hai | anubhUti ke svaroM ne unakI zailI meM eka aura AkarSaNa DAla diyA hai / choTe-choTe Apa bIte udAharaNa kathana kI sAravattA ko abhivyakta karate cale jAte haiM / zaikSaNika aura sAmAjika mUlyoM kI AdhAra - zilA para AsIna hokara ve pratyeka darzana kA mUlyAMkana karate haiM / jaina AgamoM kA Adhunika DhaMga se saMpAdana - prakAzana bhI unakI sUjha-bUjha kA nidarzana hai / yuvakoM ke dAyitva ko munizrI ne bhalIbhA~ti ubhArA hai, unakI zakti, kSamatA aura karttavyaparAyaNatA ko jAgrata karane kA athaka prayatna kiyA hai / aNuvrata Andolana ko yuvakoM ke mAdhyama se jana-jana taka pahuMcAne kA kArya AcArya zrI evaM munizrI ke sabala kaMdhoM kA pratiphala hai / itanA hI nahIM, ahiMsA darzana ke prati AsthA paidA karane kA puNyakArya bhI una mahApuruSadvaya ke prayatnoM kA pariNAma kahA jA sakatA hai / 420 vigata varSoM meM saMgha meM yadA-kadA kinhIM kAraNavaza vivAdoM kA bhUcAla AyA / katipaya tattvoM ne samAja meM azAnti aura saMgha meM avyavasthA phailAne kA bhI upakrama kiyA, parantu tulasI- prajJA
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________________ AcAryazrI kI dUradarzitA aura saMyojanazIlatA ne una sabhI jvArabhAToM ko bar3I sughar3atA aura tathyatA ke sAtha zAnta kiyA / yaha unakI prazAsana kSamatA kA hI pratIka hai / ina saba kAryoM meM AcAryazrI ko munizrI kA pUrA-pUrA sahayoga milA hai / dhyAna-yoga jaina samAja se lupta-sA hotA jA rahA thA / itanI gaMbhIra jaina dhyAnaparaMparA hote hue bhI sAdhaka usakI ora se udAsIna - se ho gaye the / munizrI ne lADanUM meM dhyAna-kendra prAraMbha kara eka nayA Andolana AraMbha kara diyA hai / dhyAna kI isa gUDha zailI ko unhoMne svayaM kI sAdhanA ke mAdhyama se sahaja aura sarala banA diyA hai / dhyAna ziviroM ke saMyojana se aba yaha paraMparA lokapriya hotI jA rahI hai / munizrI kI pratibhA aura ciMtana ne abhI taka zatAdhika kRtiyoM aura nibandhoM ko janma diyA hai / ina kRtiyoM meM ciMtana ke sAtha udbodhana mukhara hokara sAmane AyA hai / lokeSaNA se dUra munizrI ne jana sAmAnya ke dRSTikoNa ko jhakajhorane kA jo saphala prayatna kiyA hai, vaha abhinandanIya hai / unake satata prayAsa se eka aisA nayA krAntikArI tattva khar3A ho gayA hai jo aMdhavizvAsoM aura rUr3hiyoM se nirmukta samAja kI sthApanA meM vizvAsa karatA hai / maiM merA mana : merI zAnti, taTa do pravAha eka, gUMjate svara : bahare kAna Adi kRtiyA~ isI vicAra-zRMGkhalA se jur3I huI haiM / AcArya zrI tulasI jI ne saMgha, samAja aura sAhitya ko jo yogadAna diyA hai use munizrI nathamalajI nizcita hI Age bar3hAyeMge aura unake suyogya uttarAdhikArI siddha hoMge / munizrI jI nirAmaya aura zatAyu hoM, yahI hamArI kAmanA hai / merA vinamra praNAma / DA0 bhAgacandra jaina, 'bhAskara' khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 421
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________________ 00000000000000000000000000 abhinandana kA pratyuttara 00000000000000000000000 __ AcAryavara kI apane uttarAdhikAra kI ghoSaNA kA Apane jisa AntarikatA 0 aura hArdikatA se svAgata kiyA hai aura mere dAyitva ke prati jo utsAhapUrNa bhAvanA 10 vyakta kI hai, usase maiM apane uttaradAyitva ke prati apane Apako aura adhika gaMbhIra : 0 anubhava karatA hUM aura yaha vizvAsa dilAtA hU~ ki ApakI AkAMkSAoM kI pUrti meM / " merA yogadAna sadA Apako upalabdha rhegaa| AcAryavara ne mujhe saMgha kA jo dAyitva sauMpA hai usakI zrIvRddhi karanA merA 0 0 pavitra karttavya hogA / jJAna, darzana aura cAritra kI ArAdhanA ke dvArA samUce saMgha ko 3: adhyAtmaniSTha banAne aura usakI AtmacetanA ko yugacetanA ke saMdarbha meM samunnata . 6 karane ke lie merI sArI zakti saMgha ko samarpita rhegii| merA dharmasaMgha AcAryavara 0 0 dvArA upalabdha do mUlyavAna avadAnoM-aNuvrata aura prekSAdhyAna ke dvArA samUcI: 0 mAnavajAti kI sevA karatA rhegaa| maiM phira apane AtmavizvAsa ko doharAtA huuN| 0 ki saMgha sampadA ki samRddhi ke lie Apa sabakA sahayoga aura sadbhAvanA upa- 0 labdha kara AcAryavara kI kRtiyoM ko nayA AyAma de apane dAyitva ke prati sadA / 0 jAgarUka rhuuNgaa| 000000000000000000000000 0000000000000 . -- yuvAcArya mahAprajJa . 17 pharavarI 76, cUrU 000 0000000000000000000000000 422 tulasI-prajJa
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________________ terApantha ko AcAryazrI tulasI kI dena sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA terApantha dharmasaMgha eka pragatizIla dharmasaMgha hai / eka AcArya ke sakSama netRtva meM saMgaThana, anuzAsana aura maryAdAniSThA kI dRSTi se yaha eka bejor3a udAharaNa hai| isakA itihAsa do zatAbdiyoM kI kAlAvadhi ko atikrAnta kara tIsarI zatAbdI meM padanyAsa kara cukA hai| samyakdarzana, samyakjJAna aura samyak cAritra kI samujjvala ArAdhanA karane ke lie AcArya bhikSu ne cauMtIsa varSa kA avasthA meM eka dharmakrAnti kii| satya ke prati unake sampUrNa samarpaNa, nirbhIka cintanadhArA aura pratikUla paristhitiyoM se lohA lene kI adbhuta kSamatA ne unako eka prANavAn dharmasaMgha kA praNetA banA diyaa| unakI dIrghakAlIna sUjhabUjha aura gaharI AcAra-niSThA ne dharmasaMgha ko AcAra kA sudRr3ha kavaca de diyaa| kaSToM ke bIhar3a mArga para calakara unhoMne eka rAjapatha kA nirmANa kiyA, jisa para calane vAle hajAroM-hajAroM vyakti apanI maMjila kI ora Age bar3ha rahe haiM / AcArya bhikSu ke uttaravartI sAtoM AcAryoM ne hara mUlya para apane dharmasaMgha ke AdarzoM kI surakSA kii| unhoMne aThAraha dazakoM kI lambI avadhi meM samAgata hara saMgharSa ko nirasta kiyA aura usa patha para bikhare kA~ToM tathA kaMkaroM ko buhAra kara usake pathikoM ko apratima suvidhAeM diiN| vartamAna meM terApantha ke navama adhizAstA yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI haiM / Apane apane pUrvavartI ATha AcAryoM dvArA arjita sampadA ko na kevala surakSita hI rakhA hai, apitu use vRddhiMgata bhI kiyA hai / ApakA zAsanakAla apane Apa meM apUrva aura vilakSaNa hai / isa apUrvatA kA AbhAsa una saba logoM ko hai, jo AcAryazrI ke vyaktitva aura kartRtva se thor3e bhI paricita haiM / paricaya ke bindu bhI itane sUkSma aura halke haiM ki unake mAdhyama se Apake samagra vyaktitva kA digdarzana nahIM ho sktaa| isalie prastuta sandarbha kI carcA eka bindu kI paridhi meM parikramA kara apane pAThakoM kI jAnakArI ke dharAtala ko Thosa banAnA cAhatI hai| vi0 saM0 1993 [IsvI san 1936] bhAdrava zuklA tRtIyA ko terApantha ke aSTama AcAryazrI kAlUgaNI ne muni tulasI ke taruNa kandhoM para dharmasaMgha kI dhurI rakha dii| yaha dina AcAryazrI tulasI ke dvArA pratyakSa rUpa se saMghIya dAyitva ko svIkAra karane kA dina thaa| apanA dAyitva apane ziSya ko sauMpa tIna dina bAda hI kAlUgaNI divaMgata ho ge| terApaMtha khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 423
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________________ kA zAsana sUtra aba sampUrNa rUpa se AcArya tulasI ko saMbhAlanA thaa| isake lie vidhivat kAryavAhI huI bhAdrava zuklA navamI ko| terApantha ke itihAsa kI yaha cauMkA dene vAlI ghaTanA thI, jaba eka bAIsa varSIya yuvaka ne dharmasaMgha kI samagra jimmevArI saMbhAlakara usakA kuzalatApUrvaka saMcAlana karanA zurU kara diyA / saikar3oM sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ke antaraMga aura bahiraMga vikAsa kI yojanAoM ke sAtha unakI samucita kriyAnviti, hajAroM-hajAroM anuyAyiyoM kA netRtva aura samparka meM Ane vAle lAkhoM logoM kA pathadarzana / sAdhAraNa vyakti ke lie yaha saba bar3A jaTila ho jAtA hai, kintu AcAryapravara ne isa dakSatA aura dIrghadarzitA se kAma kiyA ki eka udIyamAna dharmasaMgha bhI apanI tejasvitA evaM loka-cetanA ko abhyudaya dene vAlI pravRttiyoM se jana-jana ke lie AkarSaNa kA kendra banA huA hai| prathama dena usa samaya terApantha dharmasaMgha meM zikSA kA vikAsa nahIM thA / tatkAlIna sAmAjika vAtAvaraNa meM bhI zikSA-sambandhI AyAmoM kA udghATana nahIM huaa| vicAra-abhivyakti kA mAdhyama mAtra rAjasthAnI bhASA thii| kAlUgaNI ke yuga meM saMskRta bhASA meM bolane aura likhane kA krama zurU ho gayA thaa| bhikSu-zabdAnuzAsanam aura kAlU kaumudI-ye saMskRta vyAkaraNa kAlUgaNI ke sAnnidhya meM hI nirmita hue aura unake paThana-pAThana kA krama prArambha ho gyaa| phira bhI kisI viSaya ke sarvAMgINa adhyayana kI dizAeM nahIM khulI thiiN| yugacetanA ne karavaTa lI aura zikSA kA sAmAjika mUlya pratiSThita ho gayA / AcAryazrI tulasI ne anubhava kiyA- yadi hamAre sAdhu-sAdhviyA~ prabuddha nahIM hoMge, to ve samAja ko kyA de sakeMge ? isa bar3hatI huI bauddhikatA meM dhArmika saMskAroM kA pallavana bhI anurUpa sAdhana sAmagrI ke dvArA hI ho sakatA hai| AcAryazrI jo bhI bAta socate haiM, jo bhI svapna dekhate haiM, vaha nizcita rUpa se sAkAra ho jAtA hai| terApantha saMgha meM zikSA kA abhyudaya huaa| hindI, saMskRta, prAkRta, iMgliza Adi viziSTa bhASAoM ke sAtha prAntIya bhASAoM meM likhanebolane kA abhyAsa krama claa| itihAsa, darzana, vyAkaraNa, Agama, gaNita Adi zaikSaNika vidhAoM meM sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ne praveza pA liyA / vibhinna darzanoM ke tulanAtmaka adhyayana kA dvAra khulA aura do dazakoM meM hI terApantha saMgha kA zaikSaNika stara samunnata ho gyaa| isake lie samaya-samaya para adhyApana kA kArya svayaM AcAryazrI ne kiyA hai / parIkSA-pAThyakramoM kA prayoga, protsAhana, preraNA Adi binduoM ne sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ke mana meM vidyA prApta karane kI eka amiTa pyAsa jAgRta kara dI jo ki Aja bhI usI atRpta bhAva se bar3hatI jA rahI hai| sAdhviyoM kA vikAsa terApantha dharmasaMgha meM sAdhviyoM kI saMkhyA uttarottara pravardhamAna rahI hai| saMkhyA-vRddhi ke sAtha-sAtha unakI vyavasthAoM meM bhI sudhAra hotA rahA hai, parantu vikAsa kI saba saMbhAvanAoM ko vyavasthA nahIM milii| isa dRSTi se unake lie vizeSa abhyudaya kI apekSA thI / aSTamAcArya zrI kAlUgaNI ne apane uttarAdhikArI AcAryazrI tulasI ko saMgha ke bhAvI kAryakrama 424 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ kA saMketa dete hue eka nirdeza diyA ki--apane saMgha meM sAdhviyAM bahuta haiM, kintu unake vikAsa hetu koI acchI vyavasthA nahIM hai / tumheM isa ora dhyAna denA hai| kAlUgaNI ke nirdezAnusAra AcAryazrI ne dAyitva svIkAra karane ke kucha samaya bAda hI sAdhviyoM ke adhyApana kA kArya zurU kara diyA / saubhAgyazAlinI haiM ve sAdhviyAM, jinhoMne nirantara varSoM taka AcAryazrI ke kuzala adhyApana meM zikSA ke bIja boe aura unheM aMkurita kiyA / Aja sAdhvI-samAja kA jo rUpa bana pAyA hai, usakA pUrA zreya AcAryazrI ke kartRtva ko milatA hai / na kevala zikSA apitu sAdhanA, kalA, sAhitya, vaktRtva, yAtrA Adi sabhI kSetroM meM sAdhviyA~ gatizIla haiM / AcAryazrI ke sakSama netRtva meM unakI pragati sambandhI bhAvI saMbhAvanAoM ko bhI nakArA nahIM jA sktaa| sAhitya sevA terApantha dharmasaMgha kI sAhityika cetanA ko UrdhvArohita karane meM eka nayA kIrtimAna sthApita kiyA hai, AcAryazrI tulasI kI sRjanazIlatA ne / sRjana kI Apa meM adbhuta kSamatA hai| eka ora dharmasaMgha kI sampUrNa jimmevArI, dUsarI ora sAhitya-saMracanA kI satata pravahamAna srotasvinI / sRjana ke lie apekSita ekAnta kSaNa aura eka vizeSa manodazA ke sAtha pratibaddha na hokara Apane jaba taba sRjana kiyA hai| rAjasthAnI, hindI, saMskRta Adi bhASAoM meM gUthe hue Apake sAhitya meM jIvana ke zAzvata mUlyoM kI abhivyakti hai / siddhAMta, darzana, yoga, jIvanavRtta, AkhyAna aura naitikatA ke sambandha meM ApakI kRtiyA~ apane yuga kI pratinidhi racanAeM haiN| ina racanAoM kI sabase bar3I vizeSatA yaha hai ki ye eka sAdhAraNa pAThaka aura vidvAn pAThaka donoM ke lie upayogI haiM / jaina siddhAnta dIpikA, bhikSu nyAyakaNikA, manonuzAsanam, aNuvrata ke Aloka meM, aNuvrata : gati pragati, anaitikatA kI dhUpa : aNuvrata kI chatarI, kyA dharma buddhi gamya hai ? kAlUyazovilAsa, candana kI cuTakI bhalI, Adi pacAsoM grantha ApakI sAhitya-cetanA ke utkRSTa namUne haiN| sAhitya-nirmANa kI kSamatA eka bAta hai aura sAhityakAroM kA nirmANa dUsarI bAta hai / AcAryazrI ne maulika sAhitya sRjana ke sAtha-sAtha aise sAhityakAroM ko bhI taiyAra kiyA hai, jinakI kRtiyoM ne bauddhika mAnasa ko prabhAvita kiyA hai| terApantha kA Adhunika sAhitya samIkSakoM kI dRSTi meM yuga-cetanA kA pratinidhi sAhitya hai| gadya aura padya donoM dhArAoM meM navIna aura prAcIna prAyaH sabhI vidhAoM meM sAhitya kA sRjana AcAryazrI kI vilakSaNa sRjana-zakti kA pratIka hai| Agama-sampAdana tIrthaMkaroM dvArA artha rUpa meM kahe hue aura gaNadharoM evaM sthaviroM dvArA gUthe hue zAstroM ko Agama kahA jAtA hai / bhagavAn mahAvIra ke samaya aura unake bAda kaI zatAbdiyoM taka AgamoM ke adhyayana-adhyApana kI paramparA maukhika rUpa se calatI thii| duSkAla Adi kAraNoM se usa paramparA kI zRMkhalA kahIM-kahIM zithila ho gii| use punaH susambaddha banAe rakhane ke lie AgamoM kI mukhya rUpa se cAra vAcanAeM huI / antima vAcanA mahAvIra-nirvANa ke eka hajAra varSa bAda devaddhigaNI kSamAzramaNa ke sAnnidhya meM huii| usI samaya AgamoM ko khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 425
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________________ pustakArUr3ha kiyA gyaa| paramparA-bheda, zruti-bheda aura lipi-bheda Adi kAraNoM se eka hI Agama kI bhinna-bhinna pratiyoM meM mUla pATha ke zabdoM, padoM aura vAkyoM meM bhinnatA prApta hotI hai / kauna-sA pATha sahI hai aura kauna-sA Aropita ? isa prazna kA koI samAdhAna nahIM milatA / ataH Agama-adhyetAoM ke sAmane eka bar3I samasyA khar3I ho jAtI hai| AcAryazrI ne lagabhaga paccIsa varSa pUrva AgamoM ke suvyasthita aura prAmANika sampAdana kA saMkalpa kiyaa| saMkalpa ke anusAra kAma zurU huaa| paccIsa-tIsa sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kI eka TIma juTa gaI / prArambhika varSoM meM anubhava aura sAdhana sAmagrI kI kamI ke kAraNa jo kAma huA, vaha santoSajanaka nahIM thA, kintu jyoM-jyoM kAma karane kA anubhava bar3hA, sAmagrI sulabha huI, sampAdita kArya para vidvAnoM kI anukUla pratikriyA huI to sampAdana-kArya ko aura adhika vyApaka aura vaijJAnika paddhati se karane kA nirNaya le liyA gyaa| AcAryazrI tulasI ke saphala nirdezana meM yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa eka pramukha sampAdaka kI bhUmikA nibhAte hue Agama-kArya ko satata Age bar3hA rahe haiM / prAyaH AgamoM kA mUla pATha saMzodhana kA kAma parisampannatA para hai / isameM kisI prati-vizeSa ko prAmANika na mAnakara upalabdha saba pratiyoM kA upayoga kiyA gayA hai| cUNi, bhASya, niyukti, TIkA Adi AgamoM ke vyAkhyAtmaka sAhitya meM uddha ta pAThoM ko bhI yathAvazyaka kAma meM liyA gayA hai / aneka pAThoM kI upalabdhi meM eka pATha mUla meM rakhakara zeSa pAThoM ko pAThAntara meM rakha diyA gayA hai| AvazyakatA ke anusAra pATha-TippaNa bhI de die gae haiN| hindI anuvAda TippaNa aura samIkSAtmaka adhyayana, lekhana kA kAma cala rahA hai / Agama-sampAdana kA yaha kArya AcAryazrI kI apUrva dena hai, jo yuga-yuga taka avismaraNIya rhegii| mahilA-jAgaraNa kucha dazaka pUrva taka rAjasthAna kI mahilAoM ko apane astitva kA bodha nahIM thaa| ve apane parivAra yA samAja meM ardhAMginI kI bhUmikA nibhAte hue bhI upekSita aura pratAr3ita rahatI thii| upekSA aura pratAr3anA kA vaha silasilA Aja samApta ho gayA ho, yaha bAta nahIM hai / phira bhI nArI cetanA ke saMbhUyamAna jAgaraNa se atIta kI sthitiyoM meM kAphI badalAva A gayA hai / eka samaya thA jaba striyA~ zikSA ke kSetra meM pichar3I huI thiiN| sAmAjika, Athika yA rAjanaitika gatividhiyoM meM unakA praveza nahIM thaa| unameM svatantra cintana kI kSamatA vikasita nahIM thii| samAja kI rUr3ha aura arthahIna paramparAoM ko ve apane jIvana kA zRMgAra mAnakara calatI thiiN| kisI bhI kurUr3hi ko tor3ane kA sAhasa unameM nahIM thA / mahilAe~ svayaM hI mahilA samAja kI pragati meM bAdhaka banakara abhizApoM kA bhAra Dho rahIM thiiN| samAja meM vidhavA striyoM kI sthiti aura adhika dayanIya thii| varSoM taka unheM makAna ke eka kone meM baiThakara jAvana-yApana karanA par3atA thaa| unakI vezabhUSA lA~chita hotI thI aura kisI bhI mAMgalika kArya meM unakI upasthiti azubha mAnI jAtI thii| paga-paga para apamAna, pratAr3anAe~, viSamavyavahAra tathA zArIrika evaM mAnasika yaatnaaeN| vikAsa kI sArI saMbhAvanAe~ vahA~ lupta thiiN| AcAryazrI ne mahilA-samAja kI cetanA ko jAgRta kiyaa| use apane astitva kA 426 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ bodha karAyA aura 'nayA mor3a' kAryakrama ke mAdhyama se una jIrNa-zIrNa tathA rUr3ha paramparAoM ko tor3ane kA AhvAna kiyaa| eka tIvra UhApoha ke bAda samAja ke ve avAMchita mUlya eka jhaTake ke sAtha TUTa gae / Aja mahilAe~ aneka kurUr3hiyoM se mukta ho cukI haiM / mahilA saMgaThanoM ke mAdhyama se unakI zakti kA jAgaraNa aura upayoga ho rahA hai| isase aura kucha huA yA nahIM, para mahilAoM kA hausalA bar3hA hai| unakI sthiti majabUta huI hai aura ve kucha kSetroM meM puruSoM kA patha-darzana kara sakane kI kSamatA arpita kara cukI haiN| isa sthiti ke nirmANa meM yadyapi yugIna paristhitiyoM kA bhI prabhAva rahA hai, kintu sAmAjika mAnadaNDoM ko badalane meM AcAryazrI ke prayatna hI zIrSasthAnIya banakara Thaharate haiN| yuvA-zakti kA Ayojana yuvaka zakti kA pratIka hotA hai| yuvA-zakti kA samucita upayoga ho to deza aura samAja kA nakzA hI badala sakatA hai / zakti do prakAra kI hotI hai-racanAtmaka aura dhvaMsAtmaka / dhvaMsa kI bAta bahuta sarala hai, jabaki racanAtmaka kArya ke lie sAdhanA kI apekSA rahatI hai / yuvApIr3hI ko sahI niyojaka mila jAe to vaha samAja kA kAyA-kalpa kara sakatA hai| AcAryazrI tulasI kI niyojana-kSamatA bejor3a hai| Apane dhArmika AsthA se bhaTake hue yuvakoM ko eka dizA dI hai, gati dI hai aura diyA hai anukUla modd'| varSoM se upekSita yuvA-pIDhI AcAryazrI kI preraNA pAkara apane dAyitva ke prati sajaga ho gaI hai| yuvaka sammelanoM meM saikar3oM-saikar3oM prabuddha yuvakoM kI upasthiti isa tathya ko pramANita karatI hai ki dharma ke prati unakI dhAraNAe~ badalI haiN| naitika mUlyoM ke prati unakA dRSTikoNa adhika udAra banA hai| adhyAtma kI carcA aura usake prayoga meM unheM rasAnubhUti hotI hai| ve bhautikatA ke ekAMgI vikAsa ke duSpariNAmoM se saMtrasta hokara cAritrika mUlyoM ko samAja meM pratiSThA denA cAhate haiN| unake isa parivartana kA pramukha kAraNa hai rUr3ha paramparAvAdI dharma kI Adhunika sandarbho meM prastuti / AcAryazrI ne terApantha kI maulika cintanadhArA ko jisa rUpa meM vizleSita kiyA hai, koI bhI cintanazIla vyakti usase AkRSTa hue binA nahIM raha sktaa| Apane dharma ko dharma-sthAnoM aura dharmagranthoM kI paridhi se mukta kara jIvana-vyavahAra meM usake prayoga para bala diyaa| svarga ke pralobhana aura naraka ke bhaya se mukta hokara jo dharmAcaraNa kiyA jAtA hai, vahI vyakti kA Alambana bana sakatA hai| isake atirikta AcAryazrI kI hara pravRtti meM tAruNya kI amiTa jhalaka hai, usane bhI yuvApIr3hI ko jhakajhorA hai| yuvA sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kI yaha pravardhamAna saMkhyA isa tathya kA svayaMbhU sAkSya hai| naI aura purAnI vicAradhArAoM meM sAmaJjasya vaicArika saMgharSa kI dRSTi se pichale kucha dazakoM kA samaya kAphI vivAdAspada rahA / yuvA aura burjuA pIr3hI ke bIca vicAra-bheda asvAbhAvika nahIM hai, kintu jisa samaya vaha vivAda kA viSaya bana jAtA hai, saMgharSa kI sthiti utpanna ho jAtI hai| terApantha dharmasaMgha meM bhI kucha aisA hI ghaTita huA hai / paramparAvAdI loga prAcIna dhAraNAoM ke vyAmoha meM pha~sakara nae mUlyoM ko sarvathA nakAra rahe the aura naI pIr3hI ke pratinidhi rUr3ha dhAraNAoM meM saMzodhana khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 427
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________________ kI bAta para ar3e hue the / bhItara hI bhItara prabala saMgharSa kI sthiti banI aura eka samaya AyA, jaba usakA visphoTa ho gayA / usa samaya donoM vargoM ko eka sAtha saMbhAlanA bar3A kaThina kAma thA / kyoMki donoM pakSoM kA apanA-apanA Agraha itanA puSTa thA ki unakI sIdhI TakarAhaTa kI saMbhAvanA spaSTa thI / AcAryapravara ne usa tanAvapUrNa vAtAvaraNa meM kisI bhI pakSa ko upekSita nahIM kiyA aura kisI ko atirikta protsAhana nahIM diyA / prAcIna aura navIna dhAraNAoM meM samucita sAmaJjasya sthApita kara Apane aisA mArga prastuta kiyA, jisa para calane meM kisI bhI pakSa ko kaThinAI nahIM huI / dharmasaMgha kI maulika vicAradhArA ko surakSita rakhate hue nae mUlyoM ko apanI sahamati dekara AcAryazrI ne abhUtapUrva kAma kiyA hai / terApaMtha saMgha kI pragatizIlatA kA sabase bar3A hetu yaha hai ki isakI jar3eM bahuta gahare meM haiM aura zAkhAoM-prazAkhAoM ko vistAra pAne ke lie sAmane asIma avakAza hai / yahA~ zAzvata mUlyoM kI pratiSThA aura sAmayika mUlyoM meM cintanapUrvaka parivartana kA siddhAnta sahaja rUpa se svIkRta hai / isa abhikrama se terApaMtha ne yuga cetanA ko hI abhibhUta nahIM kiyA hai, apitu vaha svayaM bhI adhika ujAgara huA hai| isa dizA meM AcAryazrI ne anekAnta ko vyavahAra ke dharAtala para upasthita kara hara virodhI sthiti ko zAntipUrNa paddhati se nipaTAne kA anUThA udAharaNa prastuta kiyA hai / aNuvrata Andolana eka dhArmika paramparA kA vAhaka saMgha apanI cirapoSita paramparAoM se eka ora haTakara vyApaka stara para dharma-krAnti kI carcA kare, yaha eka naI bAta hotI hai / sAmAnyataH dharma sampradAyoM kA kAma hotA hai-dharma kI rUr3ha dhAraNAoM se janatA ko paricita karAnA / yadyapi terApantha dharmasaMgha eka krAnti kI phalazruti hai, phira bhI use eka sampradAya se adhika kaI mAnyatA prApta nahIM thI / kucha vyakti to ise anya jaina-sampradAyoM ke samakakSa mAnyatA dene ke pakSa meM bhI nahIM / yahI kAraNa hai ki terApantha kI maulika cintanadhArA ko lagabhaga bIsa dazakoM taka virodhI jvAlA kA tApa jhelanA par3A / kintu jaba se aNuvrata darzana kI bAta sAmane AI, terApantha kA svarUpa badala rahA hai aura usake sambandha meM logoM kI dhAraNAe~ bhI badala gaI haiN| 'aNuvrata' rASTrIya caritra ko samunnata banAne kA abhikrama hai / jisa samaya rASTra ke nAgarikoM kI naitika mUlyoM meM AsthA kama hone lagI, svArtha cetanA vistAra pAne lagI aura jana-jIvana saMtrasta ho gayA, usa samaya Apane vyApaka stara para naitikatA ko pratiSThita karane kA AhvAna kiyA / kisI sampradAya vizeSa ke AcArya dvArA eka asAmpradAyika rASTrIya abhiyAna calAne kA vaha virala avasara terApantha dharmasaMgha ko milA / prabuddha vyakti aNuvrata se prabhAvita hue / samAcAra pattroM meM usakI carcA huii| logoM ne samajhA ki rUr3hatA, zoSaNa, hiMsA, yuddha, ghRNA Adi dharma ke doSa haiM / jisa dharma meM inakA pratikAra nahIM hai, vaha mAnava dharma nahIM ho sakatA / dharma ke phalita haiM- rUpAntaraNa, samatA, ahiMsA, zAnti aura mAnavIya ekatA / AcAryazrI ne aNuvrata ke maMca se dharma-krAnti ke pA~ca sUtra die 1. bauddhikatA 428 tulasI- prajJA
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________________ 2. prAyogikatA 3. samAdhAna parakatA 4. vartamAna pradhAnatA 5. dharma sadbhAvanA jo dharma buddhigamya nahIM hotA, jIvana kI prayoga zAlA meM jisakA koI prayoga nahIM hotA, jo jIvana kI samasyAoM ko samAdhAna nahIM de sakatA, jo vartamAna ke lie upayogI na hokara kevala atIta yA bhaviSya se anubandhita hai tathA jo saba dharmoM ke prati samabhAva kA vAtAvaraNa nahIM banA sakatA, vaha dharma apane astitva ke Age eka praznacihna khar3A kara detA hai / AcAryazrI ke mana meM saba dharmoM ke prati Adara ke bhAva haiM / Apane sAmpradAyika sadbhAvanA ke lie paccIsa varSa pUrva eka paJcasUtrI kAryakrama diyA thA, jisane bhinna-bhinna sampradAyoM kI pArasparika nikaTatA meM setu kA kAma kiyA hai| ve pAMca sUtra haiM- 1. maMDanAtmaka nIti, 2. vaicArika sahiSNutA, 3. pArasparika sauhArda, 4. saMtulita vyavahAra aura 5. dharma ke maulika tattvoM ke pracAra hetu sAmUhika prayatna / inhIM saba tathyoM ko dhyAna meM rakhakara AcAryazrI ne aNuvrata kI dIpa-zikhA hAtha meM lii| aNuvrata ke Aloka se kevala loka cetanA hI Alokita nahIM huI; terApantha dharmasaMgha bhI prabhAsamAna ho utthaa| Aja terApantha kI jo chavi rASTra kI prabuddha janatA ke sAmane hai, usakA bahuta kucha zreya aNuvrata Andolana ko hai, jo AcAryapravara ke urvara mastiSka kI dena hai| aNuvrata ko Aja eka rASTrIya Andolana kI pratiSThA prApta hai / saMsada bhavana meM 'aNuvrata maMca' kI sthApanA isakA puSTa pramANa hai| aNuvrata ne rASTra meM vyApta bhraSTAcAra ke viruddha eka sazakta AvAja utthaaii| jisa samaya hara varga ke vyakti kA jhukAva anaitikatA kI ora ho, usa samaya naitika mUlya upekSita ho jAte haiN| yadyapi naitikatA aura anaitikatA samAnAntara rekhAoM meM sadA calatI rahI haiM, para yaha nizcita hai ki yadi naitika mUlyoM kI pratiSThA ke lie samaya-samaya para vizeSa abhiyAna na cale to anaitikatA sahaja rUpa se naitikatA para hAvI ho sakatI hai / aNuvrata sampUrNa saMsAra ko naitika banA dene kA jimmA nahIM letA, kintu anaitikatA ke bar3hate hue prabhAva ko rokane ke lie vaha sadA tatpara hai / terApantha ko eka yugIna dharmasaMgha ke rUpa meM prastuti dene meM aNavrata kI apanI mahattvapUrNa bhUmikA hai| prekSA-dhyAna sAdhanA - Aja kA yuga kuNThA, ghuTana aura tanAva kA yuga hai / zarIra meM tanAva, mAMsapeziyoM meM tanAva, mastiSka meM tanAva aura mana meM tanAva / koI upacAra bhI to nahIM hai isa tanAva kI bImArI kA / jo vyakti isase adhika AkrAnta haiM, ve mAdaka auSadhiyoM kA sevana kara kSaNika vizrAma pAte haiM, kintu auSadhi kA prabhAva samApta hote hI ve aura adhika tanAvagrasta ho jAte haiM / yaha bImArI sampanna aura vipanna, sattAdhIza aura zramika, vyApArI aura karmakara saba logoM ko hai| bhAratavarSa meM yaha bImArI jisa rUpa meM bar3ha rahI hai, bhAratetara dezoM meM usase bhI adhika hai / bar3hatI huI isa bImArI ke pratirodha meM AcAryazrI ne adhyAtma kI UrjA jAgRta karane kA dimA-darzana diyA / UrjA-jAgaraNa kI amogha prakriyA hai 'prekSA-dhyAna' / prekSA khaNDa 4, aMka 7.8 426
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________________ kA artha hai vizeSa rUpa se dekhanA / zvAsa, zarIra, sUkSma zarIra, caitanya-kendra aura spandanoM kI prekSA karane se mana ekAgra ho jAtA hai| mAnasika ekAgratA kI sthiti meM tanAva kama hotA hai / prekSA dhyAna kI sAdhanA ke lie dasa-divasIya zivira meM prazikSaNa prApta kiyA jAtA hai / aba taka aise kaI ziviroM kA samAyojana ho cukA hai| zivira-sAdhakoM ke anubhava va saMsmaraNa camatkRta kara dene vAle haiN| aneka sAdhakoM ne prekSA kA prayoga kara apane jIvana ko AmUla rUpAntarita kara liyA hai| kucha sAdhaka mAdaka padArthoM ke naze se sarvathA mukta ho ge| kucha sAdhakoM kI astavyasta caryA vyavasthita ho gii| kucha sAdhaka apanI uttejanA-mUlaka vRtti meM Akasmika parivartana anubhava kara rahe haiN| kula milAkara kahA jA sakatA hai ki prekSA kA prayoga zarIra, mana aura AtmA sabakI svasthatA ke lie Avazyaka hai| jaina vizvabhAratI kA 'tulasI adhyAtma nIDam' apane 'prajJA pradIpa' [dhyAna kakSa] meM prati dina prekSA dhyAna prazikSaNa kI vyavasthA kara rahA hai| zikSA, sAdhanA, zodha, saMskRti aura sevA ke kSetra meM yugapat kAma karane vAlA saMsthAna 'jaina vizvabhAratI' apane Apa meM eka nayA prayoga hai, yaha terApantha dharmasaMgha ko AcAryazrI ke zAsanakAla kI viziSTa upalabdhi hai| jaina vizvabhAratI ke tattvAvadhAna meM dhyAna sAdhanA kI agrima saMbhAvanAoM ko lekara prabuddha logoM ko bahuta-bahuta AzAeM haiN| AcAryazrI ne bhI una saMbhAvanAoM ko sAkAra rUpa dene ke lie apane mahAprajJa ziSya munizrI nathamala jI ko prekSA-prazikSaka ke rUpa meM niyukta kara diyA hai tathA anya sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ko bhI vizeSa preraNA de rahe haiM / Ane vAlA dazaka prekSA dhyAna kI upalabdhiyoM kA jIvanta pratIka hogA, aisA pratIta hotA hai| AcAryazrI tulasI eka sudhAravAdI AcArya haiN| Apa mAnava sudhAra kI yojanA kriyAnvita karane ke lie jana-jana ko jIne kI kalA sikhA rahe haiN| jIvana-kalA se anabhijJa vyakti dUsarI-dUsarI kalAoM meM niSNAta hokara bhI kalA-marmajJa nahIM bana sktaa| isIlie AcAryapravara ne sarvopari mUlya jIvana-kalA ko diyA hai| usake sAtha anya kalAoM ko bhI Apane upekSita nahIM kiyA, kyoMki kalA ke prati ApakA sahaja jhukAva hai / Apake jIvana kI koI bhI gatividhi kalA-zUnya nahIM hai / Apa svayaM kalAtmaka jIvana jIte haiM aura apane dharmasaMgha meM kalA-sAdhanA ke abhyudaya para vizeSa dhyAna de rahe haiN| yahI kAraNa hai ki sAdhu-sAdhviyoM meM lipikalA, citrakalA, pAtra-nirmANa kalA, silAI kalA, saMgIta kalA, vaktRtva kalA, lekhana kalA, adhyayana-adhyApana kI kalA aura rahana-sahana kI kalA Adi sabhI kSetroM meM uttarottara nikhAra A rahA hai| AcAryazrI kI yaha kalA-priyatA vyAvahArika sughar3atA se zurU hokara jIvana ke bahu-AyAmI vyaktitva ke nirmANa taka ekarUpa se pravardhamAna rahI hai| isake dvArA Apane terApantha dharmasaMgha ko bhItara aura bAhara donoM ora se pragatizIla banAyA hai| AcArya bhikSu ne darzana, jJAna aura caritra kI jisa nirmala sAdhanA ke lie eka dharmasaMgha kI nIMva DAlI thI, vaha AcAryazrI tulasI ke prayAsoM se adhika gaharI huI hai| samaya ke sAgara meM uThA huA koI bhI tUphAna ise prakampita karane meM akSama hai| AcAryapravara kA kuzala aura sakSama netRtva yuga-yuga taka terApantha ko naI dena detA rahegA tathA saMgha ke oja aura teja ko bar3hAtA rahegA, yaha vizvAsa hai / 430 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ itihAsa ke svaNima pRSThoM se 114 // 3-27 muni zrI anopacanda jI (nAthadvArA) (saMyama paryAya saM0 1862-1926) -muni navaratnamala (laya-pIra-pIra kyA.........) dekho rUpa anUpa saMta kA kara sajjana saba gaura / vikasita hogI tana kI kaliyAM pulakita mana kA mora ||dekho" medapATa meM nAthadvArA, rAjya 'gusAIMjI' kA sArA / the tilesarA naMdalAlajI ke suta kusuma kizora // dekho ...|| parijana jana kA bahu mela milA, dhana saMpad se gRha kamala khilA / tUTha gayA hai bhAgya devatA AI maMgala bhora // 2 // ' dohA bhaginI lagha thI ApakI, caMpA jisakA naam| dIkSita pahale Apase, ho pAI niSkAma' / / 3 / / 1. [svAmI jI se lekara adyAvadhi dIkSita samasta sAdhu-sAdhviyoM kI sUcI rahatI hai, usI saMkhyAkrama kA sUcaka 114 aMka yahA~ diyA gayA hai| ataH sarvatra sAdhu-sAdhviyoM ke nAma ke Age dI gaI krama saMkhyA ko ukta prakAra samajhanA caahie| sAdhu aura sAdhviyoM kI sUcI pRthak-pRthak hai| 3 / 27 kA tAtparya tIsare AcArya zrI rAyacanda jI ke samaya dIkSita 27veM sAdhu se hai / ] 2. muni zrI nAthadvArA (mevAr3a) ke naMdalAla jI talesarA ke putra the| unakI mAtA kA nAma dolAMjI thaa| janaka naMdojI nIko zrAvaka, zrIjIduvArai re / mAtA dolAM aMgaja anopacaMdajI vaMza uddhArai re|| (muni jIvojI (86) kRta guNa varNana DhAla 1, gA02) vAsI zrIjIdvAra nA ho munijana, naMdarAma no naMda ke / jAti talesarA jehanI ho guNijana, anopacaMda nAma guNa vRda ke // (maghavAgaNi racita DhAla 1, gA0 1) 3. muni zrI kI choTI bahana sAdhvI zrI caMpAjI (140) ne unase pahale saM0 1891 meM dIkSA lii| (khyAta) khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 431
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________________ laya mUla phira virati anapa bhAvanA meM, ruci nikharI Atma-sAdhanA meM / muni svarUpa se pAye saMyama hokara harSa vibhora / / 4 / / 1. muni zrI ke dila meM vairAgya bhAvanA utpanna huI taba ve dIkSA kI svIkRti pAne ke lie prayatna karane lge| eka dina unhoMne apane cAcA kuzalacaMda jI se kahA-Apa mujhe mAtA-pitA ke dvArA dIkSA lene kI anumati dilavAeM to maiM ApakA bahuta upakAra maanuuNgaa| mujhe yaha sArI sAMsArika mAyA svapna kI taraha laga rahI hai, maiM jaldI se jaldI saMyama lenA cAhatA hUM, merA eka-eka dina varSa ke barAbara jA rahA hai| jaba taka dIkSA kI AjJA na milegI taba taka mere 1. khule muMha bolane kA 2. ghara kA kAma karane kA 3. vyApAra karane kA 4. kaccA jala pIne kA tyAga hai| cAcA ne kahA- tuma dhairya rakho, maiM vacana detA hUM ki agara tumhArA pakkA mana hai to koziza karake tumheM dIkSA dilAU~gA / unhoMne muni zrI (anopacaMda jI) ke pitA ko zAntipUrvaka samajhAyA taba ve sahamata ho gye| muni zrI ke mAtA-pitA evaM pArivArika logoM ne bar3I dhUmadhAma se dIkSA kA utsava mnaayaa| ve sAdhu vepa pahanakara muni zrI sarUpacanda jI ke caraNoM meM prastuta hue aura pitA naMdarAma jI ne harSa sahita apane putra ko dIkSA pradAna karane ke lie munizrI se nivedana kiyaa| (muni jIvojI kRta DhAla 1 gA. 3 se 12 ke AdhAra se) isa prakAra saM0 1862 caitra badi 8 guruvAra ko nAthadvArA meM patnI viyoga ke bAda unhoMne bharApUrA parivAra evaM bahuta Rddhi ko chor3akara muni zrI sarUpacaMdajI (62) dvArA dIkSA grahaNa kii| caita mAsa meM cUMpa sUM, zrIjIdvArai Aya / anopa nai cArita dIyo, baDa tapasI munirAya // (sarUpa navaraso DhAla 7 do. 4) samata aThArai bANuvai ho, caita zukla zrIkAra ke / aSTamI saMyama Adaryo ho, tajI Rddhi parivAra ke| (maghavAgaNi viracita DhAla 1 gA. 4) saM0 1862 caitra sudi 8 ko muni sarUpacaMda jI dvArA dIkSA lii| saMvat aThArai bANuvai, caita vadi AThama tAya / rAyaRSi rai Agala, saMjama liyo sukhadAya // (zrAvaka dvArA racita DhAla 1 do. 2) samata aThArai barasa bANu, ceta mAsa vidha re // titha AThama naiM guravAra anopajI, cArita lai sudha re // (muni jIvojI kRta DhAla 1 gA. 1) tulasI-prajJA (khyAta)
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________________ vinayI vairAgI dRDha tyAgo, naya nIti nipuNa guNa ke rAgI / sAdhu kriyA meM jur3e eka rasa lI saba zakti baTora // 5 // lekhana karate the druta gati se, likha pAye pratiyAM bahu dhRti se / kabhI kabhI le lete dina meM cAra patra kA chora ||6|| ukta saMdarbhoM ke antargata sarUpa navarasA meM muni zrI kI dIkSA kevala caitra mahIne meM likhI hai / bAda meM maghavAgaNI racita tathA khyAta meM caitra zuklA 8 hai / usake pUrva kI kisI zrAvaka dvArA kRta DhAla meM caitra badi 8 hai tathA muni jIvojI (86) dvArA nirmita DhAla meM caitra badi ke sAtha vAra bhI guruvAra likhA hai / muni jIvojI racita DhAla sabase prAcIna aura dIkSA ke dina hI banAI huI hai aura usameM dIkSA se saMbandhita pUrA vivaraNa hai, ataH use hI pramANita mAnanA adhika saMgata hogA / 8 isase yaha siddha ho jAtA hai ki munizrI kI dIkSA tithi caitra badi kSmIM thI / khyAta tathA maghavAgaNi racita DhAla meM dIkSA tithi caitra zuklA bhUla se likhI gaI mAlUma detI hai / aura bhI prApta hotA hai ki unhoMne muni jIvojI kRta DhAla meM eka vizeSa vivaraNa bhara yauvana ke samaya strI kI vidyamAnatA meM brahmacarya vrata svIkAra kara liyA thA / car3hatA jovana meM suMdara jIvata, sIla AdarIyo re| eka cArita cita mAhai vasIyo, vairAgI tapa sUM tiyo re // ( muni jIvojI (16) kRta DhAla 1 gA. 17) isase pramANita hotA hai ki Apa vivAhita the / kahIM-kahIM ( seThiyA saMgraha Adi meM ) jo aisA ullekha milatA hai ki Apa vivAhita nahIM the, vaha ukta AdhAra se sahI nahIM hai / muni jIvojI kI r3hAla tathA anya kRtiyoM meM bhI aisA ullekha nahIM pAyA jAtA ki Apane patnI ke jIvita kAla meM dIkSA lii| isase yahI niSkarSa nikalatA hai ki Apa patnIviyoga ke bAda hI dIkSita hue / 1. munizrI ne lAkhoM padya likhe / maghavAgaNi racita DhA0 gA0 3 meM hai " vali lAkhAM graMtha likhyo muni ho, vAru udyama adhika udAra ke / " lekhanI bahuta druta gati se calatI thii| dina meM 4, 5 pannoM taka likha liyA karate the / unake akSara 'cIr3I khojie' (TeDhe-meDhe ) the, para azuddhiyAM vizeSa nahIM AtI thI / unakI lekhana gati ke viSaya meM jayAcArya eka padya pharamAyA karate the / "eka pAno ragaDyo, doya pAnA ragaDyA tIjo pAno ragaDe re / cotho piNa kara deve anopacaMda aNagAra khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 tyAra, parcha pAMcavAM sUM jhagar3e re // uThyo karmA ne ragar3e re // " 433
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________________ (laya-pIlo raMgA dyo..) taruNa tapasvI-taruNa tapasvI, saMta anUpa kahAye, sAdhaka jana meM / taruNa / parama-yazasvI-parama yazasvI, sthAna UvaMtama pAye, sAdhaka jana meM / taruNa"dhra vA kalayuga meM satayuga sI sacamuca, tapa kI dhArA kholI / sAdha "" / sAhasa rasa nasa-nasa meM bharakara, bolI UMcI bolo / sA" "7 / / vajraRSabhanArAca saMhanana, nahIM isa samaya hotaa| kintu zramaNa ne kara dikhalAyA, usase bhI samajhautA // 8 // tapa kI zruti se athavA smRti se sabakA zira ddolaataa| atha se lekara iti taka sArI, saMkhyA sammukha lAtA // 6 // 1. munizrI bar3e ugra tapasvI hue haiN| unakI tapazcaryA kA varNana romAMcakArI hai| par3hane se lagatA ki ve tapasyA meM eka rasa ho gaye the| khAne-pIne Adi meM ruci nahIM rahI thii| eka zrAvaka dvArA racita gItikA meM varSoM ke krama se unakI tapasyA kA vivaraNa isa prakAra milatA hai : saM0 1862 meM-21 dina, 6 dina kA Acha ke AgAra se tapa kiyA / saM0 1896 meM-63 , saM0 1897 meM- 8 , pAnI , " " " " saM0 1898 meM--37 ,, Acha" saM0 1603 meM- 8 ,, saM0 1605 meM--106 , saM0 1906 meM- 4 , pAnI ,, , , " " saM0 1907 meM--77 , Acha , " " " saM0 1908 meM-13 , saM0 1606 meM-187 saM0 1910 meM-193 saM0 1911 meM-181,, saM0 1912 meM-218 saM0 1613 meM-53 ,, pAnI , " " " " saM0 1914 meM-48 , saM0 1915 meM--193 ,, Acha , , , , " saM0 1916 meM--307,, pAnI ,, , , , saM0 1917 meM-38,4,5,7,17 aura 5 dina pAnI ke AgAra se kiye / saM0 1918 meM--10 dina cauvihAra, 11,12 pAnI ke AgAra se kiye / 12 meM tIna dina pAnI piyaa| saM0 1916 meM-21 dina meM 10 dina cauvihAra kiye, 7 meM do dina pAnI piyA evaM 4 thokar3e aura kiye| 434 tulasI-prajJA zzzz zz zz zzzz
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________________ saM0 1920 meM --16 dina meM 6 dina cauvihAra kiye tathA 15,14,18,16 pAnI ke AgAra se kiye| saM0 1921 meM-20,22,23 pAnI ke AgAra se kiye / saM0 1922 meM-41 dina pAnI ke AgAra se kiye| saM0 1923 meM-35 , , , , , , saM0 1924 meM---phuTakara tapa kiyaa| saM0 1925 meM-- , , , saM0 1926 meM- , , , saM0 1927 meM-5 dina cauvihAra kiye| saM0 1928 meM-57 dina garma pAnI ke AgAra se kiye / saM0 1926 meM-15 dina cauvihAra kiye phira solahaveM dina pAnI piyA, 17veM dina tapasyA meM divaMgata hue| khyAta tathA zAsana prabhAkara meM ApakI cole se Upara kI tapasyA kA vivaraNa isa prakAra hai 22 2 2 2 23 3 1 1 3 3 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 30 35 37 38 41 42 45 48 53 55 57 63 77 64 15 106 181 187 163 218 khyAta 65 ____ upavAsa se tele taka kI saMkhyA upalabdha nahIM hai| khyAta tathA DhAla meM kucha bhinnatA hai-- DhAla 64 nahIM nahIM 38 ke 2 38 kA 1 30 ke 2 30 kA 1 23 ke 2 23 kA 1 22 ke 2 22 kA 1 16 ke 3 16 kA 1 15 ke 3 15 ke 2 11 ke 3 11 kA 1 10 ke 3 10 kA 1 6 ke 2 6 kA 1 6 ke 2 6 kA 1 is in no m m m m s ro Worx khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ cotha bhakta se tIna bIsa taka, lar3I baddha kara paaye| caudaha dina kA aMka chor3akara, kramazaH Urdhva car3hAye // 10 // cAra sAla taka lagAtAra tapa, kiyA bar3A munizrI ne| tona chahamAsI, eka bAra to sAdhika sAta mahIne // 11 // unameM pahalI eka sAtha meM, pacakhI hai chahamAsI / nau kI saMvat kozIthala meM, pAI hai syAbAsI // 12 // DhAla meM cAra thokar3e karane kA ullekha hai| noTa-khyAta tathA DhAla meM saM0 1906 meM ApakI tapasyA 187 dina kI likhI hai, para jaya sujaza meM 191 dina eka sAtha pacakhane kA ullekha hai| tyAM tapasI anopa su taMta, Aya araja karI / dina eka sau ikANuM bhadaMta, pacakhAvo hita dhrii|| jala AchaNa AgAra, rIti munivara taNI, pacakhAyo tapa sAra, manuhAra kara gaNa dhnnii| (jaya sujaza DhA. 38 gA. 3) maghavAgaNI racita DhAla meM unakI bar3I tapasyA kA varNana khyAta ke anusAra hai| 1. cautha bhakta thI leI karI ho guNI0 tevIsa laga suvicAra ke| eka cavadai binA muni tapa kiyo ho, keI eka bAra bahu vAra kai // (maghavAgaNI racita DhA. 1 gA. 5) 2. munizrI ne kula cAra chaha mAsiyAM evaM eka savA sAtamAsI kii| unameM tIna chahamAsiyAM aura eka savA sAtamAsI lagAtAra cAra sAla saM0 1606 meM (187 athavA 191 dina), saM0 1610 meM (163 dina), saM0 1911 meM (181 dina) aura saM0 1612 meM (218 dina) kii| 3. cAra chaha mAsiyoM meM pahalI chahamAsI (187 yA 161) saM0 1906 meM kozIthala meM jayAcArya dvArA eka sAtha pckhii| isa saMbaMdha meM jaya sujaza DhA. 38 kI gA. 3 Upara de dI gaI hai| saM0 1910 meM kI gaI dUsarI chahamAsI kA sthAna prApta nahIM hai| 436 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ dohA kiyA tIsarA chaha mAsI kA, puNya 'pAraNA' bhaarii| yoga milA zrI jayAcArya kA, melA lagA priyakArI // 13 // cauthI chahamAsI caMderI meM, eka sAtha phira pckhii| mAlava meM jA kiyA pAraNA, Atma zakti ko parakhI2 / / 14 / / 1. saM0 1911 meM munizrI ne tIsarI bAra chahamAsI (181 dina) kI, usakA pAraNA jayAcArya ne jhakhaNAvada meM poSa mahIne meM krvaayaa| poSa mAsa jhakhaNAvada meM, tapasI anopa nai tAma / Acha AgAra SaT mAsa no, pAraNo karAyo svAma // (maghavA sujaza DhA. 5 do. 2) munizrI kI chahamAsI ke pAraNe ke asavara para munizrI zivajI (78) bhI peTalAvada cAturmAsa kara jhakhaNAvada A gaye the| vahAM unhoMne bhI 8 dina kA tapa kiyA thaa| isakA unake guNa-varNana kI DhAla meM ullekha milatA hai muni the to carama caumAso amada, kiyo paTalAvada rA / tpsiijii| muni the to vihAra karI sukhadAyA, jakhaNAvade AyA raa| , muni tihAM anopacaMda suvimAsI, karI khaTa mAsI raa| , muni tihAM the piNa karI aThAI, pAraNo saMga lAI raa| , muni tihAM anopa nai pAraNo karAyo, jIta RSi Ayo raa| , muni tihAM saMta satyAM rA thATa, ati gahaghATa raa| , (ziva muni gu. ba. DhA. 1 gA. 46 se 54 taka) saM0 1912 meM munizrI kA cAturmAsa rAjanagara thaa| phira ve nAthadvArA aaye| vahAM jayAcArya ne unako savA sAtamAsI (218 dina) kA pAraNA krvaayaa| zrIjIdvAra padhAriyA re, tihAM tapasI kAkaDAbhUta / / anopacaMda be so aThArA Acha nAM re, pAraNo karAyo adabhUta // (maghavA sujaza DhA. 5 gA. 6) jaya sujaza DhA. 23 gA. 27,28 meM bhI isakA ullekha hai / 2. munizrI kI saM0 1615 kI cauthI-antima chahamAsI kA (163 dina) bar3A rocaka saMsmaraNa hai / saM0 1914 ke zeSakAla meM jayAcArya lADanUM virAja rahe the| tapasvI muni ne gurudeva se prArthanA kI-kala se maiM eka mahIne kI tapasyA karanA cAhatA huuN| AcArya zrI ne prabala bhAvanA dekhakara unako svIkRti de dii| unhoMne sAyaMkAla kA bhojana (dhAraNA) bhI kara liyaa| ve paMcamI samiti ke lie jAne lage taba sAdhvI pramukhA saradArAMjI ne unase kahA-Aja kucha ghI adhika A gayA hai, use Apako uThAnA (khAnA) hai / ve bole maiMne AhAra kara liyA hai, aba mujhe bhUkha nahIM hai| mahAsatI ne kahA-"Apa jaise tapasvI saMtoM ke kyA patA lagatA hai, kisI kone meM par3A rhegaa|" acchA ! ApakI jaisI icchA ho| sAdhvI pramukhA ne eka sera lagabhaga ghI unako diyA khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 437
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________________ patra cAra sau saMga liye phira, lekhana syAhI kaalii| pratidina likhate patha meM kevala, gayA eka dina khAlI' // 15 // uSNa chAcha kA nitarA pAnI, 'Acha' nAma se naamii| sera paccIsa ke lagabhaga dina meM, pI sakate guNadhAmI' // 16 / / aura ve use kaDhI Adi meM milAkara pI gaye / samaya kI bAta thI ki rAta meM apaca ho gayA, jisase unako kAphI dasta lge| zarIra bahuta asvastha aura kamajora ho gyaa| prAtaHkAla jaba unhoMne jayAcArya ke darzana kiye taba AcAryapravara ne pharamAyA-tapasvI ! aba vaha mAsakhamaNa karane kA vicAra mata rakhanA, kyoMki rAta meM tumhAre bahuta asvasthatA rhii|" tapasvI ne kahA-gurudeva ! maiMne vaha vicAra chor3a diyA hai / aba to Apa kRpA kara mujhe chahamAsI pacakhA diijie| tapasvI ke ye puruSArtha bhare vacana sunakara saba dekhane vAle tathA svayaM jayAcArya vismita ho gye| Akhira tapasvI ne bahuta Agraha bhare zabdoM meM nivedana kiyA to jayAcArya ne unako Acha ke AgAra se eka sAtha chahamAsI pacakhA dii| ve bar3e prasanna hue| jayAcArya ne unase pUchA--tumheM kisI prakAra kI cAha ho to kho| unhoMne kahA-mujhe do, tIna sau koza kA vihAra ke lie Adeza deN| tapasvI kI isa mAMga ko sunakara sabhI Azcarya cakita ho gye| socA to yaha gayA thA tapasvI manonukUla kSetra aura apanI sevA meM rakhane ke lie vizeSa sAdhuoM ke lie nivedana kareMge, para tapasvI kI mAMga to nirAlI hI rahI / AcAryavara ne pharamAyA--tapasyA meM itanA lambA vihAra kaise hogA ? munizrI bole- mujhe AhAra to karanA nahIM haiM, calatA rhuuNgaa| taba AcAryazrI ne unako mAlava prAnta meM Ane kA Adeza diyaa| gurudeva ne unako dUsarI mAMga ke lie phira kahA to unhoMne kahA-mujhe 400 panne likhane ke lie de dIjie / AcAryazrI bole-itane lambe vihAra meM itanA likhanA kaise saMbhava hogA ? tapasvI ne kahA-bhagavan ! mere kAma kyA haiM ? khAnA to hai nahIM, yathAsamaya subahazAma calatA jAUMgA aura dina meM Alasya na Aye isalie likhatA rhuuNgaa|" tapasvI kI dUsarI mAMga bhI pUrI kii| unhoMne vahAM se vihAra kiyaa| rAste meM nirantara likhanA cAlU rhaa| kabhI-kabhI 4-5 pannoM taka likha lete the| isa prakAra 400 panne lagabhaga likhe evaM mAlava pradeza meM jAkara 163 dina kA pAraNA kiyA / kahA jAtA hai ki pAraNe ke dina unhoMne 166 gharoM kI gocarI kii| (anuzruti ke AdhAra se) 1. munizrI rAste meM pratidina likhate the / kevala eka dina khAlI gyaa| 2. munizrI Acha ke AgAra se kI gaI tapasyA ke eka dina meM adhika se adhika 25 sera lagabhaga Acha kA pAnI pI lete the| tulasI-prajJA
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________________ duHSaha pariSaha zItAdika ke, sahana kiye haiM bhaarii| karma nirjarA kara kara bharalI, sukRta sudhA rasa kyaarii||17|| cauvihAra pandraha dina karake, piyA eka dina paanii| tana meM kRzatA AI kucha para, car3hatI bhAva javAnI // 18 // sapta dazama dina devariyA meM, devaloka phuNcaaye| saMyama tapa ke zikharoM car3hakara, nAma amara kara pAye // 19 // laya-mUla dhanya-dhanya ve mahAmanA hai, khola diyA tapa kA jharaNA hai| zraddhAnata saMsAra jhAMkatA kSaNa-kSaNa unakI ora // 20 // jaya-jayakArI bhaikSava zAsana jaya-jayakArI taruNa tpodhn| jana-jana mukha se jaya-jaya dhvaniyAM uThatI cAroM ora / / dohA dIkSA unake hAtha se, huI saMta kI eka' / cAturmAsika kSetra kA, milatA kucha ullekha' // 22 // 1. saM0 1926 meM devariyA (khyAta meM navaizahara devariyA likhA hai) grAma meM unhoMne 15 dina cauvihAra kiye, 16veM dina pAnI piyA aura 17veM dina acAnaka svarga prayANa kara diyA / zahara devariyo dIpato ho, paMDita maraNa uchAha / anopa tapasI hada liyo ho, pada ArAdhaka lAha // (maghavAgaNi racita DhA. 1 gA. 15) 2. khyAta meM ullekha hai ki munizrI anopacaMdajI ne saM0 1605 meM munizrI jJAnajI (152) ko dIkSA dii| 3. munizrI ke agraNI hone kA saMvat nahIM milatA para kucha cAturmAsa isa prakAra milate haiM / ___ saM0 1911 meM unakA cAturmAsa jhakanAvada thA / jaya sujaza DhA. 41 gA. 2 meM cAturmAsa ke Adeza kA ullekha hai| vahAM unhoMne chahamAsI tapa kiyA thaa| usakA jhakanAvada meM poSa mahIne meM jayAcArya ne pAraNA karAyA thA, aisA maghavA sujaza DhA. 5 do. 2 meM ullekha hai| zrAvakoM dvArA likhita prAcIna cAturmAsika tAlikA ke anusAra saM0 1612 meM munizrI kA 5 ThANoM se cAturmAsa rAjanagara thaa| ____saM0 1616 meM 3 ThANoM se jodhapura cAturmAsa thaa| sAtha meM muni kapUrajI (106) aura ghaNajI (131) the| aisA paMcapadarA ke zrAvakoM ke prAcIna patroM meM ullekha milatA hai| ___saM0 1923 meM munizrI jayAcArya ke sAtha bIdAsara cAturmAsa meM the| vahAM unhoMne 35 dina kA tapa kiyaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 439
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________________ gaNa kIttaMna kI DhAla do, khyAta Adi meM bAta / milatI muni saMbaMdha meM, karalo par3hakara jJAta / / 23 / / anopacaMda tapasI amala, thokar3o tapa paNatIsa / udaka AgAra cauvihAra ke, vara tapa vizvAvIsa // (jaya sujaza DhA. 51 do. 3) saM0 1922 ke zeSakAla meM bhI ve jayAcArya ke sAtha the, isakA jaya sujaza meM ullekha milatA hai ki jayAcArya rAmapurA padhAre taba unhoMne munizrI ko sambodhita kara eka zikSAtmaka soraThA pharamAyA thaa| dina-dina vinaya dineza, aMtara ujuvAlo adhika / vAdhe suyaza vizeSa, tAjaka sIkha tilesarA // (jaya sujaza DhA. 50 so. 3) zeSa cAturmAsa prApta nahIM haiN| 1. munizrI ke guNa varNana kI DhAla 1 maghavAgaNI dvArA saM0 1945 ke saradArazahara cAtu rmAsa meM racita hai| dUsarI DhAla kisI zrAvaka dvArA saM0 1635 kAttika badi 13 ko cUrU meM racI huI hai| ukta donoM DhAleM prAcIna gItikA saMgraha meM saMkalita haiN| khyAta tathA zAsana prabhAkara, RSirAya saMta varNana gA. 120 se 132 meM bhI unake saMbaMdha kA vivaraNa hai| tulasI-prajJA
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________________ khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 pA~ca muktaka muni mohanalAla "zA la" (1) tolI jAye to hara bAta tula jAe, kholI jAye to hara gA~Tha khula jAe / yaha saba AdamI para hI nirbhara hai, vaha dhoe to hara caddara dhula jAe // (2) hAra ko jIta meM badalane kI kalA sIkho, rudana ko gIna meM badalane kI kalA sIkho / agara jiMdagI kI asaliyata ko pAnA hai to baira ko prIta meM badalane kI kalA sIkho || (3) karma nahIM hai to nAroM se kyA hogA, Adarza nahIM hai to AkAroM se kyA hogA / dAna kI ghar3I meM to bhAga khar3e hote ho, vIra kAvyoM meM likhI huMkAroM se kyA hogA / / (4) kAma dhokhe kA hai, bAta ImAna kI hai, pUjA zaitAna kI hai, carcA bhagavAn kI hai / duniyA~ kI duHkha duvidhA, miTe to kaise miTe, sIrata haivAna kI hai, sUrata insAna kI hai // (5) samajha kama hai lekina samajha kA bhAra jyAdA hai, pyAra kama hai para pyAra kA iz2ahAra jyAdA hai / dikhAve ke isa jamAne meM jannata meM bhI dekho, kAma kama hai para kAma kA pracAra jyAdA hai // 1:0:1 441
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________________ zrImajjayAcArya racita 'jhINI carcA' (mUla evaM hindI anuvAda) sampA0 evaM anu-muni navaratnamala (gatAGga se Age) DhAla-3 dohA 1. udai nipana upazama nipana, khAyaka nipana pichAMNa / bale khayopazama nipana taNo, niraNaya tIjI r3hAle jAMNa / / udaya-niSpanna, upazama-niSpanna, kSAyaka-(kSaya) niSpanna tathA kSayopazama-niSpanna kA vivecanAtmaka nirNaya tIsarI r3hAla meM kiyA jA rahA hai / [laya-prabhavo mana meM citava.... ..] 1. udai nipana karma ATha no, upazama nipana eka sAra / khAyaka nipana AThAM taNo, khayopazama nipana cyAra / / udaya-niSpanna ATha karmoM kA, upazama-niSpanna eka karma (moha) kA, kSaya-niSpanna ATha karmoM kA aura kSayopazama-niSpanna cAra karmoM (jJAnAvaraNIya, darzaNAvaraNIya, mohanIya, aMtarAya) kA hotA hai| 2. cha karma ude nipana suNo, cha dravya meM jIva tAhi / nava tattva meM piNa jIva ika, sAvadya niravadya nAMhi / / chaha karmoM (moha aura nAma ko chor3akara) kA udaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM bhI eka jIva hai / para vaha sAvadha (pApa sahita) aura niravadya (pApa rahita) nahIM hai| 3. moha karma udai nipana te, cha dravya mAMhi jIva / nava meM jIva Azrava azubha cha, sAvadya kayo sadIva // moha karma kA udaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura Azrava haiM / Azrava meM mithyAtva, avrata, pramAda, kaSAya aura azubha yoga Azrava hai| use sadaiva sAvadha hI kahA hai| 442 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ 4. nAma karma udai nipana te, cha dravya mAMhi jIva / nava meM jIva Azrava kahayo, zubha joga Azrava kahIva / / nAma karma kA udaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura Azrava haiM / Azrava meM use zubha yoga Azrava kahA gayA hai| 5. moha karma upazama nipana te, cha dravya mAMhi jIva / nava meM jIva saMvara kayo, uttama guNa hai atIva / / moha karma kA upazama-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura saMvara haiM / jo AtmA ke zreSThatama guNa haiN| 6. udai nipana upazama nipana, dAkhyo hai dila pAka / khAyaka nipana kaha hivai (te) nisUNo taja chAka / / udaya-niSpanna tathA upazama-niSpanna kA spaSTa rUpa se pratipAdana kara diyA gayA hai| aba kSaya-(kSAyaka) niSpanna kA ullekha kara rahA hUM, use sabhI Alasya aura pramAda ko chor3akara suneN| 7. jJAnAvaraNI khAyaka nipana te, chava meM jIva pichaaNnn| nava meM jIva ne nirjarA, kevalajJAna sujANa // jJAnAvaraNIya karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM dojIva aura nirjarA haiM / jJAnAvaraNIya ke kSaya se kevalajJAna kI upalabdhi hotI hai| 8. darzaNAvaraNI khAyaka nipana te chava meM jIva pichaaNnn| nava meM doya jIva nirjarA, kevala darzaNa jAMNa / / darzaNAvaraNIya karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura nirjarA haiN| arthAt darzanAvaraNIya karma ke kSaya se kevaladarzana kI prApti hotI hai| 6. vedanI khAyaka nipana te, chava meM jIva pichaaNnn| nava meM doya jIva mokha cha, te khaya sahu khaya jANa // vedanIya karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura mokSa haiM / vedanIya karma ke kSaya hone ke sAtha-sAtha avazeSa saba karmoM (AyuSya, nAma, gotra) kA kSaya ho jAtA hai| 10. moha karma khAyaka nipana te, cha meM jova sajoya / nava meM jIva saMvara nirjarA, darzaNa cAritra doya / / mohanIya karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM tIna-jIva, saMvara aura nirjarA haiN| moha karma ke do bheda haiM-darzaNamoha aura caaritrmoh| 11. darzaNa moha khAyaka nipana te, cha meM jIva tAMma / nava meM jIva saMvara nirjarA, khAyaka samyaktva pAma / / darzanamoha kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM tInajIva, saMvara aura nirjarA haiN| darzanamoha ke kSaya hone para kSAyika samyaktva kI prApti hotI hai| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 443
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________________ 12. khAyaka samyaktva cauthA guNaThANA taNI, cha meM jIva vikhyAta / nava meM doya jova nirjarA, saMvara nahIM tilamAta / / cauthe guNasthAna vAle prANI kA kSAyika-samyaktva chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva ora nirjarA haiM, para saMvara kiMcit mAtra bhI nahIM hai| 13. khAyaka samyaktva virata vaMtarI, cha meM jIva sujANa / nava meM jIva saMvara kahayo, pAMcamA sU pichANa / / dezavratI aura sarvavratI kA kSAyika-samyaktva chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura saMvara' haiM, jo pA~caveM guNasthAna se cauhadaveM guNasthAna taka hote haiN| 14. cAritra moha khAyaka nipana, cha meM jova sajAMNa / nava meM jIva saMvara virata te, khAyaka, cAritra pichAMNa / / cAritra moha kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM dojIva aura saMvara haiN| unheM virata aura kSAyika-cAritra (yathAkhyAta cAritra) kahA jAtA hai| 15. Aukho karma khAyaka nipana te, cha meM jIva sajoya / ____nava meM doya jIva mokha cha, te saMsArI meM na hoya / / AyuSya karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura mokSa haiN| ve sAMsArika jIvoM meM nahIM hote| (AyuSya karma ke kSaya se aTala-avagAhanA (Atma pradezoM kA sthira honA) guNa prakaTa hotA hai, jo siddhoM meM hI pAyA jAtA hai|) 16, nAma karma khAyaka nipana te, cha meM jIva pichAMNa / nava meM doya jIva mokha che, te piNa siddhAM meM jAMNa / / nAma karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura mokSa haiM / ve siddhoM meM hI hote haiM / (nAma karma ke kSaya se amUrtitva (azarIrIpana) guNa upalabdha hotA hai, vaha sAMsArika prANiyoM meM nahIM miltaa|) 17, gota karma khAyaka nipana te, cha meM jIva hai soya / nava meM doya jIva mokha chai, agurulaghu avaloya // gotra karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do--jIva aura mokSa haiM / gautra karma ke kSaya se agurulaghutva (na choTApana na bar3Apana) guNa kI prApti hotI hai (vaha siddhoM meM hI hotA hai)| 18. atarAya khAyaka nipana te, cha meM jIva pichAMNa / ___ nava meM doya jIva nirjarA, pAca khAyaka labdha jAMNa // aMtarAya karma kA kSaya-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do---jIva aura nirjarA haiN| aMtarAya karma ke kSaya se pA~ca kSAyika labdhiyA~ (dAna, lAbha, bhoga, upabhoga, vIrya) milatI haiN| 1. yahA~ saMvara samyaktva saMvara kI apekSA se hai| m tulasI-prajJA
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________________ 16. karma aghAti cihuM khAyaka nipana, te ika ika AzrI pUchida / cha meM jIva nava meM jIva chai, kei gaNI ema karthida // 20. aghAti cihaM khAyaka nipana te, kei kahe eka jIva tAya / kei jIva ne mokha kahe, behUM naya vacana jaNAya / / cAra aghAtI karmoM (vedanIya, nAma, gotra, Ayu) ke kSaya-niSpanna ke saMbaMdha meM pRthakpRthaka rUpa se eka-eka karma kI pRcchA kI jAye to vaha chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM bhI eka jIva hai / aisI kucha AcAryoM kI mAnyatA hai| ___ kaI AcArya cAra aghAtI karmoM ke kSaya-niSpanna ko chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura mokSa kahate haiN| ukta AcAryoM kA kathana pRthak-pRthak naya kI apekSA se hai, aisA pratIta hotA hai| soraThA 21. khAyaka nipana guNakhANa re, Akhyo adhika umaMga suu| khayopazama nipana jANa re, abhilASA kahivA taNI / / guNotpAdaka kSaya-niSpanna kA parama umaMga se ullekha kara diyA gyaa| aba kSayopazamaniSpanna ko abhivyakta karane kI icchA ho rahI hai| DhAla 22. jJAnAvaraNI khayopazama nipana te, chava meM jIva nava meM doy|| caunANa anANa bhaNavo kahayo jIva nirjarA joya / / jJAnAvaraNIya karma kA kSayopazama-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura nirjarA haiM / isase ATha bola-cAra jJAna (mati, zruta, avadhi, manaHparyava), tIna ajJAna (mati, zruta, vibhaMga) aura bhaNana-guNana kI prApti hotI hai| 23. darzaNAvaraNo kSayopazama nipana te, cha meM jIva sucIna / nava meM doya jIva nirjarA, indriya darzaNa tIna // darzanAvaraNIya karma kA kSayopazama-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM do-jIva aura nirjarA haiN| isase ATha bola-pA~ca indriyA~ (sparzana, rasana, ghrANa, cakSa , zrotra) aura tIna darzana (cakSa , acakSa , avadhi) upalabdha hote haiN| . 24. mohaNI kSayopazama nipana te, cha meM jIva sU iSTa / nava meM jIva saMvara nirjarA, cihuM caraNa dezavrata dRSTa // mohanIya karma kA kSayopazama-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM tIna-jIva, saMvara aura nirjarA haiN| isase ATha bola-cAra cAritra (sAmAyika, chedopasthApya, parihAravizuddhi sUkSmasaMparAya) eka dezavata (zrAvaka vrata) aura tIna dRSTi (samyag dRSTi, mithyASTi, samyamithyA dRSTi) prApta hote haiN| 25. aMtarAya kSayopazama nipana te, cha meM jIva sucIna / nava meM doya jIva nirjarA, pAMca labdha vIraja tIna / aMtarAya karma kA kSayopazama-niSpanna chaha dravyoM meM eka jIva aura nava tattvoM meM [zeSa pRSTha 446 para] laNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ eka yuvA zramaNI : mahAzramaNI' sAdhvI yazodharA terApaMtha sAdhvI-saMgha eka prANavAn sAdhvI-saMgha hai| suniyojita, suvyavasthita, susaMgaThita, anuzAsita, sarvAtmanA samarpita aura zraddhAniSTha sAdhvI-saMgha ko dekhakara svayaM AcAryapravara kaI bAra pharamAte haiM- "sAdhviyA~ hamAre saMgha kA gaurava haiM, amUlya nidhi haiM aura haiM mahAn shkti|" SaSTi-pUrti ke avasara para vizAla zramaNI parivAra kI abhyarthanA jhelate hue usake pratyuttara meM AcAryapravara ne madhura muskAna bikherate hue kahA "tumhArA vikAsa hI merA saccA abhinaMdana hai|" jisa sAdhvI-saMgha ke abhyudaya ke lie svayaM AcArya aharniza prayatnazIla ho / jo apanI eka-eka sA~sa aura eka-eka pala, jisake nirmANa meM homate hoM, jisake lie ananta karuNA aura aparimeya vAtsalya kA nirjhara satata pravahamAna ho vaha sAdhvI-saMgha bhalA prabuddha, prabhAsvara aura uditodita kaise nahIM hogaa| usI sAdhvI-saMgha kI vartamAna meM eka apratima upalabdhi hai mahAzramaNI sAdhvI pramukhA zrI kanakaprabhA jI / terApaMtha dharmasaMgha ke kSitija para ubharakara Ane vAlI aneka garimAmayI saMbhAvanAoM meM Apa eka samujjvala saMbhAvanA haiN| AcAryapravara kI hIrakanI medhA ne aise hIre ko tarAzA, jisameM eka sAtha aneka pratibhAoM kI jyoti-kiraNe udbhASita ho rahI haiN| Apa eka bhAsvara gaura grahaNazIla cetanA kI pratIka haiM / nArIjagata aisI apUrva upalabdhi se upakRta, anugrahIta huA hai| camakatI A~kheM, bhavya lalATa, gehuMA raMga, muskAna bikheratA huA saumya ceharA, laMbA kada, phurtIlI cAla, ina saba meM jhalakatA unakA bAhya vyaktitva jitanA AkarSaka hai, usase bhI kahIM adhika samRddha hai unakA antara vyaktitva / kitanA alaMkRta hai, unakA jIvana-kAvya / jisakI eka-eka paMkti meM aMkita haisahaja samarpaNa, zramaniSThA, kalA kI kamanIyatA, bhAvoM kA gAmbhIrya, vANI kA mAdhurya, hRdaya kA audArya, bhASA kI prAJjalatA, buddhi kI kuzAgratA, tattvajJAna kI talaspazitA aura karmayoga kI garimA / Apake gatizIla jIvana ke pratIka haiM *sAdhvIpramukhA zrI kanakaprabhA jI ko AcAryazrI dvArA pradatta 'mahAzramaNI' alaMkaraNa ke upalakSya meM vizeSa lekha / tulasI-prajJA
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________________ (i) jJAna kI gaharI pipAsA (ii) lakSya ke prati niSThA (ii) caritra kI nirmalatA ThIka samaya para ThIka kAma karane kI pakSadhara haiM Apa / saMkalpa kI advitIya avicA latA, niyamita kArya paddhati, yojanAbaddha pravRttiyA~, apramattatA, satata jAgarUkatA prabhRti virala vizeSatAoM ne Apake vyaktitva aura kartRtva ko sajAyA-saMvArA hai| AcAryapravara ke hara cintana, igita, dRSTi, AjJA aura nirdeza ke prati Apa sarvAtmanA samarpita haiN| kauna kyA kaha rahA hai, isa para binA dhyAna die Apa avilamba usakI pUrti ke lie pUrI tAkata se juTa jAtI haiN| ___ inhIM saba vizeSatAoM kA Akalana kara vi0 samvat 2028 meM gaMgAzahara maryAdotsava ke avasara para mahAmahima AcAryapravara ne Apako 'sAdhvIpramukhA' ke mahimA maMDita pada para pratiSThita kiyA hai / isa garimAmaya pada se Apa vibhUSita huI aura Apa se yaha mahanIyapada gauravAnvita huaa| yuga-yuga atyanta AbhArI rahegA sAdhvI-samAja, yugapradhAna AcAryapravara kA / jinhoMne eka yuvA sAdhvI ko vizAla zramaNI parivAra kA netRtva sauMpa kara yugIna apekSA kI sampUrti kI hai| rAjasthAna meM eka gA~va hai lADanU, vahA~ ke vaida (bambUvAlA) parivAra meM ApakA janma huaa| prAthamika zikSA sampanna kii| AcAryavara kI janmabhumi, tIrthabhUmi lADanU meM zatAdhika varSoM se sthavira sAdhviyoM kA satata sthiravAsa / sAdagI aura nizchalatA kA nirmala vAtAvaraNa, sarvatra cA~danI se hima dhavala saMskAra aura sAdhviyoM se milane vAlI tyAga aura titikSA kI jIvanta preraNAoM ne Apake mAnasa meM virakti kA bIja-vapana kara diyaa| kintu bacapana se hI saMkocazIla vRtti, kama bolane kI pravRtti aura apane Apako anabhivyakta rakhane kI manovRtti ne Apake bhItara meM virakti ke bAvajUda bhI zAdI kI AyojanA karavA dI / ApakI hI zAdI para A rahe cAcA jI kI Trena meM hI mRtyu ho gii| sahasA lagA jaise manuSya kI umra aMjalI kA jala hai, jo hara sA~sa ke sAtha rIta rahA hai| yahA~ jo ugA hai, asta hogA; jalA hai, vaha bujhegA; khilA hai, vaha bikhregaa| janma jisakA huA hai usakA maraNa anivArya niyati hai| isa apratyAzita durghaTanA ne saMsAra ke prati sArthaka vikarSaNa ko aura adhika puSTa kara diyA / race hue byAha ko ThukarA pandraha varSa kI vaya meM hI Apane praveza pAyA zrI pAramArthika zikSaNa saMsthA meM, jo saMsthA sAdhvI-jIvana kI pUrvabhUmikA kA nirmANa karatI hai| AdhyAtmika saMskAroM kA pallavana karatI haI jJAna-gaMgA meM abhiSNAta hotI haiM, jahA~ mumukSu chaatraaeN| Apane usa saMsthA meM cAra vasanta bitAe / jJAna ke kSetra meM apanI bahumukhI pratibhA prasphuraNA se udIyamAna chAtrA ke rUpa meM sammAna paayaa| unnIsa varSa kI vaya meM samvat 2017, terApaMtha dvizatAbdI samAroha ke aitihAsika avasara para terApaMtha kI udbhava sthalI kelavA' meM AcArya tulasI ke kara kamaloM dvArA ApakA dIkSA-saMskAra sampanna huaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ AcAryapravara ke pAvana sAnnidhya meM jJAna, darzana aura caritra kI tripathagA meM Apane avagAhana kiyaa| cAritrika ujjvalanA ke sAtha-sAtha svalpa samaya meM hI vyAkaraNa, zabdakoza, kAvya, sAhitya, Agama Adi kA talasparzI--adhyayana kiyaa| apane yahA~ pracalita pAThyakrama kI snAtakottara parIkSAoM meM viziSTa yogyatA prApta kara nae kIrtimAna sthApita kie| hindI, saMskRta evaM prAkRta Adi bhASAoM kI Apa adhikRta viduSI haiM tathA kuzala lekhikA aura kavayitrI bhI haiN| "saragama" nAmaka kAvya saMkalana prakAzita ho cukA hai, jisameM ApakI kAvyapratibhA mukhara huI hai| AgamavAcanApramukha AcAryapravara ke netRtva meM cala rahe Agama anusaMdhAna kArya meM Apa varSoM se saMlagna haiN| anayogadvAra aura rAjapraznIyasUtra hindI meM anUdita kara cukI haiM aura bhagavatI jaise vizAlakAya Agama kA hindI anuvAda kara rahI haiM / yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI dvArA praNIta kAlUyazovilAsa, DAlama caritra, mANakamahimA, candana kI cuTakI malI nandana nikuMja jaise kAvya granthoM kA aura udyodhana, anatikatA kI dhUpa aura aNabata kI chattarI, aNabrata ke Aloka meM, aNabrataH gati pragati, muktipatha, vacanavIthI Adi pustakoM kA kuzalatA se sampAdana kiyA hai| bhagavatI sUtra kI jor3a kA nirmANa karate samaya terApaMtha ke caturtha AcArya zrImajjayAcArya bolate aura sAdhvIpramukhA gulAbasatI likhtiiN| unakI smaraNa-zakti aura grahaNazakti itanI tIvra thI ki unheM likhane ke lie dUsarI bAra pUchanA nahIM pdd'taa| ThIka usI itihAsa kI punarAvRtti kara rahI haiM vartamAna sAdhvI pramukhAzrI jii| ___ AcAryazrI tulasI kI dakSiNa yAtrA ko eka hajAra pRSThoM meM Alekhana kara Apane yAtrA-sAhitya meM eka nayA kIrtimAna sthApita kiyA hai / sRjanarmitA ApakI prazasya manovRtti hai / sRjana ke kSaNa ko hI Apa jIvana kA sarvotkRSTa kSaNa mAnatI haiM / apane vinamra vyavahAra, milana sAritA, kArya paTutA, vyavasthA sughar3atA aura anuzAsana kauzala se Apane na kevala sAdhvIsaMgha kI pratyuttara hajAroM-hajAroM logoM kI agAdha zraddhA aura hArdika sammAna prApta kiyA hai| . saMgha meM agragaNI sAdhviyoM meM sabase alpavayaska sAdhvI ko sAdhvI-saMgha kA bRhattara uttaradAyitva sauMpakara mahAmanA AcAryapravara ne Apake prati ananta vizvAsa kI abhivyakti dI hai / dIkSA paryAya meM mAtra gyAraha varSIyA sAdhvI kA AcArya ke dila meM itanA vizvAsa pAnA eka virala vizeSatA hai| bIsavIM sadI kI sabase bar3I trAsadI hai--AsthA kA abhaav| aise bauddhika yuga meM choTI-bar3I pA~ca sau se adhika sabhI sAdhviyoM ke dila ko jItanA aura unase pragAr3ha zraddhA aura sammAna kA pAnA apane Apa meM apUrva upalabdhi hai| isI se prasanna ho mahAprANa AcAryapravara ne isa varSa ke maryAdotsava ke puNya avasara para Apako 'mahAzramanI' ke alaMkaraNa 448 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ se alaMkRta kiyA hai / maryAdA mahotsava ke avasara para vizAla janamedinI ko sambodhita karate hue AcArya pravara ne kahA - " sAdhvIpramukhA kanakaprabhA ne sAta varSa ke svalpa samaya meM samUce samAja ke hRdaya ko jIta liyA, yaha pratyakSa hai / isakI sahaja vinamratA, AcAra kauzala aura sevA - bhAvanA se prasanna hUM / ataeva ise Aja mahAzramaNI vizeSaNa se samalaMkRta karatA huuN|" AcAryapravara ke eka-eka zabda meM ApakA kartRtva aura vyaktitva pratibimbita ho rahA hai| paramazraddheya AcAryapravara aura mahAzramaNI sAdhvI pramukhA zrI jI ke kuzala netRtva aura mArgadarzana meM sAdhvI samAja tIvragati se vikAsa ke nae-nae AyAma udghATita karatA rahe isI zubhAzaMsA ke sAtha / zatazaH abhinandana - vandana / [ pRSTha 445 kA zeSAMza ] do - jIva aura nirjarA haiM / isase ATha bola - pA~ca labdhi ( dAna, lAbha, bhoga, upabhoga, vIrya) aura tIna vIrya (bAla vIrya', paMDita vIrya, bAla- paMDita vIrya 3 ) pAye jAte haiM / 26. vedanI Au nAMma gota no, kSayopazama nahi hoya / tiNa kAraNa e cyAru nA kahayA, jANe viralA koya | vedanIya, AyuSya, nAma aura gotra kA kSayopazama - niSpanna nahIM hotA isalie ina cAroM kA kathana nahIM kiyA gayA / isa marma ko virale vyakti hI samajha sakate haiM / 1. pahale se caturtha guNasthAna vAle prANiyoM kI zakti / 2. chaThe se caudahaveM guNasthAna vAle prANiyoM kI zakti / 3. pA~caveM guNasthAna vAle prANiyoM kI zakti / 27. r3hAla bhalI e tIsarI, kahayA nipana taja dhaMda | bhIkkhU bhArImAla RSarAya thI, jayajaza adhika AnaMda // tIsarI r3hAla meM nirvighna rUpa se karmoM ke udaya - niSpanna Adi kI carcA kI gaI hai / AcArya bhikSa, bhArIpAla RSirAya ke prabhAva se jayajaza ( jayAcArya) ke AnaMda hI (kramazaH ) AnaMda hai / khaMDa 4, aMka 7-8 446
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________________ Adarza zrAvaka : mahAvIra kI kalpanA -muni kizanalAla bhagavAna mahAvIra kisI eka varga ke Adarza kI parikalpanA ke pakSa meM kabhI nahIM the| unhoMne Adarza zrAvaka kI kyA Adarza bhagavAn kI bhI kabhI kalpanA nahIM kii| unakA vilakSaNa vyaktitva isa prakAra nirmita thA ki ve sarvatra samatA ke hI darzana karate the| sAmyabhAva unake roma-roma se prasphuTita hotA thaa| ve pratyeka vyakti ke vyavahAra meM samatva kA darzana karanA cAhate the / unakI sAdhanA kI utkrAnti kA eka hI sUtra thA--samatA "samayA dhammamudAhare mnnii"| samatA kI isa sRSTi ke lie samyak-darzana atyanta apekSita hai / bhagavAn mahAvIra ke dharma aura darzana kA mUla AdhAra samyag-darzana hai| sAdhanA kI dRSTi se samyag-darzana vikAsa kI prathama bhUmikA hai / zrAvaka kA koI pahalA Adarza athavA pahicAna kA kAraNa ho sakatA hai, to vaha hai samyag-darzana / yaha jaina paramparA kA aisA mahattvapUrNa Adarza hai, jise prApta kie binA vyakti vimukta ho hI nahIM sakatA hai| caMcala mahiSa ke nukIle zRMga para Tike hue mUMga ke dAne ke barAbara svalpa samaya taka prApta samyaktva bhI vyakti ko muktAvasthA taka pahuMcAne meM sahAyaka bana jAtA hai| vizva meM pIr3A, azAnti, kleza kA yadi koI eka kAraNa ho sakatA hai, to vaha hai mithyA-dRSTi / vyakti isase yathArtha ko ayathArtha dekhatA hai / vastu ke prati priya-apriya, rAgadveSa ke bhAvoM se karmoM kA anubandha karatA hai / karmoM ke anubandha se kaSAyoM meM tIvratA AtI hai / tIvra kaSAyoM ke kAraNa prANI punaH punaH janma-maraNa ko dhAraNa karatA hai / samyag-darzana kI upalabdhi kI bhUmikA deha aura AtmA kA bhinna sAkSAtkAra hai| koI prANI jaba eka bAra bheda-vijJAna ko upalabdha ho jAtA hai, taba usakI mukti nizcita hotI hai / vaha kramazaH mokSa kI ora gati karane lagatA hai / bheda-vijJAna unheM hI upalabdha hotA hai, jinakI kaSAya manda hotI hai / kaSAya kI tIvratA meM samyak-darzana utpanna nahIM ho sktaa| mithyA-darzana kA pariNAma mUrchA evaM samyak-darzana kA pariNAma jAgaraNa hai / mUrchA se caitanya vimUr3ha banakara kleza ke Avarta meM giratA hai / jAgaraNa se mUrchA TUTatI hai, vyakti 450 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ caitanya ko upalabdha hotA hai / samyak-darzana ke sAtha jo vyakti vrata kI ora gati karatA hai, athavA apane jIvana kI AkAMkSAoM ko vrata se sImita karatA hai--vaha zrAvaka hai / AkAMkSA vyakti ko Asakti meM niyojita karatI hai, jisase AhAra, bhaya, maithuna, parigraha Adi saMjJAoM meM pravRtti hotA hai / yaha pravRtti saMsAra meM paribhramaNa kA kAraNa banatI hai| arhat kaivalya kI upalabdhi hote hI tIrtha kI sthApanA karate haiM / tIrtha meM do varga haiM--aNagAra aura upAsaka / sAdhu-sAdhviyAM mahAvrata kA anupAlana karate haiM / upAsaka evaM upAsikAeM aNuvrata, guNavrata evaM zikSAvrata kA anupAlana karate haiM / bhagavAn mahAvIra kI parikalpanA meM dharma arthAt mokSa kA mArga samyag-darzana, samyagjJAna evaM samyak-cAritra hai / samyag-darzana ko upalabdha hone vAle vyakti ko samyaktvI kahA hai / zramaNa athavA zrAvaka hone ke lie samyaktva kI upalabdhi anivArya hai / samyaktva ke pAMca lakSaNa haiM--1. zama 2. saMvega 3. nirveda 4. anukampA aura 5. Astikya / __samyaktvI kA citta tIvra kaSAya se upazAnta evaM vimukta rahatA hai| usakA citta Asakti se virata aura karuNA se pUrNa rahatA hai / vaha AtmA ke astitva, kartRtva tathA karma ke vimokSa ko mAnatA hai| kaSAya kI upazAnti, citta kI anAsakti evaM AtmA ke astitva kI anubhUti se jo jJAna upalabdha hotA hai, vaha samyak-jJAna kahalAtA hai / samyaga-darzana aura jJAna ke pazcAt agalA caraNa samyak cAritra kA hai| bhagavAna mahAvIra ne samyaktva ko zrAvaka kI prathama bhUmikA ke rUpa meM svIkAra kiyA hai / samyaktvI hI aNuvrata, guNavrata evaM zikSAvrata ko svIkAra kara sakatA hai / vratadhArI zrAvaka athavA Adarza zrAvaka bana sakatA hai| sAdhanA kI dRSTi se zrAvaka kI tIsarI bhUmikA pratimAdhArI zrAvaka ke rUpa meM ho sakatI hai| zrAvaka pratimAoM ko kramazaH svIkAra kara anta meM zramaNabhUta gyArahavIM pratimA svIkAra kara sAdhanA kI viziSTa bhUmikA kA anusaraNa karatA hai / zramaNa bhUta pratimA meM samasta caryA sAdhu ke anurUpa hI hotI hai / kevala bhikSA apane pArivArika sadasyoM se svIkAra karatA hai| sAdhanA ke prayogoM meM eka mahatvapUrNa prayoga zrAvaka ke lie saMlekhanA hai, jise samAdhimaraNa kahate haiM / zrAvaka antima samaya ko sannikaTa jAna jIvana paryanta bhojana pAnI Adi kA parityAga kara kramazaH rAgadveSa rahita samatA kI avasthA meM sthira hokara karatA hai, jise saMlekhanA athavA saMthArA bhI kahate haiN| bhagavAn mahAvIra ne Adarza zrAvaka kI parikalpanA ke badale zrAvaka ke Adarza ko jarUra prastuta kiyA thaa| unakI dRSTi meM zrAvaka kA pahalA Adarza samatA, dUsarA saMyama aura tIsarA vivekapUrNa vyavahAra hai| ina tIna Adarza binduoM para mahAvIra ke zrAvaka svayaM ke lie hI nahIM, apitu samAja, rASTra evaM vizva ke lie kalyANakArI siddha ho sakate haiN| khaMDa 4, aMka 7-8 451
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________________ naTakanyA aura zreSThiputra --- sohanarAja koThArI abhI taka Apane par3hA : nagara zreSThi kuberapAla ke jamAtA aruNa kA rUpa-lAvaNya dekha kara mahArAja rUpIrAya mantra mugdha ho gae / unhoMne ekAnta meM aruNa ko apane jIvana kA bheda batAyA, jise sunakara aruNa cakita ho gyaa| agale dina donoM cupacApa bhramaNa ko nikala par3e / rAjya kI sImA Ate hI aruNa ne rAjasI vaibhava se vidAI lI aura dhyAna-magna hokara baiTha gayA / A~kha kholane para use eka tejasvI santa dikhe, jinhoMne use jIvana kA zAzvata satya btaayaa| aba Age pddhie| (gatAGka se Age) mahArAja rUpIrAya ne zreSThiputra ke punarAgamana kI sUcanA dene ke lie bhRtyoM ko niyukta kara diyA thaa| samaya bItatA gayA, dina car3hatA gayA, kintu nirAzAjanya sUcanA hI unheM prApta hotI rhii| udhara zreSThi ke ghara meM sannATA chAyA huA thaa| rAjamahala meM bhI isakI sUcanA bhejI gaI / mahArAja ne azvArohiyoM ko khojane ke lie bhejaa| saMdhyA samaya ve aruNa kA ghor3A lekara Agaye, para usase to cintA kA koI pAra hI na rahA / kyA vaha koI hiMsaka pazu kA zikAra ho gayA ? yA usane kahIM Atma-hatyA kara lI ? kisI ko patA nahIM laga sakA ki kaunasI aisI ghaTanA huI ki aruNa isa prakAra se aMtardhAna ho gyaa| zreSThipuna karuNa ke lopa hone se usake parijanoM ko jo zoka huA, vaha to svAbhAvika thA, kintu jo saMtApa mahArAja ko huA, use koI nahIM jAna sakA / ve apane ko isa durghaTanA ke liye uttaradAyI mAnate the| khoja krama calatA rahA, kintu aruNa bhI kama sAvadhAna nahIM thA / vaha jahA~ taka bana par3atA, bahuta kama bAhara jAtA, dRSTi bacAkara calatA, kintu eka dina mahArAja ke eka dUta ne use dekha hI liyaa| phira kyA thA, mahArAja ko vidyut vega se sUcanA ho gaI aura ve apane vizvasta dala sahita vahAM pahuMca gaye / vyAkhyAna kA Ayojana ho rahA thaa| jana-samUha kI bhIr3a thii| mahArAja rUpIrAya ko pramukha paMkti meM sthAna diyA gayA thaa| mahAzramaNa ne padArpaNa kiyaa| unake pIche saMtoM kI TolI thI, jisameM zramaNa aruNa ko mahArAja ne pahacAna liyA, donoM kI A~kheM eka kSaNa ko mila gii| aruNa eka bAra to mAno AkAza se girA / use kitanI AzA se mahArAja ne sammAna diyA thA, mitratA sthApita kI aura eka mitra ke nAte jIvana kA mahAn gopanIya rahasya prakaTa kiyA va usakI sahAyatA caahii| kintu vaha vizvAsaghAta karake dhokhA dekara, kAyara kI bhA~ti bhAga khar3A huA / eka coTa usake tana-mana ko jhakajhora gii| mahAzramaNa eka kASTha-paTTa para virAjamAna ho gaye / unake dAhinI ora anya sAdhuoM ke sAtha zramaNa aruNa bhI AsIna ho gyaa| 452 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ pravacana prAraMbha huA, prArthanA ke sAtha / "jIvana dvaMdvAtmaka hai / sukha-dukha, zIta-uSNa, U~ca-nIca, maitrI-vaira, moha-vairAgya, rAgadveSa, inhIM dvaMdvoM meM saMsAra kI samasta racanA hai| manuSya sRSTi kI sarvotkRSTa racanA hai / manuSya apanI sAdhanA va tapa se bhagavAn bana sakatA hai / kahane meM jitanA sahaja yaha tathya hai, kArya rUpa meM parivartana karane meM utanA hI kaThina / bahuta saMkIrNa va dIrgha mArga hai / janmajanmAntara isameM laga sakate haiM, kintu eka sAdhAraNa satya yaha bhI hai ki jo prathama caraNa nahIM uThAtA, vaha kahIM nahIM pahuMca pAtA, vaha sthira hokara raha jAtA hai / gatihIna banakara koI lakSya taka nahIM pahuMcA / isaliye kitanA hI nagaNya hote hue bhI prathama caraNa bahuta mahattva rakhatA hai, isaliye dRr3ha saMkalpa hokara pUrI zakti ke sAtha prathama caraNa uThAleM to lakSya eka caraNa samIpa A jaayegaa| lakSya prApti kA kArya prArambha ho jAyegA / pariNAma kahIM dUra nahIM-karma kA phala kahIM bhaviSya meM nahIM, karma ke sAtha hI upalabdha hai|" mahAzramaNa ne mahArAja kI ora dekha kara kahA- "prazna yaha hai ki yaha prathama caraNa kaunasA hai va kisa ora uThAnA hai / dvaMdvAtmakatA se bAhara honA hI vaha caraNa hai| rAgadveSa se Upara uThanA hI vaha caraNa hai| isalie bhagavatsattA kI sAdhanA vItarAgatA kA mArga hI hai| kevala dveSa se mukti nahIM, apitu rAga se bhI mukti Avazyaka hai| donoM hI samAna rUpa se bandhana haiM / isaliye donoM se vimukta honA hai|" vyAkhyAna cala rahA thaa| udhara aruNa aura rUpIrAya apane vicAroM meM kho rahe the| ve mahAzramaNa ke bhASaNa ko apane jIvana para ghaTita karake dekha rahe the ki unameM kyA kamI thI, unakA prathama caraNa uThA yA nahIM / . vyAkhyAna samApta huA / mahAzramaNa ne mahArAja ko vizeSa rUpa se ekAnta meM samaya diyaa| aruNa dvArA, ve sArI sthiti se avagata ho cuke the| mahArAja ke sAtha unheM hArdika sahAnubhUti ho gaI thii| "mahArAja ! aruNa ke jIvana meM eka abhinna mor3a aayaa| isakA zreya Apako hai| maiM ise pUrvajanma kA mahAn sAdhaka mAnatA hU~, anyathA isa umra meM sAMsArika sukha va vaibhava se muMha mor3anA sahaja bAta nahIM hai|" "maiM zreSThiputra ko sAdhu veSa meM dekha kara vismita hI nahIM, stambhita hU~ / sAtha hI usakA isa prakAra tyAga karanA eka adbhuta va apratyAkSita ghaTanA hai / maiM usake prati zraddhA se natamastaka hUM, maiM usakA jIvana Adarza evaM anukaraNIya mAnatA hUM aura mahAzramaNa ke samakSa AjIvana brahmacarya kA vrata grahaNa karatA huuN|" mahAzramaNa ne isa mahAn tyAga kI bahuta prazaMsA kI evaM apanI sAkSI se unheM saMkalpa karavA diyaa| "pUrva janma ke saMskAroM ne aruNa ko eka sAtha itanI zakti de dI ki usane ekadama sAMsArika bandhana tyAga diye, para itanA bala mujhameM nahIM hai| merA uttaradAyitva sAre rAjya ke prati hai, isaliye maiM itanI zIghra parivartana nahIM lA sktaa|' khaMDa 4, aMka 7-8 453
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________________ "ApakA karttavya abhI rAjya zAsana ko sa~bhAlanA hai| jaba taka usakA kisI prakAra uttarAdhikArI Apa na banA sakeM, taba taka Apako apanI bhUmikA nibhAnI hI cAhiye / ' "maiM phira darzana kruuNgaa| AjJA diijiye|" mahAzramaNa ne mahArAja ko vidA kiyA va aruNa ko Adeza diyA ki vaha mahArAja ko dvAra taka chor3a aaye| "zramaNa pravara ko sAdara vaMdanA / " mahArAja ne saMyata svara meM kahA / "dharma lAbha ! kAla kI gati ko koI na to jAnatA hai, na roka sakatA hai| anokhI bAta lagatI hai| ApakI samasyA mujhe sAdhu banA gaI / vaise vaha eka jhaTakA thA, pravRtti merI vairAgya kI ora pahale se thI, aisA aba spaSTa pratIta hotA hai| phira bhI vyavahArika dRSTi se Apako dhanyavAda denA maiM anucita nahIM smjhtaa|" zramaNa aruNa ne khaa|| "dhanyavAda dekara mukta ho jAnA cAhate ho| kyA yaha Avazyaka nahIM ki pUrva janma ke mitra kA bhI kalyANa karo / sAdhu to niHsvArthabhAva se sevA karate haiM / jana-kalyANa hI unakA jIvana kA lakSya hotA hai / " mahArAja ne uttara meM kahA / "Atma-kalyANa ke pazcAt" aruNa ne mahArAja ko bIca meM hI roka diyA / "binA jJAna ko prApta kiye dUsaroM ko jJAna ke mArga-darzana kA koI adhikAra nahIM hotaa| jaba taka koI svayaM lakSya kI prApti na kara le, taba taka use kisI ko rAha dikhAne kA adhikAra nahIM hotA / maiMne abhI prathama caraNa uThAyA hai, gaMtavya sthAna dUra hai|" "maiM gurudeva va Apake darzana yathAzIghra karatA rahUMgA" mahArAja bidA huye / aruNa eka Taka dRSTi se use A~khoM se ojhala hone taka dekhatA rhaa| "aruNa ! samaya bIta rahA hai, samaya-mAtra pramAda mata karo" aruNa ne ghUma kara dekhA ki mahAzramaNa pIche khar3e the , aruNa ne pAMva chU kara vaMdanA kii| "manuSya apanI gati rokakara sthira ho sakatA hai, kintu samaya gatimAn rahatA hai|" "pUrva janma ke saMskAroM se isa Ayu meM isa mArga para A gaye ho / isa janma kI upalabdhi hI Age bddh'aayegii| isaliye dhyAna rahe ki pragati meM gatirodha utpanna nahIM ho jAya / mujhe vizvAsa hai, tumhArA utthAna hogA, para dekhanA yaha hai ki kitanA / mujhe yaha bhI vizvAsa hai ki tuma merA pada grahaNa kara sakoge / isaliye dRr3ha saMkalpa se sAdhanArata ho jaao|" sUcanA milate hI aruNa ke sabhI parijana mahAzramaNa kI sevA meM upasthita ho gaye / aruNa usa sthAna para pahuMca cukA thA, jahAM se lauTane kA prazna nahIM thaa| vidhi kA vidhAna mAna kara sabane aruNa ko zramaNa veza meM svIkAra kiyaa| mahAzramaNa maNibhadra kA dehAvasAna ho cukA thaa| ve apanA uttarAdhikArI zramaNa aruNa ko manonIta kara gaye the / zramaNa aruNa ne bhI usa pada ke upayukta sAdhanA karake apanA sthAna banA liyA thaa| tapasyA ke kaI navIna kIrtimAn unhoMne sthApita kiye the| kaI dinoM ke upavAsa, ghaMToM dhyAna va apUrva svAdhyAya se usakA zarIra kRza ho calA thA, para unake mukha 454 tulasI prajJA
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________________ maMDala para AbhA khila uThI thii| pravacanoM meM sahasroM kI bhIr3a hone lagI thii| unake vyaktitva kA AkarSaNa kaI rAjAoM aura zreSThi-putroM ko khIMca lAtA thA, unakI yazogAthA dUra-dUra taka phaila cukI thii| isa prasiddhi se mahArAja rUpIrAya ko kitanI prasannatA huI, isakA anumAna nahIM lagAyA jA sktaa| ve samaya-samaya para zramaNa aruNa ke darzanArtha Ate the / unako zramaNa ke sAnnidhya meM eka aprakaTa Ananda kA anubhava hotA thA / ve jAnate the ki isa jIvana meM zramaNa tyAga ke patha para agrasara ho rahe the aura unhoMne bhI AjIvana zIlavrata kA saMkalpa liyA thA, isaliye koI bhI zArIrika sambandha isa jIvana meM saMbhava nahIM thaa| phira bhI unakA anurAga aruNa ke prati dina-dina bar3hatA jA rahA thA, usameM nyUnatA kabhI nahIM aaii| zramaNa apanI tapasyA ke bala para vizvasta the ki rUpIrAya kA unase milanA unheM prabhAvita nahIM kara sktaa| kintu unake mana meM bhI kahIM gaharAI meM eka atRpta vAsanA daba kara raha gaI thI, jo unheM barabasa mahArAja rUpIrAya kI ora dekhane ko vivaza karatI aura ve apane ekAnta cintana ke samaya ise anubhava karate / mahArAja ne kitanA vizvAsapAtra samajha kara va apanA mitra mAnakara usake samakSa apane jIvana kA bheda kholA thA, kintu vaha unakI koI sahAyatA nahIM kara skaa| coroM kI taraha cupacApa bhAga aayaa| yaha vicAra zramaNa ko AMtarika pIr3A pahuMcAtA thaa| nArI kA samarpaNa puruSa asvIkAra kara de, yaha kitanA apamAnajanaka hotA hai / zramaNa yaha jAnakara ki rUpIrAya eka strI hai, use ekAnta meM samaya nahIM de sakate the, ataH unheM apanI yaha vivazatA bahuta khalatI thI, kacoTatI thii| sAdhu jIvana ke niyamoM kA pAlana usake liye anivArya thA, isalie rUpIrAya ko aMtaraMga bhAva prakaTa karane kA suavasara bhI ve nahIM de pAte the, acchA hotA, ve isa patha para bar3hane se pUrva eka bAra mahArAja rUpIrAya se mila lete, to mana kA eka bojha halkA ho jaataa| zramaNa ke mana meM yaha satata bhAva eka azAnti utpanna kara detA aura ve socate ki karmoM kA yahI cakkara kahIM usakI sAdhanA kI niSpatti meM bAdhaka na bana jAya / vAsanA kA zrota kevala roka dene se sUkhatA nahIM / aMgAre para rAkha DAlane se vaha bujhatA nahIM, balki anukUla paristhiti prApta hote hI prajvalita ho jAtA hai| mahArAja to yaha bheda prakaTa karate hI azvArUr3ha hokara prasthAna kara gaye ki ve eka nArI haiM / zAyada, isa rahasyodghATana kI pratikriyA ko ve svayaM upasthita raha kara sahana nahIM kara sakate the, para aruNa ko bhI pratikriyA prakaTa karane kA avasara nahIM milA aura isa prakAra bhAvanAoM ko udgAra kA avasara na milane se eka naI samasyA khar3I ho gii| dhyAna kI mudrA meM sthita hokara baiThane para unheM spaSTa bodha hotA ki ve rUpIrAya ke AkarSaNa se mukta nahIM haiN| ve prabhu se prArthanA karate ki unakI tapasyA meM yaha bAdhA miTa jAya, anyathA unakA kalyANa saMbhava nahIM / rUpIrAya ne unakI sAdhanA meM bAdhaka na banane ke lie AjIvana brahmacarya kA kaThora vrata grahaNa karake una para kitanA bar3A AbhAra DAla diyA thA, jisakA dhanyavAda bhI ve nahIM de sakate the / sattA, saMpadA ke phalasvarUpa sahaja prApya jIvana ke mana Amodapramoda ko isa prakAra tyAganA, koI sahaja kArya nahIM thA / anya kisI se praNaya-bandhana meM bandhane kI apekSA unhoMne bhISma pratijJA kara lii| kitanA niHsvArtha nizchala unakA prema thA, jisakA pratyuttara denA unake liye saMbhava nahIM thaa| [zeSa pRSTha 460 para] khaMDa 4, aMka 7-8 455
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________________ zodha lekha gRhastha-dharma kA adhyAtmika mahattva (uttarAdhyayanasUtra para AdhArita eka adhyayana) pro0 kailAzacanda jaina kucha vicAraka aura dArzanika jainadharma evaM darzana ko sAdhuoM-tapasviyoM kA dharma batAkara gRhastha jIvana ko nirarthaka kaha dete haiN| parantu jaina-darzana meM gRhastha jIvana kA mahattva kisI bhI rUpa meM kama abhivyakta nahIM huA hai| jaina AgamoM meM nirdezita gRhastha dharma kA pAlanakara mAnava manuSya-yoni meM janma pAne ke sabhI dArzanika , AdhyAtmika evaM laukika uddezyoM kI pUrti kara sakatA hai / lagabhaga sabhI hindU darzanoM meM gRhastha dharma ke mahattva ko Avazyaka svIkAra karate hue use mAnavIya, naitika, santoSI, gRhastha-jIvana yApana kA mArga nirdezita kiyA gayA hai / gRhastha-dharma ke mahattva ko svIkAra karane vAle dharma-zAstra vettAoM ke vicAroM ko spaSTa karate hue pI0 vI0 kANe likhate haiM ki- "isa pakSa vAle vivAha evaM sambhoga ko apavitra evaM tapa ke liye burA nahIM mAnate, pratyuta vivAha evaM sambhoga ko tapa jIvana se ucca mAnate haiM / gRhastha-Azrama vAstava meM jIvana yAtrA kA mukhya dUsarA vyavasthita par3Ava hai| brahmacarya evaM zikSA kI nIMva para racita gRhastha Azrama eka sudRr3ha mAnavIya jIvana kI yathArthatA, kRtArthatA kA pramukha pITha hai| zikSAviduSI zakuntalA tivArI likhatI haiM--'bhAratIya zAstroM meM gRhastha Azrama ko atyanta zreSTha tathA anya sabhI AzramoM kA upajIvya mAnA gayA hai| dAna, Atithya, bhikSA Adi ke dvArA vaha tInoM AzramoM kA poSaNa karatA hai / tInoM AzramoM ko dhAraNa karane ke kAraNa gRhasthAzrama jyeSTha athavA sabase bar3A hai|" jaina AgamoM meM gRhastha ko bhikSu ke samakakSa hI rakhate hue kahA gayA hai ki jo upazAnta hote haiM, ve saMyama aura tapa kA abhyAsa kara una deva-AvAsoM meM jAte haiM, bhale hI phira ve bhikSu hoM yA gRhastha / ' gRhastha jIvana kA paripAlana kara svarga pAne kA nirdeza Apastamba dharmasUtra meM dete hue upadezita kiyA gayA hai ki-jo dharma-nirdiSTa karmoM kA sampAdana 1. pI0 vI0 kANe, 'dharmazAstra kA itihAsa', prathama saMskaraNa lakhanaU, pRSTha 267 / 2. zakuntalA tivArI, "mahAbhArata meM dharma", prathama saMskaraNa 1970, AgarA, pRSTha 336 / 3. uttarajjhayaNANi (uttarAdhyayana sUtra) sa0-muni nathamala, saMskaraNa 1667, kalakattA, 5/28 / 4. Apastamba dharmasUtra-sampAdaka umeza canda pANDeya, saMskaraNa 1666 / caukhambA saMskRta sIrIja vArANasI, 2/9/4/3-4-5 / 456 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ karate hue, jIvana vyatIta karate haiM, ve apane divaMgata pUrvajoM ke yaza tathA svargika sukhoM kI abhivRddhi karate haiM / agalI pIr3hI apanI pUrvavartI pIr3hI ke puruSoM ke sukha aura yaza ko bar3hAtI hai / putra vAle divaMgata puruSa mahApralaya taka svarga meM nivAsa karate haiM aura svarga ke jetA hote haiM / uttarAdhyayana sUtra meM bhI ullekha hai ki zikSA se samApanna suvratI manuSya gRhavAsa meM rahatA huA bhI audArika zarIra se mukta hokara devaloka meM jAtA hai / punaH suvratI dharmapAlaka gRhastha ko bhikSu ke samAna svIkAra karate hue upadezita kiyA gayA hai ki bhikSu ho yA gRhastha, yadi vaha suvratI hai to svarga meM jAtA hai| ___gRhastha ko mAnava-dharma kA pAlana karanA cAhie / mAnavadharma se svajIvana meM hI nahIM, apitu sarvatra zAnti aura santoSa kI dhArA bahatI hai tathA parivAra evaM rASTra kI samRddhi bhI hotI jAtI hai / AdhyAtmika dRSTikoNa se bhI mAnava karmoM kA kSaya karake mukti mArga kI ora pravRtta hotA hai / manuSyatva ko prApta kara, jo dharma ko sunatA hai, usameM zraddhA karatA hai, vahI tapasvI saMyama meM puruSArtha kara, saMvRta ho, karmarajoM ko dhuna DAlatA hai| amAnIya pravRttiyoM kA anta sadaiva dukhadAyI hI hotA hai| jo manuSya kumati ko svIkAraM kara pApakArI pravRttiyoM se dhana kA upArjana karate haiM, unheM dekheM, ve dhana ko chor3akara mauta ke muha meM jAne ko taiyAra haiN| ve vaira (karma) se baMdhe hae naraka meM jAte haiN| gRhastha-dharma kA pAlana karate hue manuSya ko parama siddhi prApti kA nirdeza bhArata ke dArzanika sAhitya meM kiyA gayA hai| mahAbhArata meM gRhastha AzramoM ko saba dharmoM kA mUla batAte hue, bhISma jI ne yudhiSThara se kahA -'gRhasthAzrama sabhI dharmoM kA mUla kahA gayA hai, isameM raha kara antaHkaraNa ke rAgAdi doSa paka jAne para jitendriya puruSa ko sarvatra siddhi prApta hotI hai / bauddha-darzana meM to yaha bhI svIkAra kiyA gayA hai ki-gRhastha vyakti nirvANa kI prApti kara mokSa bhI prApta kara sakatA hai| majjhimanikAya meM buddha kahate haiM ki "eka hI nahIM pA~ca sau se adhika hI mere gRhastha usa loka se na lauTakara Ane vAle haiN|" isa taraha bauddha-darzana meM gRhastha avasthA meM mokSa prApti ko svIkAra kiyA gayA hai / parantu milinda prazna" graMtha meM spaSTa kiyA gayA hai ki gRhastha rahanA arhat ke anukUla nahIM 5. evaM sikkhA-samAvanne giha-vAse vi suvve| muccaI chavi-pavvAo, gacche jakkha-salogayaM / uttarajjhayaNANi, 5/24 / 6. bhikkhAe vA gihatthe vA suvvae kammaI divaM / vahI 5/22 / 7. vahI-3/11 / 8. vahI-4/2 / 6. gRhasthastveSa dharmANAM sarveSAM mUlamucyate, yatra pakva kaSAyo hi dAntaH sarvatra siddhayati / mahAbhArata, zAntiparva-234/6 / 10. majjhimanikAya (hindI anuvAda-mahApaMDita rAhula sAMkRtyAyana), mahAvacchagota sutta, 2/3/3 pR0 288 / .. 11. milinda prazna-4/7/63 pR0 325 / khaMDa 4, aMka 7-7 457
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________________ haiM / arha hote hI yA to pravrajita ho jAtA hai, yA mahA parinirvANa ko prApta karatA hai / gRhastha Azrama kA mahattva kisI bhI darzana meM kisI bhI rUpa meM kama nahIM hai / gRhasthoM ko muniyoM-sAdhuoM ke samakakSa rakhakara bhAratIya darzana meM gRhastha dharma ke AdhyAtmika mahattva ko svIkAra kiyA gayA hai / parantu eka gRhastha tabhI eka acchA jIvana gujAra sakatA hai, jaba vaha dharma - nirdiSTa jIvana kA pAlana kare / vaise yaha vyavahAra meM bhI satya hai / bhautika vastuoM kA saMgraha, kAmabhogoM kI AkAMkSAe~ aura pApamayI pravRttiyA~ mAnava-jIvana meM azAnti utpanna kara usake jIvana ko kaSToM se bhara detI haiM / nirarthaka kAmabhogoM ke parityAga kA nirdeza uttarAdhyayana sUtra meM bAra-bAra kiyA gayA hai| kAmabhoga zalya haiM, viSa haiM aura AzIviSa sarpa ke tulya haiM, kAmabhoga kI icchA karane vAle unakA sevana na karate hue bhI durgati ko prApta hote haiM / " jaise koI manuSya kAkiNI ( prAcIna mudrA kA sabase choTA sikkA) ke lie hajAra kArSApaNa gaMvA detA hai, jaise koI rAjA apathya Ama ko khAkara rAjya se hAtha dho baiThatA hai, vaise hI jo vyakti mAnavIya bhogoM meM Asakta hotA hai, vaha daivI bhogoM ko hAra jAtA hai / 13 vyavahAra rUpa se bhI dekhane meM AyA hai ki mAnava bhautika vastuoM kI kAmanAyeM karate hue, kAma bhogoM meM Asakti rakhate hue, nirarthaka rAga-dveSa se grasita hokara dIvAnoM kI bhA~ti pApamayI kriyAoM meM lage rahate haiM / apane kartavyoM se vimukha hokara bhautika vastuoM kI prApti meM apanA sarvasva balidAna kara dete haiM / bhautikatA manuSya ko kabhI zAnti na dekara, nArakI kI bhUkha-pyAsa bar3hAne kI bhA~ti sadaiva hI bhaTakAne vAle mArga meM pravRtta karatI jAtI hai / kAmabhogoM se mUcchita hokara mUDha loga yaha nahIM samajha pAte ki yaha samUcA saMsAra rAga-dveSa kI agni se jala rahA hai / " kitanI bhI dhana sampatti prApta ho jAye, mAnava zAnti prApta nahIM kara sakatA hai / jaina Agama uttarAdhyayana sUtra meM bhI kahA gayA ki yadi samUcA jagat tumheM mila jAye athavA samUcA dhana tumhArA ho jAye to bhI yaha tumhArI icchA pUrti ke lie paryApta nahIM hogA aura vaha tumheM trANa bhI nahIM de sakegA / 15 isa taraha kAma-bhogoM, vAsanAoM se mukta hokara naitika AdarzoM se yukta jIvana hI saphala jIvana hai / vAsanAoM se zUnya vyakti mukti mArga kI ora pravRtta hotA hai / " mAnava ko rAga-dveSa kA parityAga kara sabhI meM samAna bhAva se pravRtta hokara uttama guNoM ko dhAraNa karanA cAhie / rAga-dveSa manuSya ko nirarthaka hAni pahuMcAte haiM / rAga-dveSa se manuSya ciMtA meM ghulatA huA vyartha hI apane zarIra aura svAsthya kA vinAza karatA hai / pApa karmoM kA bandha karatA hai / rAga aura dveSa--ye do pApa karmoM ke pravartaka haiM / " rAga aura dveSa 458 12. uttarajjhayaNANi --- 6 / 53 / 13. vahI - 7 /11 / 14. vahI --- 14/43 / 15. vahI - 14 / 36 / 16. saggaM sugatino yanti parinibbanti anAsavA / dhammapada, sampAdaka satyaprakAza zarmA, saMskaraNa 1672 meraTha, 6 / 126 pR0 56 / 17. rAgaddose ya do pAve pAvakammapavattaNe / utta rajjhayaNANi - 31 / 3 / tulasI - prajJA
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________________ karma ke bIja haiM / karma moha se utpanna hotA hai aura vaha janma-maraNa kA mUla hai|" jahA~ rAga-dveSa se karmoM kA bandha hotA hai, vahA~ vyavahAra meM yaha bhI spaSTa hai ki rAga-dveSa se manuSya vyartha hI cintita rahatA hai / mAnava ko pApamayI pravRttiyoM kA parityAga kara apane jIvana ko naitika puSpoM kI sugandhi se AcchAdita kara AdhyAtmikatA kI vimala gaMgA ke samAna pavitra banAnA cAhie, jahA~ pA~ca mahAvratoM ke sumana khila skeN| prAkRtika mAnasika burAiyA~ krodha, mAna, mAyA, lobha, vyAbhicAra mAnava ke lie bahuta ghAtaka haiM / jaina Agama uttarAdhyayana sUtra meM spaSTa kiyA gayA hai ki jisa mAnava meM krodha hai, mAna hai, hiMsA hai jhUTha hai, corI hai aura parigraha hai, vaha jAti-vihIna, vidyA-vihIna aura dharma-vihIna hai| ina vibhinna pApoM ke duSpariNAmoM ko bhI spaSTa kiyA gayA hai / asatyavAdI ke lie kahA gayA hai ki asatya bolane ke pazcAt, pahale aura bolate samaya vaha duHkhI hotA hai| usakA paryavasAna bhI duHkhamaya hotA hai / isa prakAra vaha rasa meM atRpta hokara corI karatA huA duHkhI aura AzrayahIna ho jAtA hai| krodha ke duSpariNAma ko spaSTa karate hue kahA hai ki---jo krodha ko satata bar3hAvA detA rahatA hai aura nimitta kahatA hai, vaha apanI ina pravRttiyoM ke kAraNa AsurI bhAvanA kA AcaraNa karatA hai| isake atirikta manuSya krodha se adhogati meM jAtA hai, mAna se adhama gati hotI hai, mAyA se sugati kA vinAza hotA hai, lobha se isa loka aura paraloka donoM kA hI vinAza hotA hai / 22 parigrahI puruSa ke lobha-lAlaca ko spaSTa karate hue batAyA gayA hai ki kadAcit sone aura cA~dI ke kailAsa ke samAna asaMkhya parvata ho jAe~ to bhI lobhI puruSa ko unase santoSa nahIM hotA, kyoMki icchA AkAza ke samAna ananta hai| 3 isa taraha ye pApamayI pravRttiyA~ manuSya ke jIvana meM azAnti utpanna kara use mRgamarIcikA ke samAna saMsAra ke bhautika sAdhanoM kI prApti ke lie bhaTakAtI haiN| mAnava svArtha meM lIna hokara dUsaroM kA ahita karate hue sadaiva nirarthaka aura pApamayI kriyAoM meM lagA rahatA hai / phalasvarUpa naraka meM jAkara apAra kaSTa bhogatA hai / tAtparya yaha hai ki krodha, mAna, mAyA, hiMsA, lobha, anaitikatA aura parigraha Adi pratyeka avasthA meM kaSTakArI haiM / ataH inakA parityAga karake hI manuSya parama Ananda kI prApti gRhastha Azrama meM kara sakatA hai| ___mAnava ko duHkha-sukha meM samAna rahane kA vivecana karate hue uttarAdhyayanasUtra meM kahA gayA hai ki-~-mAnava ko mamatvarahita, ahaMkAra rahita, nirlepa, gaurava ko tyAgane vAlA, trasa 18. rAgo ya doso vi ya kammabIyaM kammaM ca mohappabhavaM vayanti / _vhii-32/7| 16. vahI-12/14 / 20. vahI-32/70 / 21. vahI--36/266 / 22. vahI-6/54 / 23. vahI-9/48 / khaMDa 4, aMka 7-8 456
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________________ aura sthAvara sabhI jIvoM meM samabhAva rakhane vAlA honA cAhie / " lAbha, alAbha, sukha duHkha, jIvana-maraNa, nindA - prazaMsA, mAna-apamAna meM sama rahane vAlA honA cAhie / " gaurava, kaSAya, daNDa, zalya, ya, bhaya, hAsya aura zoka se nivRtta nidAna aura bandhana se rahita honA caahie| 27 isa taraha gRhastha vyakti ko sukha-duHkha meM samabhAva rakhate hue AzAvAn hokara niHsvArtha bhAva se kArya karate hue jIvana yApana karanA caahie| vahI sukha kA dene vAlA hai / AzAvAn hokara mana meM dRr3hatA lAkara, parAkramI guNoM ko dhAraNa kara puruSArthI honA cAhie, yahI saphalatA ke dAyaka haiM / 'culakalaga jAtaka" kI gAthA meM manuSya ko saphalatA prApta karane ke lie upadezita kiyA gayA hai - "saMyama, samAdhi, mana kI ekAgratA, avyagratA, samaya para niSkarmaNa, dRr3ha vIrya tathA puruSa parAkrama guNoM kA honA Avazyaka hai / isa taraha gRhastha saMyama, zAnti ke jIvana ko dhAraNa kara burAiyoM kA parityAga kara paramAnanda kI niHsandeha prApti kara sakatA hai / sukha-duHkha meM samabhAva rakhate hue muskarAte rahanA cAhie, jaise kRSNa nAga zaiyA para leTe hue bhI khuza rahane ke bhAva ko dyotita karate haiM / gRhastha Azrama isa prakAra hara dRSTikoNa se apanA AdhyAtmika mahattva rakhatA hai / gRhastha Azrama meM manuSya zAnti pUrvaka jIvana-yApana kara parivAra, samAja, rASTra, sabhI ke prati apane kartavyoM kI pUrti kara sakatA hai / 24. utta rajjhayaNANi 16 / 86 | 25. vahI 16 / 60 / 26. vahI 16 / 61 / 27. jAtaka - sampAdaka vI0 phAsabala, saMskaraNa 1660 landana, gA0 4, pR0 7 / [ pRSTha 455 kA zeSAMza ] mahArAja ke darzanArtha Aye kabhI-kabhI adhika samaya vyatIta hone para zramaNa ko unakI kamI khaTakane lagatI, sarvatra sUnA sA lagatA, jIvana nirarthaka lagatA / aba mahAzramaNa to rahe nahIM ki ve unake caraNoM meM zIza rakhakara apanI rAha kA patA pUchate / aba to unako hI apanA mArga nirdezaka bananA thA aura isake liye ve apane ko ayogya pA rahe the / samaya apanI nirbAdha gati se Age bar3hatA gayA / zramaNa kI khyAti bar3hatI gaI va sAtha hI Ayu bhI / zarIra yauvana se praur3ha va praur3ha se vRddhAvasthA kI kSINatA kI ora calane lagA aura eka dina yAtrA kA anta A gayA- - eka naI yAtrA kA prAraMbha, apanI goda meM chupAye / (kramaza:) 460 - --:: tulasI- prajJA
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________________ cAya-yuga -DA0 jeThamala bhaMsAlI jaina-darzana kA maulika siddhAnta hai-syAdvAda arthAt kisI bhI viSaya ke do antoM (Extremes) ke bIca kA madhyama mArga / Adhunika yuga kA sarva priya peya cAya-pAna ko bhI hameM isI dRSTi meM dekhanA caahie| sarvathA upayogI aura sarvathA nirupayogI to saMsAra kI koI bhI vastu hotI nahIM / Aja ke sabhya yuga meM cAya pInA adhikAMza mAnavoM ke jIvana kI eka sAdhAraNa sI Adata bana gaI hai / kyA gRhastha, kyA saMnyAsI, sabhI cAya pInA eka nirdoSa peya mAnate haiM / eka bAra cAya kI Adata bana jAne para yaha cira-saMginI bana jAtI hai| sabhya suzikSita samAja ke samAroha kA rasa-Ananda yA apane ghara padhAre mehamAnoM kA svAgata satkAra cAya-pAna ke abhAva meM sUnA-sA lagatA hai| jahAM bhI hama jarUrI kArya-vaza milane-julane jAte haiM, vahAM garamA-garama cAya to binA mAMge mila jAtI hai, para pAnI to mAMga kara hI pInA par3atA hai| kavi "kAkA hAtharasI" ne ThIka hI kahA hai pleTa phArma para yAtrI pAnI ko cillAya / pAnI vAlA hai nahIM-cAya pio jI cAya / / vAstava meM Aja kA yuga cAya yuga hai / zaharoM meM to hara galI, hara sar3aka para ArDara dete hI garamA-garama cAya kA pyAlA ApakI sevA meM taiyAra / Aja' ke yuvaka ko to subahasubaha bichaune para hI garama cAya milanI jarUrI hai-Bed Tea, ise piye binA to vaha bichaune se uTha hI nahIM paataa| subaha cAya, dopahara meM cAya, sandhyA-samaya cAya aura zAyada rAta meM sote samaya bhI cAya-yaha to Aja sAdhAraNa sA kAryakrama bana gayA hai / phira jarUrI kAryavaza dina meM kahIM bhI milane jAyeM, to cAya kI manuhAra taiyaar| cAya pInA inkAra kareM, to hama grAmINa, asabhya, azikSita samajhe jaayeN| gRhasthoM kI dekhA-dekhI sAdhu samAja meM bhI cAya kA pracalana bar3hA hai| kaI sAdhusAdhviyoM ko to cAya pIne kI Adata bhI bana gaI hai| sunA hai, AcArya zrI tulasI ne cAyapAna kI Adata ko rokane hetu sAdhu-samAja para kucha pratibandha bhI lagAye haiM / para Aja to khaMDa 4, aMka 7-8 461
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________________ cAya-pAna pAnI kI taraha gRhastha samAja meM sarvatra sulabha hai aura ise eka nirdoSa peya mAnA jA rahA hai| ___ anubhava ke AdhAra para cAya ke rasikoM kA kahanA hai, mAnanA hai ki cAya kI ekaeka pattI meM custI hai, phuratI hai| yaha cetanA lAtI hai, taro-tAjA banAtI hai, sphUrti lAtI hai| yaha bhayaMkara sardI meM zarIra ko garama aura asahya garmI meM zarIra ko ThaMDA rakhatI hai| bhayaMkara se bhayaMkara garamI meM bhI cAya turanta pasInA nikAla kara zarIra ko sukhada zItalatA kA anubhava karAtI hai| dimAga rUpI kAra (Car) ke lie cAya peTrola kA kAma karatI hai| yaha dimAga ko taro-tAjA banAkara thakAvaTa-sustI dUra karatI hai| cintana karane kI kSamatA meM vRddhi karatI hai| Adhunika vaijJAnika prayogazAlAoM meM cAya kA parIkSaNa karane para usameM nimna rasAyanika dravya pAye gaye : kephIna- (Caffeine) __ kephIna eka prakAra kA viSa hai / zuddha kephIna kA eka choTA-sA bindu ijekzana dvArA zarIra meM praviSTa karAyA gayA to canda minaToM meM prANAnta ho gayA / maStiska meM kephIna sIdhA praviSTa karAyA gayA to zarIra meM tIvra jhaTake Ane lage / tIvra viSa pramANita hone para bhI cAya meM kephIna kI mAtrA 2 se 4 pratizata hI hotI hai, ataH cAya-pAna se zarIra ko vizeSa hAni nahIM pahuMcatI / hama jo cAya pIte haiM unakA kephIna zarIra meM apanA kArya-sampAdana kara gurdo (Kidneys) meM Akara mUtra-mArga dvArA pezAba ke rUpa meM bAhara nikala jAtA hai to kephIna janya jahara ke viSaile prabhAva kI yaha prakriyA eka prakAra se zarIra kA prAkRtika saMrakSaNa hai| yadi kephIna pezAba ke sAtha milakara mUtra-mArga dvArA zarIra se bAhara na nikale aura zarIra meM ikaTThI hone lage to hAlata socanIya bana jAye / sAmAnya sthiti meM cAya meM ati alpa mAtrA meM maujUda kephIna zarIra meM tAjagI evaM sphati lAtI hai| rAtri-jAgaraNajanya Alasya va sustI ko dUra karatI hai| dimAga meM tAjagI lAkara usameM naye vicAra, naye cintana ko utpanna karatI hai| yaha jalavAyu parivartanajanya vikRtiyoM se zarIra kI rakSA karatI hai| kephIna peTa kI gaisa sambandhI zikAyatoM ko bhI miTAtI hai| zarIra meM sandhisthaloM-jor3oM ke darda-gaThiyA (Rheumatism) meM bhI kephIna lAbhaprada siddha huI hai| cAya kI pattI meM Theine nAmaka rAsAyanika bhI pAyA gayA hai, jo siradarda, zarIra ke darda aura snAyujanya pIr3A meM bhI upayogI siddha huA hai| cAya meM TainIna (Tannin) nAmaka eka kaSailA (Astringent) dravya bhI pAyA jAtA hai| jaba cAya lambe samaya taka pAnI meM ubAlI jAtI hai, athavA ThaMDI hone para cAya ko punaHubAlA jAtA hai, to aise cAya ke pAnI meM TainIna kI mAtrA atyadhika ghula jAtI hai| aisI TaeNnIna yukta cAya zarIra meM viSa kA sA kAma karatI hai / ataH cAya ko lambe samaya taka pAnI meM ubAla kara pInA hAniprada hai| isase bhUkha baMda sI ho jAtI hai / hAjamA bigar3a jAtA hai| 462 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ pAnI meM adhika dera taka cAya ko ubAlane se TainIna kA kAr3hA sA bana jAtA hai| aisA kAr3hA TaoNnsIla (Tonsils) ke bar3ha jAne yA gale meM bar3he hue dAnoM ke lie kulle (Gargle) ke rUpa meM upayogI mAnA gayA hai| isake kasaile prabhAva se TaoNnsIla yA gale ke sUjanamaya dAne sikur3ane lagate haiN| TaoNnsIla va dAnejanya khAMsI zAnta hone lagatI hai| cAya meM kaI prakAra ke viTAmina bhI pAye jAte haiN| inase carma kA raMga nikharatA hai| vaha lacIlA evaM sundara banatA hai| cAya pasInA lAkara carma ke roma-chidroM kI saphAI kara DAlatI hai| cAya banAne kA tarIkA pAnI ke acchI taraha se ubala jAne ke pazcAt usameM cAya kI pattiyAM DAla kara usa bartana ke muha ko acchI taraha Dhaka deM aura use turanta cUlhe se nIce utAra leN| ubale hue isa pAnI kI bhApa se cAya pattiyoM kA sAra-aMza pAnI meM ghula jAtA hai| pAMca-sAta minaTa bAda ise chAna leM aura isameM garama dUdha evaM cInI milA deN| cAya taiyAra hai| aisI huI cAya svAsthya ke lie lAbhaprada hai, isameM hAni kI saMbhAvanA bahuta hI kama rahatI hai| cAya ke pAnI meM adhika raMga yA lAlI lAne kI dRSTi se cUlhe para cAya ko pAnI meM ubAlate rahanA ucita nhiiN| isase usameM TainIna kI mAtrA bar3ha jAtI hai, jo zarIra ke lie hAniprada hai| cAya ko sugandhita evaM svAdiSTa banAne hetu ubalate pAnI meM ilAyacI, sauMTha, kAlI mirca, teja pattI Adi kA mahIna pAuDara yA cUrNa ati alpa mAtrA meM milAyA jA sakatA hai| yaha mizraNa cAya ko svAsthya kI dRSTi se adhika lAbhaprada banA detA hai| . cAya ke garama pAnI meM dUdha aura cInI ke sthAna para kAgajI nIMbU (Lemon) kA rasa milAkara pInA madhu-meha (Diabetes) ke rogI ke lie lAbhakara hai| cAya-pAna ke saMbaMdha meM ati-mAtrA sarvathA tyAjya hai / cAya dina bhara meM sirpha do daphe (subaha evaM dopahara meM) pInA ucita hai aura vaha bhI eka bAra meM eka kapa se adhika nhiiN| kAma karate samaya adhika zArIrika va mAnasika thakAvaTa kA anubhava hone para eka kapa atirikta cAya lI jA sakatI hai / cAya pIne ke pahale kucha alpAhAra avazya kreN| khAlI peTa cAya pInA khataranAka hai| rAta meM sote samaya cAya pInA ucita nhiiN| isase rAta meM bAra-bAra pezAba karane ke lie uThanA par3atA hai aura gaharI nIMda nahIM A paatii| zarIra kI nimna sthitiyoM meM cAya pInA upayogI hai :0 sira-darda evaM zarIra saMbaMdhI sAdhAraNa pIr3A-darda meM / 0 sardI-jukAma janya becainI meM / 0 kAma karate samaya mAnasika va zArIrika thakAvaTa kA anubhava hone para sphUrti evaM ___tAjagI lAne kI dRSTi se / 0 gaThiyA roga (Rheumatism) meM / adhika bAra yA adhika mAtrA meM cAya pInA nimna rogoM ko nimantraNa denA hai : khaMDa 4, aMka 7-8 463
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________________ * hRdaya spandana meM vRddhi ( Palpitation of the Heart) hRdaya roga vAle sajjana yathAsambhava cAya pIne se bceN| 44 * agnimandatA - adhika cAya pIne se bhUkha mara-sI jAtI hai| khAne kI icchA hI nahIM rahatI / apaca kI zikAyata rahatI hai / * anidrA ( Sleeplessness) adhika mAtrA meM cAya pIne vAloM ko gaharI nIMda nahIM AtI / nIMda ke abhAva meM subaha uThane para tAjagI kA anubhava nahIM hotA / uThate hI beDa TI (Bed Tea) mile to bichaunA chor3e / 0 kabja --- malAvarodha (Constipation ) / adhika cAya pIne vAloM kA mala sUkhane lagatA hai / mala kI goliyAM sI baMdha jAtI haiM / peTa pUrI taraha kabhI sApha nahIM ho pAtA / julAba le-lekara peTa kI saphAI karanI par3atI hai / I kahA jAtA hai ki bhArata ke RSi muniyoM ne soma rasa (eka prakAra kA madhura madya ) pAna kara-kara ke sundara granthoM ( sundara sAhitya ) kI racanA kI thI / Aja ke cAya- yuga meM cAya pI-pIkara, kavi, sAhityakAra utkRSTa sAhitya kI racanA karate haiM / rAjanaitika evaM sAmAjika netA gaNa prabhAvazAlI uttejaka bhASaNa dekara janatA ko AkarSita kara rahe haiM / TIcara, prophesara klAsa rUma meM chAtroM ko apanI vidvatA kA paricaya de rahe haiM / citrakAra evaM kalAkAra kalAtmaka sAmagrI kA nirmANa kara rahe haiM / vyApArI varga apane grAhakoM ko cAya pilA - pilA kara UMce dAmoM meM apanA mAla vikraya kara rahe haiM / vAstava meM Aja ke isa cAya - yuga meM cAya kA sarvatra bolabAlA hai / ataH aba cAya-pAna ko eka nirdoSa peya mAna liyA gayA hai / hamAre priya pradhAna maMtrI morArajI bhAI ne madya-pAna para to rukAvaTa jarUra lagAI hai, parantu cAya-pAna para rukAvaTa lagAne kI himmata zAyada ve na kara sakeM / I 10:1 tulasI- prazA
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________________ eka sandeza : yuvApIDhI ke nAma ku0 mukeza jaina saMsAra meM yadi koI kaThina sAdhanA hai, to vaha yaha hai ki manuSya jIvana pAkara vAstavika insAna bananA / mAnava yadi manuSyatva ko jIvana meM dhAraNa kare, to mAnava janma dhAraNa karane ke uddezya ko svataH pA jAtA hai| jaina Agama uttarAdhyayana-sUtra meM manuSyatva ke laukika, AdhyAtmika mahattva ko abhivyakta karate hue kahA gayA hai ki manuSyatva mUladhana hai| manuSya ke dvArA mAnavatA, naitikatA aura santoSa ko apanA lene se parivAra aura samAja kA svataH vikAsa ho jAtA hai / yadi eka jhoMpar3I meM rahane vAle vyakti kA rahana-sahana, AcAra-vicAra, kupravRttiyoM se mukta para-kalyANa kI bhAvanA para AdhArita hai, to usakA jIvana, parivAra sabhI nirantara laukika sukha-zAnti ke patha para agrasara hotA jAtA hai| yadi bhautika vastuoM evaM dhana sampatti se yukta eka parivAra meM rahane vAle vyaktiyoM ke caritra meM bhraSTatA, anaitikatA, amAnavatA vyApta hotI hai, vaha parivAra acchA to ho hI nahIM sakatA hai, nisaMdeha vaha alpa kAla meM hI patana ke garta meM calA jAtA hai| parivAra meM prema-prIti kA vAtAvaraNa bhI Avazyaka hai / jisa parivAra meM prema-prIti na ho, aise parivAra meM jaina muni ko bhikSA lene hetu na jAne kA nirdeza kiyA gayA hai / parivAra, samAja aura rASTra ke nirantara vikAsa ke lie nayI pIr3hI ke jIvana ko dekhanA hogaa| nayI pIr3hI aura purAnI pIr3hI meM vicAroM kA eka saMgharSa calatA rahatA hai| Aja kI Adhunika pIr3hI ko sahI digdarzana kI AvazyakatA hai| nayI pIr3hI meM vyApta burAiyoM ko dekhate haiM to dRSTigocara hotA hai ki Aja kI nayI pIr3hI zrama-sAdhanA se dUra haTatI jA rahI hai / Aja kA navayuvaka dUdha to pInA cAhatA hai, parantu gobara uThAne meM use apane hAthoM ke gande ho jAne kA bhaya banA rahatA hai / vaha svAdiSTa khAdya padArthoM ke sevana ke lie lAlAyita rahatA hai, parantu gehU~ pisavAne meM apamAna samajhatA hai| Aja ke yuvaka-yuvatiyA~ hAthoM se kAma karanA eka ochI bAta samajhane lage haiN| vastutaH kisI bhI acche phala dene vAle zramasAdhya kArya ko choTA samajhanA ghaTiyApana hai, kyoMki koI bhI kArya manuSya ko nimna nahIM banAtA, koI zrama karane se choTA nahIM ho jAtA hai, aisI dhAraNA hI manuSya kA vikAsa kara sakatI hai| pAzcAtya prabhAva se yukta taruNa-taruNiyAM hoTaloM, klaboM, sinemAoM meM jAkara nayI khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 465
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________________ saMskRti aura sabhyatA ke pAlana kA DhiMDhorA pITate hue, bhautika vastuoM ke upabhoga ke kSaNika sukhoM meM lIna ho jAte haiN| ye kSaNika sukha mAnava ko zAnti aura saMtoSa pradAna na kara jIvana meM eka vicitra azAnti bhara dete haiN| Aja dekhate haiM ki bar3e-bar3e padoM para niyukta DAkTaroM, prophesaroM, injIniyaroM Adi meM bhI azAnti aura nirAzA vyApta hai| bhautikatA aura kAma-bhogoM kI kAmanA vAle isa camaka-damaka ke yuga meM manuSya khokhalI, asthAyI, garvamada se bharI jhUThI ijjata ke cakra meM lage rahate haiN| isakA kAraNa Aja ke mAnava kA AdhyAtmika evaM Atmika jJAna se vihIna honA hai / AtmA ko AdhyAtmikatA se hI nirogI banAyA jA sakatA hai| apane prAcIna dharmazAstroM, AcAra-vicAra ke sAhityoM meM nirdiSTa AdhyAtmikatA aura naitikatA ko jIvana kA aMga banAkara parama zAnti prApta kI jA sakatI hai| manuSya ko jIvana meM AdhyAtmikatA aura naitikatA ke sAtha-sAtha niSkAma bhAva se yukta puruSArtha kI bhI atyAdhika AvazyakatA hai| utsAha se yukta puruSArthI banakara parivAra, rASTra aura samAja kA kalyANa kiyA jA sakatA hai| bauddhagrantha dhammapada' meM bhI upadezita kiyA gayA hai-"utsAha amRtatva kA mArga hai, Alasya mRtyu kA mArga hai| Alasya rahita vyakti mRtyu-daNDa ko prApta nahIM hote, kintu jo AlasI haiM, ve to pahale se hI mare hue ke samAna haiN|" bhUta-bhaviSya kI cintA kiye binA utsAha se puruSArtha karanA hI mAnava dharma hai| bauddha "mugapakkha jAtaka"4 kI gAthA meM kahA gayA hai ki bhaviSya sambandhI saMkalpa-vikalpa uThAne vAlA, bhUta kI cintA karane vAlA mUrkha vyakti kaTe hue bAMsake samAna sUkhatA rahatA hai| ___ bhautika yuga kA yaha mAnava apane svArthoM meM itanA andhA ho gayA hai ki use apane atirikta kucha bhI dikhAI nahIM par3atA hai tathA apanI svArthapUrti hetu kabhI dharma, kabhI jAti, kabhI bhASA ke nAma para lar3atA rahatA hai| kyA lar3ane ke lie hI manuSya kA janma huA hai ? manuSya yadi kisI ke lie phUloM ko juTAne meM akSama hai to dUsaroM ke mArga meM use kAMTe bichAne kA adhikAra kahAM se milA hai| yadi kisI ko amRta nahIM pilA sakate haiM, to jahara bhI usake lie nahIM juTAnA cAhie / kisI ke jIvana ko candana se sugandhita nahIM kara sakate haiM, to usake jIvana meM gandagI bhI nahIM bharanI caahiye| dUsaroM kA ahita socane vAlA eka dina svayaM hI kaSToM se ghira jAtA hai / mAnava apane svArthoM kI pUrti hetu sabhI sAmAjika paramparAoM ko tor3ane meM jarA bhI hicakicAhaTa nahIM rakhatA hai| navayuvaka to svatantra vikAsa kA bahAnA banAkara sAmAjika vyavasthAoM ko tor3ane meM apanA parama kartavya hI samajhane lage haiN| parantu sAmAjika paramparAoM kA nirvAha karate hue, parakalyANa ko jIvana kA uddezya banAkara, dharmayukta, utsAhapUrNa, sva-icchAoM para niyaMtraNa karate hue, parivAra, samAja aura rASTra ke vikAsa meM yogadAna dene vAle jIvana kA nirvAha karanA cAhiye / yauvana meM unmukta na hokara, viveka aura buddhi se sAmAnya kaThinAiyoM kA nivAraNa kara, kupravRttiyoM kA parityAga kara eka Adarza sthApita karanA caahie| - krodha, mAna, mada, rAga-dveSa, hiMsA, surAsevana Adi vinAzaka burAiyoM kA parityAga ahiMsA, satya, acaurya, brahmacarya, aparigraha mahAvratoM ko jIvana meM dhAraNa kara madhura-bhASI, 466 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ vinamra, udAra, saMyamI, parAkramI hokara utsAhapUrvaka jIvana-nirvAha parama sukha kI ora le jAne vAlA mArga hai / bAharI sajAvaTa, khokhale ADambara, nirarthaka karmakANDa sadaiva hI patana kI ora le jAte haiM / zuddha AcaraNa se sarvasva prApta kiyA jA sakatA hai, isase saMskRti tathA sabhyatA kI surakSA kI jA sakatI hai| vizuddha bhAvanAyeM hI yazasvI banA sakatI haiN| pratyeka acchA kArya yathA--paropakAra, tyAga aura dAna hI bhava-bhavAntara taka sAtha jAne vAle haiN| sugandhi bAMTane se hI sugandhi milatI hai, dharma, utsAha, zuddha-AcaraNa, parAkrama, saMyama, santoSa, svAtmA kA avalokana, parakalyANa kI bhAvanA ho to bhautikatA ke sthAna para AdhyAtmikatA kA sthAyI sUrya navapIr3hI ke jIvana meM sthAyI zAnti kA prakAza bhara sakatA hai| burjuA pIr3hI ko bhI sabhI doSoM ke lie navayuvakoM ko doSI na ThaharA kara sahI digdarzana, prema ke dvArA naitika AdarzoM se yukta samAja kI sthApanA karanI caahie| na jAne kitane taruNa kala ke gautama, gA~dhI, mahAvIra, candanabAlA, IsAmasIha, sItA, nAnaka aura pannAdhAya bneNge| yauvana ko sahI digdarzana kI AvazyakatA hotI hai| maharSi bAlmIki ne yauvana avasthA ko mahAn saMkaTa mAnA hai| ataH taruNa varga meM chipI apAra zakti ko sahI mArga para le jAkara isI dharA para hI svarga sthApita kiyA jA sakatA hai| Apasa meM samanvaya sthApita kara hara paristhiti meM sAmya-bhAva se sukhI rahane kI jIvana-sAdhanA hI hamArA parama lakSya ho, tabhI parivAra, samAja aura rASTra kA kalyANa ho skegaa| 1. mANusattaM bhave mUlaM, uttarajjhayaNANi (uttarAdhyayana sUtra) saM0-muni nathamala, saMskaraNa 1967, kalakattA, 7/16 / 2. aciyatta kulaM na pavise, ciyattaM pavise kulaM / dasaveAliyaM taha uttarajjhayaNANi sa0-muni nathamala, kalakattA, 5/17 / 3. appamAdo amatapadaM, pamAdo maccuno padaM / appamattA na mIyanti, ye pamattA yathA matA // dhammapada, sampAdaka evaM anuvAdaka-satya prakAza zarmA, saMskaraNa 1972, meraTha, 2/1 / 4. jAtaka SaSTham, sampAdaka vI0 phaoNsabala, saMskaraNa 1660 landana, gA0 60 pR025| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 467
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________________ samAcAra-darzana rAjaladesara maryAdA-mahotsava maiM mahAprajJa muni zrI nathamala terApantha ke dasaveM AcArya ghoSita rAjaladesara meM Ayojita 115veM maryAdA mahotsava ke avasara para AcArya zrI tulaso apane vidvAn ziSya mani zrI nathamala jI ko apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kiyaa| munizrI kI prakhara medhA, sUkSmatama gaharAiyoM meM paiThane kI zakti, guru ke prati ekalavya jaisA samarpaNa bhAva aura AcAra niSThA ne Apako jJAna, darzana aura cAritra ke zikhara para pratiSThita kiyA hai / Apa hindI, saMskRta evaM prAkRta ke manISI vidvAna haiN| aba taka Apake lagabhaga eka sau grantha prakAzita ho cuke haiM / Apa saMskRta ke Azukavi haiN| Tamakaura (rAja.) meM san 1920 meM janme; munizrI san 1930 meM dIkSita hue; san 1963 meM nikAya-saciva bane; san 1978 meM mahAprajJa' upAdhi se vibhUSita hue aura aba dinAMka 3 pharavarI, 1976 ko yuvAcArya ghoSita kie gae haiN| sAdhvI pramukhA kamakaprabhA jI "mahAzramaNI" vizeSaNa se alaMkRta rAjaladesara meM Ayojita 115veM maryAdA mahotsava para AcAryazrI tulasI ne sAdhvI pramukhA kanakaprabhA jI kI sevAoM kA mUlyAMkana karate hue kahA--sAdhvI pramukhA koI AcArya na hone para bhI AcArya-pravRti kA pUrA dAyitva kuzalatApUrvaka nibhA rahI haiN| sAta sAla ke svalpa samaya meM hI inhoMne samUce samAja ke hRdaya ko jIta liyA, yaha pratyakSa hai| inakI sahaja vinamratA, AcAra-kauzala aura sevA-bhAvanA se maiM prasanna huuN| ataH maiM inako Aja mahAzramaNI vizeSaNa se alaMkRta karatA huuN| - kamaleza caturvedI yuvAcAryazrI kA abhinandana munizrI mahendra kumAra jI ___saMyojakIya vaktavya meM munizrI mahendra kumAra jI ne kahA-yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM zrI mahAprajJa jI ke pratiSThApana se samasta adhyAtma-jagat ko eka naI cetanA prApta huI hai| bhautikatA kI bAr3ha ko rokane ke lie AcAryapravara ne eka sudRDha bAMdha banA kara sAre yuga 468 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ ko bacAyA hai / lagatA hai, yuvAcArya ke nirvAcana ke samaya svayaM AcArya bhikSu AcAryazrI tulasI ke rUpa meM prakaTa the / 4 pharavarI 76 ko rAjaladesara meM yuvAcAryazrI ke abhinandana samAroha meM vyakta vibhinna vaktAoM ke vaktavyoM se kucha cune hue udgAra yahAM prastuta haiM-- yuvAcArya zrI ke sahapAThI munizrI buddhamala jI munizrI ne saMtoM kI ora se abhinandana patra bheMTa karate hue kahA ki - Aja prAtaHkAla kI ghaTanA hai / jaba maiM apane kamare meM thA to yuvAcArya sIdhe mere kamare meM A gaye aura mujhe kahA- tuma to mere sAthI ho / merA hAtha pakar3akara AcAryazrI ke pAsa le gaye | AcAryazrI ne jo zabda pharamAye, unako sunakara maiM gadgad ho gyaa| bolane kI icchA hote hue bhI nahIM bola pAyA / sudAmA zrIkRSNa ke pAsa cAvala lekara gaye the / aba maiM kyA dUM, jaba dvArakAdhIza svayaM ghara A gaye haiM / mere pAsa cAvala nahIM haiM, yaha abhinandana patra hai, use Apako samarpita karatA hU~ / sAdhvIpramukhA mahAzramaNI zrI kanakaprabhA jI zramaNI saMgha kI ora se sAdhvI pramukhA jI ne yuvAcAryazrI ko abhinandana patra bheMTa karate hue kahA ki -- viziSTa vyakti kA dina hotA hai to usake viSaya meM samAcAra-patroM meM carcA kI jAtI hai / yuvAcArya kI niyukti apratyAzita huI hai, phira bhI mAsika kAdambanI ke pharavarI aMka meM bhAI kamaleza caturvedI dvArA likhita eka lekha hai, jisameM yuvAcArya ke jIvana kI jhalaka Apako par3hane ko milegI / sAdhvIzrI saMghaprabhA jI Aja maiM apanI janmabhUmi meM isa prakAra kA mahotsava dekhakara pramudita ho rahI hU~ / jinhoMne yaha mahotsava nahIM dekhA, saMbhavataH ve Age bhI aisA mahotsava nahIM dekha pAyeMge / sArA vAtAvaraNa utsAha se praphullita ho rahA hai / sAdhvIzrI kamalazrI kora gA~va ko loga nahIM pahacAnate the / usakI pahacAna munizrI nathamala jI ke nAma se hotI thI / munizrI zrIcandra jI kala kA dRzya dekhakara merA mana prasannatA se bhara gyaa| dUsarI ora mujhe riktatA kI anubhUti ho rahI hai / merA eka mAtra jo AdhAra thA, Aja vaha AdhAra vyApaka bana gayA / munizrI sAgaramala jI 'zramaNa' mujhe kala maukA milanA cAhie thA, nahIM milA / usa abhAva ke lie maiM gadgad hU~ aura isa Ananda ke lie mUka abhinandana karatA hU~ / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 466
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________________ munizrI gulAbacandra jI "nirmohI' Aja mujhe prasannatA hai / yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI apanI mahAprajJatA kA prasAda yugoMyugoM taka janatA ko bA~Tate raheM, yahI isa avasara para maMgala kAmanA hai| munizrI jaMvarImala jI kazIza amala meM gara ho to jahAna jhukatA hai| garajatA hai abhra jaba, khuda hI nAca uThatA hai mora // 1 // abhra ke garajane para gara nahIM nAcatA hai mora to samajha lo vo mora nahIM hai, hai koI aura // 2 // jinako zAsana kA tAja banAyA gayA vo darasala vemisla hai / jinako itanA UMcA uThAyA gayA, vo sabakI nigAha meM kAbila hai // 3 // gulistAne jahA~ meM phUla to haiM jA bajA lekina / jo apanI bU se karade masta vaha hara gula nahIM hotA // 4 // merA dila to hai sayadA, isa camana ke aise phUloM pr| (ki) jinameM raMga bhI ho, husna bhI ho aura bU bhI // 5 // o rAhI rAhe haka para dina rAta calatA jA tUM / sarasabja gula kI mAniMda hara vakta phalatA jA tUM // 6 // zrI khemacanda seThiyA AcArya pravara ne jo nirNaya liyA hai, usase hama sabako apAra prasannatA hai| sArA samAja prasannatA se jhUma uThA hai| paNDAla bhI khuzI ke kAraNa Upara uchala gyaa| AcAryapravara ko yuvarAja pada gaMgApura kI hiraNoM kI havelI meM milA thA, jisase ApakI gati hiraNoM kI taraha teja rahI hai / Aja yuvAcArya kA cunAva nAharoM kI havelI meM huA hai| isaliye ye bhI nAharoM kI taraha gUMjate rheNge| zrI mohanalAla kaThotiyA, adhyakSa-Avarbha sAhitya saMgha evaM saMyojaka-adhyAtma sAdhanA kendra dillI ___ AcAryazrI mahAn dUradraSTA haiM / Apane yuvAcArya pada para mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala ko AsIna karake hamAre dharmasaMgha kI nIMva pAtAla taka pahuMcA dI hai|...... samAja ke variSTha kAryakartA zrI hanumAnamala jI baiMgAnI hama bar3e hI bhAgyazAlI haiM, jinheM itanA sundara avasara dekhane ko milaa| maiM bAra-bAra ApakA abhinandana karatA huA yahI prArthanA karatA hU~ ki hamAre parivAra para ApakI kRpAdRSTi banI rhe| zrI zrIcanda jI baiMgAnI, mantrI-jana vizva bhAratI, lADanU .."maiM jaina vizva bhAratI parivAra kI ora se AcAryazrI kA abhinandana karatA huuN|... 470 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ zrI kanhaiyAlAla chAjer3a, adhyakSa-akhila bhAratIya te0 .0 pariSada tana se, avasthA se aura cintana se yuvAcArya yuvaka haiN| isalie yuvakoM kI ora se eka yuvaka kA abhinandana karate hue gaurava kI anubhUti kara rahA huuN| suprasiddha patrakAra zrI jayadeva goyala bIkAnera se rAjaladesara kI rela yAtrA meM kAdambinI pharavarI aMka dekhane ko milaa| panne ulaTate hue najara bhAI kamaleza caturvedI ke lekha "vaha eka padayAtrI" para aTaka gii| par3hakara mana meM na jAne kyoM eka atulita Ananda kI anubhUti ho rahI thii| rAjaladesara meM vaha Ananda zataguNita ho uThA jaba AcAryapravara ne mahAprajJa munizrI nathamala jI ko apanA uttarAdhikArI ghoSita kiyaa| yadi isa aitihAsika evaM abhUtapUrva avasara ko na dekhatA to jindagI bhara apane ko mApha na kara paataa| samAja ke variSTha kAryakartA zrI zubhakaraNa dasANI yaha sundara dRzya dekhakara maiM bhAva-vibhora ho rahA huuN| kyA kahUM ? mujhe gosvAmI tulasIdAsa kI vaha paMkti yAda A rahI hai-girA anayana nayana binu bAnI : jihvA ke nayana nahIM haiM aura nayanoM ke jIbha nahIM hai| isa punIta avasara para sirpha eka bAta kahanA cAhatA huuN| pada ko pAkara vyakti gauravAnvita hotA hai, parantu kabhI-kabhI vyakti ko pAkara pada zobhita hotA hai / Aja yaha yuvAcArya kA pada bhI mahAprajJa ko pAkara dhanya ho rahA hai / ... yuvaka kAryakattA zrI gulAbacanda jI caNDAliyA, rAjaladesara hama rAjaladesara vAsiyoM kI prasannatA kA Aja koI ThikAnA nahIM hai| AcAryavara ne mahatI kRpA karake hameM eka sAtha do-do avasara pradAna kiye| bRhad maryAdA mahotsava ke sAtha hI yuvAcArya kA garimApUrNa pada bhI rAjaladesara kI dharatI para pradAna kiyA gyaa| maiM apanI ora se tathA samasta rAjaladesara vAsiyoM kI ora se zraddhAspada AcAryapravara tathA yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jI kA zata-zata abhinandana karatA huuN| mahAprajJa kI kahAnI janatA kI jubAnI zrI jaina zvetAmbara terApaMthI sabhA, udayapura kI ora se yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa abhinandana samAroha kA samAyojana munizrI sAgaramala jI 'zramaNa' ke sAnnidhya meM terApaMthI sabhA bhavana meM kiyA gyaa| jisameM zahara ke gaNamAnya nAgarikoM ke alAvA bauddhika, sAhityakAra, patrakAra bar3I saMkhyA meM upasthita the| zahara ke vibhinna vargoM ke logoM ne zraddhA-sumana prastuta kie| isa kAryakrama meM bambaI sUrata Adi mahAnagaroM ke loga bhI upasthita the| zrI kamalacanda sogAnI udayapura vizvavidyAlaya ke darzana vibhAga ke adhyakSa prophesara zrI kamalacanda sogAnI ne yuvAcAryazrI kA abhinandana karate hue kahA-jaba maiMne munizrI nathamala jI ko yuvAcArya khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 471
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________________ pada pradAna karane kI ghoSaNA sunI taba mujhe koI Azcarya nahIM huaa| kyoMki merI to apanI dRr3ha dhAraNA banI huI thii| AcAryazrI tulasI svayaM mahAna haiM unakI dRSTi mahAna hai aura unakA yaha nirNaya atyanta dUradarzitApUrNa hai| AcAryazrI tulasI ne jaina dharma aura jaina darzana ke kalyANa kA bhagIratha kArya kiyA hai| AcAryazrI kevala terApaMtha ke AcArya ke rUpa meM hI nahIM jAne jAte haiM balki jaina dharma ke AcArya ke rUpa meM jAne jAte haiM / maiM AcAryazrI ko jIvanta vyaktitva vAlA mAnatA huuN| maiM kyA sArA mAnava samAja hI unheM usa rUpa meM mAnatA hai| Apane Age kahA--munizrI nathamala jI se merA sambandha san 60 se hai| maiMne unheM vividha rUpoM meM dekhA hai| rAjasthAna tathA anya prAMtoM meM baiTha kara unase carcA, vicAra manthana kA avasara upalabdha hotA rahA hai| maiMne unake jIvana meM eka anokhI bAta paaii| san 60 se pahale maiM jaina darzana ke vizruta nyAyavid paMDita cainasukhadAsa jI se jaina darzana evaM jaina nyAya kA adhyayana kiyA karatA thaa| paMDita jI ne hI pahale-pahala mujhe muni nathamala jI ke bAre meM baataayaa| paMDita jI bhI munizrI ke vyaktitva se atyadhika prabhAvita the / munizrI nathamala jI hamezA vikAsa kI sIr3hiyoM ko pAra karate rahe haiM / yoM kahanA cAhie ve vikAsavAna vyaktitva ke dhanI rahe haiM / unakA jIvana kabhI ThaharA nahIM / jo Thahara jAtA hai, vaha samApta ho jAtA hai| DA0 sogAnI ne Age kahA-AcAryazrI tulasI kA saMgha gatimAna dharma saMgha hai| usa saMgha ke eka sitAre muni nathamala jI hai / maiMne unheM haradama nae rUpa meM dekhA hai jaba-jaba bhI merA milana huA taba-taba maiMne nikhare vyaktitva ke rUpa meM paayaa| kaI bAra to maiM soca bhI nahIM pAtA thA kyA sacamuca pichalI bAra jina muni nathamala ko dekhA thA kyA maiM unheM hI dekha rahA hUM yA koI dUsare ko| Apane munizrI nathamala jI ke mukhya tIna rUpoM kA varNana karate hue batAyA-pahalepahala maiMne unheM dArzanika ke rUpa meM dekhA / unako darzana kI gaharI gutthiyoM ko sulajhAte hue kitanI hI bAra maiMne nikaTa se parakhA hai| unakA aNuvrata darzana maiMne par3hA mujhe pratIta huA yaha aNuvrata darzana hai yA vizva darzana / ve kisI vizvavidyAlaya meM nahIM par3he haiM, na kahIM ve prophesara rahe haiM, phira kaise ve itanI gaharAI meM pahuMca jAte haiN| maiM samajha nahIM pAyA sacamuca meM ve janmajAta pratibhAvAn haiN| AcAryazrI tulasI se muni nathamala ko maiM alaga nahIM dekha sakatA / yadi maiM alaga dekhane kI dhRSTatA karU to maiM nahIM jAnatA unameM kyA bcegaa| unakA dUsarA rUpa hai-AgamajJa kA / Agama hara jaina muni ko par3hanA hotA hai para Agama meM Agamana karanA alaga bAta hai| jo Agama meM Agamana karatA hai use mahAvIra ke yuga meM jAnA hotA hai, yaha merI dRr3ha mAnyatA hai| yuvAcArya mahAprajJa dvArA saMpAdita AcArAMga kA anuvAda maiMne par3hA / maiMne aneka bAra aneka saMtoM dvArA saMpAdita AcArAMga par3he haiM para maiM kabhI gaharAI se samajha nahIM skaa| isa bAra maiMne Apa dvArA saMpAdita AcArAMga par3hA, merA mana tarotAjA ho uThA / unhoMne AcArAMga ko sUtrAtmaka zailI meM prastuta kiyA hai / jaba taka hamArI dRSTi sUtrAtmaka rUpa meM nahIM jA pAegI, taba taka hama AcArAMga ko nahIM samajha skte| 472 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ AcArAMga meM eka sUtra hai-"umra bIta rahI hai yauvana bIta rahA hai" yadi hamArI dRSTi parimArjita evaM dUragAmI nahIM hai hama isa sUtra ke rahasya ko nahIM jAna sakate / maiM to yaha mAnatA hUM muni nathamala hI eka aise haiM jo isa Agama kA saMpAdana kara sakate hoM, dUsare ke bala bUte kA kAma nahIM hai / unakA tIsarA rUpa hai--dhyAna yogii| ____ DA0 sogAnI ne gaMgAzahara cAturmAsa kI carcA karate hue kahA-hama aneka vidvAna gaMgAzahara meM AcAryazrI tulasI ke sAnnidhya meM samupasthita hue| jaina vizva-koza kI carcA huI, baiThakeM huii| una baiThakoM meM muni nathamala hameM najara nahIM aae| jaba-jaba bhI hama AcArya zrI ke pAsa upasthita hote the taba-taba hameM muni nathamala Age milate para isa bAra isake viparIta ho rahA thaa| mere mana meM saMdeha utpanna huaa| maiMne socA zAyada isa bAra muni nathamala jI kahIM alaga cAturmAsa kara rahe haiN| maiMne apane sAthiyoM se carcA kii| kisI ne AcAryazrI tulasI se pUchA-munizrI nathamala jI kahA~ haiM ? AcAryapravara ne kahA- Ajakala ve dhyAna kI atala gaharAiyoM meM pahuMca rahe haiN| mana meM jijJAsA huI munizrI se milanA caahie| dalasukha bhAI mAlavANiyA, TAMTiyA jI tathA maiM tInoM samaya nirdhArita kara muni nathamala jI ke pAsa phuNce| maiMne dekhate hI munizrI se nivedana kiyA--mujhe to kucha gar3abar3a najara AtI hai / munizrI cauMke aura bole-kaise? maiMne kahA-aba AgamoM ko kauna par3hegA? kauna darzana kI naI dena degA ? munizrI ne tatkAla kahA-dhyAna yoga kA kArya karatA huA maiM usa kArya ko aura bArIkI se kara sakUgA / maiM sunakara avAk thaa| DA0 sogAnI ne Age kahA-yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jI ne darzana se cala kara dhyAna taka kI yAtrA sampanna kI hai| mahAvIra dhyAna se calakara darzana taka pahuMce the| mahAprajJa jI ne mahAvIra se ulTA krama apanAyA / ve samAja dRSTi meM bhI pUrNa saphala hoMge kyoMki ve buddhi ke stara se uThe aura anubhava taka pahuMce haiN| anekoM ke mastiSka meM eka vicAra phira paidA hotA hai-dhyAnayogI saMgha kA netRtva kaise kara sakegA ? hama phira mahAvIra ke yuga meM caleM, mahAvIra bhI to Atma-samAdhi se saMgha meM praviSTa hue the| yadi mahAvIra kA punarAvartana muni nathamala karate haiM to kyA naI bAta hai| yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI dhyAna ke mAdhyama se saMgha kA netRtva bhalI prakAra se kara sakeMge isameM koI saMdeha nahIM hai / maiM hRdaya kI samasta zubhakAmanAkSoM ke sAtha unakA abhinandana karatA huuN| munizrI sAgaramala jI 'zramaNa' munizrI sAgaramala jI ne isa avasara para apane udbodhana sandeza meM kahA kisI bhI sughar3a kRti ko dekhakara usake kuzala kalAkAra kI sahaja smRti ho AtI hai / sevAbhAvI munizrI campAlAla jI kI yAda hama sabako gadgad kara detI hai| ve eka prANavAn puruSa the| unakA jIvana-vyavahAra jitanA mRdu thA, anuzAsana utanA hI kaThora thaa| svargIya bhAI jI mahArAja ke saMrakSaNa meM rahane vAle muniyoM meM AcAryazrI tulasI ke bAda yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa (muni nathamala jI) evaM munizrI buddhamala jI Adi haiN| terApaMtha dharma-saMgha ke jAne-mAne nakSatra jinheM Aja gaurava se dekhate haiM, ve sabhI bhAI jI mahArAja kI saMrakSaNa kI jaMtI meM se nikale haiN| unake anuzAsana kI kharasANa se utarane vAlA eka hIrA Aja khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 473
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________________ kohinUra bana kara jauhariyoM ke hAthoM meM hai / zrI bhAI jI mahArAja kI kalA Aja mukharita ho uThI hai| kAza ! Aja ve hote / AcAryazrI tulasI ke bAda yaha dUsarA vyaktitva hai, jo terApaMtha dharma-saMgha kA netRtva saMbhAla rahA hai| Apane Age kahA-munizrI nathamala jI kA jIvana sarvathA nirvivAda rahA hai AcAryazrI tulasI ne yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa kA nirvAcana kara sahI artha meM sarasvatI kA samAdara kiyA hai| Agama kA samAdara kiyA hai / darzana ko mUrtarUpa meM avatarita kiyA hai| hama hRdaya kI ananyatama bhAvanAoM se unake prati kRtajJa hai / Apane Age kahA--mujhe munizrI nathamala jI ko bahuta nikaTatA se dekhane kA avasara milA hai| anekoM AyAmoM meM ve mur3e haiM, aura nikhare haiN| unake anekoM rUpa hamAre sAmane Aye haiM / hara sthAna para hamane unheM cintanazIla pAyA hai| ve rahasyavAdI haiN| caitanya ke nikaTa pahuMcane vAlI vibhUtiyoM meM hai / hama unakA abhinandana kina zabdoM meM kareM yahA~ Akara zabda nizabda ho jAte haiN| bhAva-vibhora mAnasa unheM aMtara kI A~khoM se jhA~kane lagatA hai| ve pAradarzI haiM / unake netRtva ko pA terApaMtha dharma-saMgha nihAla ho uThA hai| munizrI vinayakumAra jI Aloka' munizrI nathamala jI ko hama aneka rUpoM meM dekha rahe haiN| unakA pahalA rUpa hai dArzanika kA, cintaka evaM vicAraka kA / dUsarA rUpa vizuddha sAhitya sevI kA aura bhI aneka rUpoM meM hama unheM bA~Ta sakate haiM para mujhe unakA sabase prabhAvita karane vAlA jo rUpa lagA vaha hai unakA AcAryazrI ke prati samarpita bhaav| AcAryapravara ne bhI manonayana ke avasara para apane pravacana meM kahA thA---'muni nathamala hamezA se samarpita rahA hai|' sacamuca ve utane hI samarpita the, jitanA hara vyakti apane Apako kara nahIM sktaa| phira eka bauddhika aura cintaka vyakti kA samarpita honA apane Apa meM vizeSatA rakhatA hai| ___ Age Apane kahA- munizrI nathamala jI kI milana-sAritA abhUtapUrva hai| jaba-jaba bhI milanA huA hai, unhoMne aisA AtmIyatA kA bhAva darzAyA jisase sahaja hI vyakti abhibhUta ho jAtA hai| zrI devIlAla jI sAmara antarrASTrIya khyAti prApta bhAratIya loka kalA maNDala ke saMsthApaka evaM nidezaka zrI devIlAla sAmara ne apane adhyakSIya bhASaNa meM kahA--munizrI nathamala jI se merA saMbaMdha bahuta gaharA rahA hai / atIta meM jhA~kate hue zrI sAmara jI ne kahA-bIsa varSa pUrva maiM AcAryazrI tulasI se prabhAvita nahIM thA tathA mana meM kucha saMdeha bhI the| mere mana kI bAta AcAryazrI ke pAsa phuNcii| unhoMne mujhe yAda kiyaa| maiM Apake caraNoM meM upasthita huA, para prabhAvita nahIM ho sakA / kaI bAra Ane-jAne kA krama bnaa| vikrama saM0 2016 meM AcAryapravara kA cAturmAsa udayapura meM huaa| AcAryapravara ne mujhe punaH yAda kiyA / maiM upasthita hotA rahA maiMne eka roja AcAryazrI se nivedana kiyA-roja-roja nahIM aauuNgaa| AcAryapravara ne kahAroja na sahI ravivAra-ravivAra vyAkhyAna sunnaa| maiM vyAkhyAna sunane ke lie eka-do-tIna ravivAra AyA aura maiM prabhAvita hotA gyaa| aba to maiM niyamita Ane lgaa| AcAryapravara ne mujhe munizrI nathamala jI ko sauMpA / eka dina vArtAlApa ke bIca AcAryapravara ne munizrI 474 tulasI-prajJA
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________________ nathamala jI ko kalA kA adhyayana karane ko kahA / jaina darzana meM kalA kI kyA upayogitA hai AcAryazrI ne Adeza diyA-tuma loka kalA maNDala meM niyamita adhyayana karane jAyA kro| munizrI ne AcAryapravara ke Adeza ko zirodhArya kiyA aura ve Ane lge| munizrI apanI jijJAsAe prastuta karate / maiM unakA samAdhAna karane kI koziza karatA / munizrI ke urvara cintana ke sAmane maiM nata thaa| maiMne eka dina munizrI se kahA-Apa prazna mujhe de deM, kala samAdhAna kruuNgaa| kyoMki merA ahaM bola rahA thaa| jaise-taise dasa dina to maiMne pAra kiye aura gyArahaveM dina merI pola khula gii| maiM AcArya pravara ke pAsa pahuMcA aura nivedana kiyA---Apane merI yaha parIkSA kyoM lI ? Aja se maiM unakA ziSya hUM, ve mere guru haiN| Apane Age kahA- mahAsaMta, krAMtikArI vicAraka, sAdhaka aura vivekazIla manISI haiM / abhI pichale dinoM maiM rUsa ke pradhAnamaMtrI mAnanIya zrI kosIgina ke sammAna meM kaThaputalI nRtya prastuta karane dillI pahuMcA / mujhe nahIM patA thA AcAryapravara dillI meM haiM / maiMne samAcAra patroM meM AcAryapravara ke svAgata ke samAcAra par3he aura maiM daur3A huA aNuvrata vihAra phuNcaa| maiM kucha samaya taka AcAryapravara kI sevA meM baiThA rhaa| AcAryapravara ne kahAmahAprajJa jI ke darzana kro| maiM gadgad thaa| eka AcArya apane ziSya ke prati itanA udAra ho sakatA hai ? mahAprajJa jI se vicAra vimarza cala rahA thaa| unhoMne kahA-aba taka maiMne jitanA aNuvrata ke bAre meM likhA hai aparyApta hai| aba mujhe naye sire se likhanA hogaa| Apane Age kahA--Apa aneka prakAra kI kaThaputaliyoM kA nirmANa kara rahe haiM para dhyAna yoga kI dRSTi se bhI kaThaputaliyoM kA nirmANa honA cAhie / jaba taka hama dhyAna atala gaharAIyoM meM nahIM pahuMceMge taba taka hama yathArtha se anabhijJa rheNge| munizrI kI dUragAmI dRSTi ko dekhakara maiM avAk thA / maiM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI kA zabdoM se nahIM yathArtha ke dharAtala para abhinandana karatA huuN| zrI tejasiMha jI mehatA suprasiddha eDavokeTa tathA jAne mAne cintaka zrI tejasiMha mehatA ne kahA--merA muni zrI nathamala jI se pratyakSa samparka to nahIM rahA, para maiM unakI kRtiyoM kA pAThaka rahA huuN| maiMne muni zrI ke sAhitya meM pAyA hai unake hara zabda kA apanA alaga astitva hotA hai| unakI kucha kRtiyA~ to zrI ravIndranAtha ThAkura se bhI bar3hI-car3hI kahUM to bhI atizayokti nahIM hogii| Apane Age kahA--jo vyakti dhyAnI ho jAtA hai usake sAre kArya hoza pUrvaka hote haiN| muni nathamala jI dhyAna-yogI haiN| unakI pratyeka pravRtti yoga-saMcAlita hogii| sacamuca meM dhyAnI hI vyAvahArika jagata meM jI sakatA hai| dhyAnI jaba Atmastha hotA hai tabhI sahI dizA meM vaha Age bar3hatA hai| Apane Age kahA--bhArata kI dhArmika janatA ke lie yuvAcArya zrI kA cayana lAbhakara hogA munizrI ke kRtitva se na kevala terApaMtha samAja hI lAbhAnvita hogA balki sArA dhArmika jagata unake kartRtva se prabhAvita hogA / prekSA dhyAna ke bAre meM maiMne ina dinoM anekoM vidvAnoM se sunA hai merI bhI jijJAsA bar3hI hai maiM isakA gaharAI se anuzIlana karanA cAhatA hN| dhyAna meM zAstroM kI bAta jIvanta ho jAtI hai| maiM yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa ke ujjvala bhaviSya kI maMgala kAmanA karatA huuN| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 475
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________________ zrI jasavanta siMha kI mehatA jaina samAja ke jAne mAne netA eDavokeTa zrI jasavantasiMha jI mehatA ne itihAsa kI avicchinna kar3iyoM ko jor3ate hue kahA - bhagavAna mahAvIra ke pazcAt AcArya paramparA meM pahale paTTadhara Arya sudharmA svAmI the tathA dUsare jambU svAmI / jambU svAmI ke uttarAdhikArI prabhava svAmI the / prabhava svAmI sabala netRtva ke dhanI the, jaba unhoMne apane pIche najara daur3AI to hajAroM sAdhu sAdhviyoM ke parivAra meM tathA lAkhoM anuyAyiyoM meM apane uttarAdhikArI ke yogya koI najara nahIM AyA / unhoMne itara samAjoM meM dRSTi daur3AI / jJAna bala se jAnA aura pAyA -- mere uttarAdhikArI ke rUpa meM svayaMbhava bhaTTa upayukta hoMge / unhoMne apane do ziSyoM ko samajhAne ke lie bhejaa| ziSyoM ne svayaMbhava ko dekhate hI dUra se kahA - "aho kaSTamaho kaSTaM, tatvaM na jJAyate param " svayaMbhava bhaTTa ne jaba yaha vAkya sunA ve ciMtana karane lage / gaharAI se samajhane kA prayatna kiyA para usakA sUtra hAtha na laga sakA / Akhira ve AcArya prabhava ke pAsa pahuMce / AcArya prabhava ne unheM pratibodha diyA, ziSya banAyA, AgamajJa kiyA aura uttarAdhikArI niyukta kiyaa| yaha aisI ghaTanA hai, yadi hama isa ghaTanA ke pariprekSya meM dekheM to AcAryazrI kitane zaubhAgyazAlI haiM / zAyada unheM kahIM najara daur3Ane kI bhI apekSA nahIM huI hogii| unhoMne eka kohinUra nikAla kara samAja ke sAmane prastuta kara diyA / terApaMtha samAja kA saMgaThana adbhuta hai, alabelA hai / isa prakAra kA saMgaThana hameM kahIM bhI dekhane ko najara nahIM AtA, cAhe ve dhArmika saMgaThana haiM yA sAmAjika athavA rAjanaitika / kharataragaccha kA eka AcArya ho, yaha cintana varSoM se cala rahA hai, para yathArthatA taka nahIM pahuMca pA rahe haiM / munizrI nathamala jI ke nirvAcana se terApaMtha samAja ko hI nahIM samagra jaina samAja ko gaurava hai / zrI rozanalAla caudharI vidyA niketana mAdhyamika vidyAlaya ke pradhAnAdhyApaka zrI rozanalAla caudharI ne kahA - Aja ke ye donoM suyoga adbhuta hai / munizrI sAgaramala jI kA zubhAgamana tathA yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI kA abhinandana / saba logoM ko isa bAta kA Azcarya hotA hai ki AcAryazrI tulasI ne kisI ko binA pUche binA jatAye apane uttarAdhikArI kI niyukti kara DAlI, para ve bhUla jAte haiM yaha terApaMtha dharmasaMgha hai / isa dharmasaMgha meM AcArya kA nirNaya sarvopari hotA hai / kucha vyaktiyoM ne mujhe pUchA- kyA AcAryazrI tulasI kA nirNaya janataMtra yuga meM upayukta mAnA jA sakatA hai ? ve bhUla jAte haiM janataMtra kA kyA matalaba hotA hai / janataMtra kA tAtparya hai saba vyaktiyoM kA jisase hita hotA hai, vahI to janataMtra hai / ke Apane Age kahA- mujhe lagatA hai terApaMtha kI yaha praNAlI rASTrIya svayaM sevaka saMgha ne bhI svIkAra kI hai / vahA~ para bhI manonIta karane kA adhikAra hai / mAnanIya golavalakara sAhaba (gurujI) ke nirNaya ko sabane eka svara se svIkAra kiyA / Apane Age kahA- - jaba jaba bhI maiM AcAryapravara kI sevA meM samupasthita huA hUM, mujhe munizrI nathamala jI ke pAsa ghaMToM baiThane kA avasara milatA rahA hai / unhoMne jisa prakAra se apanatva diyA, use maiM zabdoM vyakta nahIM kara sakatA / ghara-parivAra se lekara rAjanIti aura adhyAtma taka kI carcAe~ tulasI- prajJA 476
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________________ hotI rahI haiM / munizrI nathamala jI kA mahattva prAraMbha se hI thA / sacamuca hama sabakI icchA ko AcAryapravara ne pUrNa kiyA hai| maiM AcAryapravara ko sAdhuvAda detA hUM tathA yuvAcArya jI kA abhinandana karatA hUM / pro0 mahAvIrasiMha muDiyA udayapura vizvavidyAlaya ke prophesara mahAvIra siMha muDiyA ne kahA- -Aja kA yaha samAroha AnandadAyaka hai / hama kina zabdoM meM munizrI kI prazasti kareM, hamAre pAsa zabda nahIM hai / AcAryazrI tulasI kA yaha nirNaya sarvazreSTha nirNaya hai / isase AcAryapravara kI dUradarzitA ujAgara huI hai / AcAryazrI ne mahAprajJa jI ko apanA uttarAdhikAra sauMpa kara saMgha kA hI gaurava nahIM bar3hAyA hai, svayaM AcAryapravara bhI gauravAnvita hue hai / Apane Age kahA- munizrI nathamala jI hara dRSTi se sakSama haiM / hara vyakti meM hara vizeSatA nahIM pAI jAtI, para munizrI meM eka se eka bar3hakara vizeSatAe~ maujUda haiN| mujhe aneka bAra jaina vizva bhAratI dvArA samAyojita jaina vidyA pariSad meM bhAga lene ke avasara upalabdha hue haiM / usa samaya maiMne dekhA hai munizrI kI vidvatA ko / ve kisa prakAra se hara viSaya kI vyAkhyA prastuta karate the / jaba-jaba bhI samasyA kA samAdhAna nahIM hotA, taba saba vidvAnoM kA dhyAna munizrI nathamala jI kI ora calA jAtA / munizrI hara prazna ko samAhita kara vidvAnoM ko prabhAvita karate / san 75 meM rAjasthAna - vizvavidyAlaya meM munizrI ke jaina nyAya para ATha pravacana hue / munizrI ke una pravacanoM se bauddhika janatA bahuta prabhAvita huI aura sabhI ne mukta kaNTha se munizrI ke vaktavya evaM vidvatA kI bhUrI-bhUrI prazaMsA kI / Apake nirvAcana se dharmasaMgha kI hI pratiSThA nahIM bar3hI hai, balki yoM kahanA cAhie vidvAnoM kI pratiSThA bar3hI hai / munizrI ahaMkAra se dUra raha kara sAdhanA kI jyoti ko prajvalita karate rahe haiM / maiM isa avasara para munizrI kA hArdika abhinandana karatA hUM / pro0 bherUlAla dhAkar3a tulasI niketana ke prANa evaM aneka saMsthAoM ke padAdhikArI prophesara bherUlAla dhAkar3a ne kahA - prazasti aura pUjA meM merA vizvAsa nahIM hai / yaha dina na prazasti kA hai na pUjA kA / Aja kA dina yathArtha kA dina hai aura hama yathArtha kA abhinandana kara rahe haiM / maiM isa avasara ko dharmasaMgha aura mAnava samAja ke kalyANa kA dina mAnatA hUM / AcAryapravara ne dAyitvapUrNa evaM bojhila gaTharI ko sakSama kaMdhoM para DAlA hai yaha abhinandanIya hai / sattA kA milanA kaThina nahIM hai, para sarasvatI kA milanA kaThina hai / munizrI sacamuca sarasvatI ke varad putra haiM / munizrI ne apane Apako saMgha ke hita meM khapAyA hai, ve ahaMkAra rahita vyaktitva dhanI haiM / zrI mAnasiMha va aNuvrata samiti, bambaI ke adhyakSa tathA terApaMtha samAja ke variSTha kAryakarttA zrI mAnasiMha vaida ne abhinandana karate hue kahA - munizrI nathamala jI aneka vizeSatAoM ke dhanI haiM para merI dRSTi meM sabase bar3I vizeSatA hai munizrI kI saralatA, RjutA tathA AcAra tulasI prajJA 477
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________________ saMpannatA / inhIM vizeSatAoM se prabhAvita ho AcAryazrI ne ApakA manonayana kiyA hai| abhI pichale mahine AcAryapravara apane uttarAdhikArI yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI ko sAtha lekara curU padhAre / maiM usa ajIba chaTA ko dekhakara hairAna thaa| rAma aura lakSmaNa kI vaha sAkSAt jor3I mujhe dekhane ko milii| hama saba saubhAgya zAlI haiM ki hameM mahAprajJa jI jaise AcArya kA sAnidhya upalabdha huA hai| zrI basaMtIlAla talesarA udayapura terApaMtha samAja ke variSTha evaM cintanazIla kAryakartA zrI basaMtIlAla talesarA ne itihAsa kI kar3iyoM ko jor3ate hue udayapurI bhASA meM bolate hue kahA-hameM yaha saba kucha najAre to terApaMtha dharma saMgha meM hI dekhane ko milate haiN| munizrI nathamala jI bahuzruta hone ke sAtha-sAtha dhyAna kI sUkSma gaharAIyoM meM pahuMce hue haiN| AcAryazrI ne mahAprajJa jI ko apanA uttarAdhikAra dekara dharma saMgha ko nizcita banA diyA hai| Apane Age kahA-isa nirNaya kI dharmasaMgha kA eka baccA bhI AlocanA karane kI himmata nahIM kara sktaa| zrImatI lAr3a kaMThAliyA terApaMtha mahilA maNDala, udayapura kI adhyakSA zrImatI lAr3a jI kaMThAliyA ne apane zraddhA sumana gIta ke mAdhyama se prastuta kie usakI kucha kar3iyA~ isa prakAra haiM vikasita hama zraddhA sumana lie tumase pA snehadAna kitane jala uThe die| pA netRtva tumhArA saMgha sajIva bana gayA jaga meM pragati zikhara kI ora bar3hA dina rAta rukA kaba maga meM nava cetanatA raga-raga meM, bana kara divya zaktidhara Aja jiye // 1 / / DA0 kundanalAla koThArI udayapura vizvavidyAlaya ke paitholaoNjI vibhAga ke adhyakSa evaM udayapura terApaMthI sabhA ke adhyakSa DaoN0 kundanalAla koThArI ne apane saMyojakIya vaktavya meM kahA--sacamuca hama saubhAgyazAlI haiM ki hameM mahAprajJa jaise yuvAcArya ke rUpa meM upalabdha hue haiM / munizrI nathamala jI agAdha pAMDitya ke dhanI haiM, sahaja yogI haiN| upasaMhAra udayapura ke itihAsa meM yaha abhUtapUrva kAryakrama thaa| sabhI ke ceharoM para pulakana thI nayA joza aura nayA ullAsa chAyA huA thaa| hara cehare para naI AbhA khila rahI thI soMki Aja yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa ke abhinandana kA kAryakrama thaa| terApaMthI sabhA bhavana kA vizAla prAMgaNa khacAkhaca bharA huA thA / kAryakrama kI sarvatra sundara pratikriyAe rahI / aneka dainika patroM ke saMvAdadAtA upasthita the| 478 tulasI prajJA
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________________ munizrI abhayakumAra jI ke maMgalAcaraNa se kAryakrama prAraMbha huA tathA zrI vijayasiMha talesarA ne dhanyavAda jJApita kiyaa| kAryakrama ko saphala banAne meM javera jI DAgalyA kA mahattvapUrNa yogadAna rhaa| -zA0 vI0 TI0 eNDa sansa ghaNTAghara, udayapura vivekAnanda jayantI samAroha, dillI di0 14 janavarI, 1976 ko zikSaNa sAdhanA oDiToriyama meM vivekAnanda pariSad ke tatvAvadhAna meM Ayojita samAroha meM munizrI rUpacanda jI ne kahA ki mahApuruSa kisI dAyare meM Abaddha nahIM hote| unakA jIvana aura upadeza sarvajanahitAya hotA hai| bhagavAn mahAvIra se pUchA gayA--mukta kauna ho sakatA hai ? mahAvIra ne kahA-jo vyakti satsaMkalpa ke sAtha vivekapUrvaka sAdhanA ke patha para cala par3atA hai, vaha mukta ho jAtA hai| vivekAnanda nAma meM jo do zabda "viveka" aura "Ananda' haiM ve hameM prerita karate haiM ki Ananda kI prApti tabhI sambhava hai jaba viveka kA jAgaraNa ho|| isI sabhA meM bhArata ke pradhAnamantrI zrI morArajI desAI ne bolate hue batalAyA ki vivekAnanda ne AdhyAtmika krAMti apane guru rAmakRSNa paramahaMsa ke anugraha se kI thii| guru ke prati unameM agAdha zraddhA aura samarpaNa kA bhAva thaa| guru ziSya kA sambandha aisA hI honA caahie| -promaprakAza kauzika dillI pradeza aNuvrata samiti jaina adhyayana maNDala, naI dillI di0 28 janavarI, 1976 ko aNuvrata vihAra meM "jaina darzana meM karma tathA punarjanma kI samasyAeM' viSaya para Ayojita saMgoSThI meM kelIphorniyA vizvavidyAlaya meM bauddha darzana ke prAdhyApaka zrI padmanAbha esa0 jainI ne vibhinna darzanoM kA tulanAtmaka vizleSaNa karate hue kahA-jaina darzana meM nigoda jIvoM kA jo varNana hai, usase lagatA hai ki vikAsavAda kA bahuta sundara vizleSaNa jaina darzana meM hai| nigoda jIva kI cetanA prAk saMsAra meM kramazaH vikasita hotI huI tiryaJca, manuSya Adi yoniyA~ pAra karatI huI siddha zilA taka jA sakatI haiN| ma.nizrI rUpananda jI ne apane vidvattApUrNa bhASaNa meM kahA--AtmA, karma, nirvANa Adi prazna zAzvata haiN| pratyeka darzana meM ina viSayoM para vistRta varNana milatA hai, parantu isake bAvajUda kucha prazna anuttarita haiN| vidvadgaNa niSpakSa dRSTi se isa para anusandhAna kreN| saMgoSThI meM dillI vizvavidyAlaya evaM anya zodha saMsthAnoM ke karIba 25 vidvAnoM ne bhAga liyaa| --svarUpacandra jaina, kAryakrama nidezaka, jaina vizva bhAratI khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 476
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________________ damoha meM varzana, jJAna evaM AcaraNa kI triveNI ___jaina pragatizIla pariSad tathA zrI bhAgacandra iTorayA sArvajanika nyAsa dvArA Ayojita "DA0 zItalaprasa da jI janma zatAbdI tathA paM0 parameThIvAsa nyAyatIrtha evaM zrI bhAgacandra iTorayA smRti divasa" samAroha meM bhASaNa karate hue indaura vizvavidyAlaya ke DA0 nemIcandra jaina ne kahA ki ukta tInoM mahAnubhAva zreSTha saMgItajJa the| ve jAnate the ki jIvana ke tAra kahA~ zithila ho rahe haiM / ve svastha samAja racanA meM kramazaH hRdaya, zira aura hAtha the arthAt darzana, jJAna evaM AcaraNa kI triveNI the| unhoMne preraNA dI ki dIpaka kI lau para Ane vAlI kAlimA ko dUra kreN| ___ sahakArI baiMka ke prabandhaka saMcAlaka evaM jaina paMcAyata, adhyakSa zrI tArAcandra siMdhavI kI adhyakSatA meM Ayojita isa samAroha meM paM0 subhASacandra paMkaja (mathurA), DaoN0 kastUracaMdra sumana (bAMsA), paM0 motIlAla vijaya (kaTanI), paM0 phUlacandra puSpendu (khuraI), seTha sumeracaMdra jI (jabalapura) aura DaoN0 bhAgacandra jaina 'bhAgendu' ne preraka udgAra vyakta kie| mukhya atithi dvArA "zrI bhAgacandra iToriyA : eka preraka vyaktitva" nAmaka eka pustaka kA vimocana kiyA gyaa| rAtri meM saMgItAcArya paM0 subhASacandra paMkaja tathA AkAzavANI kalAkAra paM0 zyAmasundara zukla dvArA sAdhanAmayI svara saritA pravAhita kI gii| -lakSmIcanda seTha, mantrI pragatizIla pariSad, damoha bambaI meM AcAryazrI kAlUgaNI kA caramatithi samAroha di0 4-1-76 ko sAdhvI zrI sarojakumArI jI (ThANA 5) trimUrti (borIvalI) pdhaarii| unake sAnnidhya meM bambaI mahAnagara terApaMtha yuvaka pariSada kA adhivezana zrI nirAlA jI kI adhyakSatA meM huA, jisameM viSaya rakhA gayA-"AcAryazrI kA saMketa aura hamArI pariSad / " sAdhvI zrI somaprabhA jI, sAdhvI zrI saMyama zrI jI Adi cAritrAtmAoM ne biSaya para sAMgopAMga prakAza ddaalaa| zrI mAnasika jI vaidya, zrI cAMdamala jI boharA, zrI gauTulAla jI, zrI rAjamala jI jaina Adi vaktAoM ne bhI apane vicAra vyakta kie| rAtri meM "AcAryazrI tulasI kI dainikacaryA" nAmaka philma pradarzana kA kAryakrama zrI arjunalAla jI bAphanA ke saMyojakatva meM rakkhA gyaa| thAnA meM prekSA dhyAna zivira __ di0 10-1-76 ko sAdhvI zrI saronakamArI ke sAnnidhya meM sthAnIya pariSad ke mantrI zrI kapUra jI Adi utsAhI kAryakartAoM ke prayAsa se ekadivasIya prekSAdhyAna zivira lagAyA gyaa| zrI aruNabhAI javerI ne zvAsapaddhati, dhyAna, cetanA kendra Adi kI jAnakArI dii| rAtri meM svayaM jeThAbhAI javerI ne, jo isa viSaya ke vizeSajJa haiM, dhyAna kI bhUmikA, prekSAdhyAna paddhati kI vaijJAnikatA va jIvanopayogI pakSa ko vistAra se smjhaayaa| mahAprajJa jI ke Tepa-pravacanoM se kAryakrama samApta huA / -lakSmIlAla koThArI 40 tulasI prajJA
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________________ maryAdA ke abhAva meM deza va samAja kA utthAna asambhava gulAba bAga (pUrNiyA) "maryAdita jIvana jInA hI maryAdAmahotsava manAne kI saphalatA hai| maryAdA jIvana hai / prANa hai| saMjIvanI hai / amUlya aizvarya hai / sampadA hai / maryAdA ke abhAva meM koI bhI deza, koI bhI samAja utthAna nahIM kara sakatA hai / maryAdA mAnava ke vikAsa ko bAMdhatI nahIM hai, use vAstavika gati detI hai / maryAdAoM ke kAraNa hI terApaMtha saMgha meM aikya, anuzAsana evaM saMgaThana pallavita ho rahA hai|" ye zabda munizrI kanhaiyAlAla jI ne jaina zvetAmbara terApaMthI sabhA dvArA Ayojita 115 veM maryAdA mahotsava ke zubhAvasara para saikar3oM bhAI-bahinoM ke bIca abhivyakti kiye| ___isa avasara para munizrI mahezakumAra jI evaM metArya muni ke atirikta anya bhAIbahinoM ne bhI apane vicAra vyakta kiye / lagabhaga 36 nagaroM se padhAre bhAI-bahinoM ne upasthita hokara isa Ayojana ko saphala banAyA / sabhI kA saMcAlana zrI kamalakumAra pugaliyA ne kiyA / sabhA ke maMtrI zrI rAyacanda jaina ne AcAryapravara kA sandeza par3hakara sunaayaa| maryAdA mahotsava kA avaziSTa kAryakrama munizrI ke sAnnidhya meM rAtri meM dvitIya caraNa ke rUpa meM sampanna huaa| -sumeramala caupar3A saradAra zahara meM * yavAcArya abhinandana harSotsava" samAroha di0 18 pharavarI, 1676 ko Ayojita uparyukta samAroha meM muni zrI vinayakumAra jI, Aloka, ne kahA ki AcArya zrI ne yogya vyakti kA manonayana karake dharma saMgha ko sudRr3ha banAyA hai / sAdhvI zrI bhIkhAjI evaM sAdhvI zrI lAghavazrI jI ne gItikA ke dvArA yuvAcArya jI ke dIrghAyuSya kI kAmanA kii| terApantha sabhA ke adhyakSa zrI bhaMvaralAla baida, aNuvrata samiti ke maMtrI zrI candanamala pIMcA, zrI sohanalAla baida, DaoN. kiraNakumAra nAhaTA, zrI rAmasvarUpa zarmA, zrI nagarAja nAhaTA, pro0 jorAvaramala ghIyA, zrI bhIkamacanda baida, zrI motIlAla barar3iyA Adi vidvAnoM ne bhI prasaMgAnukUla vicAra vyakta kie, jinakA sAra yahI thA ki AcArya zrI kI sUjha-bUjha tathA samayajJatA sarAhanIya hai / yuvAcArya jI ke cayana se saMgha gauravAnvita hogA, yaha nirvivAda hai| samAroha ke anta meM muni zrI sAgaramala jI 'zramaNa' meM itihAsa kI kar3iyoM ko jor3ate hue kahA ki yuvAcArya zrI kA vyaktitva nirvivAda hai / inake manonayana se cAroM ora . prasannatA kA samudra laharA rahA hai / ye sadaiva AcArya pravara ke prati samarpita rahe haiM / isIlie inhoMne jIvana meM itanI mahAnatA arjita kI hai| sabhA kA saMjoyana zrI sohanalAla DAgA, upamantrI, dvArA kiyA gayA / -pUnamacanda seThiyA rAjavirAja meM cAritrAtmAoM kA vihAra : di0 24-2-76 ko sAdhvI zrI sohanA jI tathA zajImatI jI kA milana samAroha sarvocya nyAyAlaya ke bhUtapUrva nyAyAdhIza zrI bhagavatI prasAda siMha jI kI adhyakSatA meM huaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 481
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________________ sagaramAthA aMcalAdhIza mahezakumAra jI upAdhyAya mukhya atithi the / sAdhvI zrI sohanA jI kA holI cAtumAsika pakkhI silIgur3I meM hogii| sAdhvI zrI rAjImatI jI kA vihAra mArca meM dharAna kI tarapha hogA, jahAM muni zrI kanhaiyAlAla jI virAjate haiN| holI ke pazcAt muni zrI virATanagara se vihAra kreNge| -caina rUpa dUgar3a dillI meM yuvAcArya abhinandana samAroha : di0 11 pharavarI, 1976 ko Ayojita samAroha meM ma na zrI rUpacandra jI ne kahA ki yavAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kA vyaktitva evaM kartRtva sampradAyAtIta evaM parivezAtIta hai / unakI racanA-mitA, medhA evaM cintana-jyoti rASTravyApI hai| samAroha meM lAlA haMsarAja guptA, zrI jainendra kumAra, zrI dattAtroya tivArI, zrI ratnasiMha zANDilya, zrI saradAramala beMgAnI, zrI pharajanakumAra jaina, zrImatI puSpA pArikha Adi vaktAoM ne bhI prasaMgAnukUla vicAra vyakta kie| zrI nareza jaina ne Ayojana kA saMyojana kiyaa| -- omaprakAza kauzika pAramAdhika zikSaNa saMsthA, lADanUM kA vArSikotsava :-- di0 28-2-76 ko rAtri meM sAdhvI zrI kamala zrI jI sAdhvI zrI kanaka zrI jI, sAdhvI zrI yazodharA jI Adi 13 sAdhviyoM tathA brAhmI vidyApITha ke sabhI adhyApakoM ke sAnnidhya meM vArSikotsava kA Ayojana kiyA gyaa| ku0 savitA, ku0 maMju, ku0 mahimA, evaM ku0 muditA ne itihAsa ke pariprekSya meM saMsthA kA paricaya prastuta kiyA / zrI kalyANamala jI, paM0 rAmakumAra zAstrI, zrI lUNakaraNa vidyArthI, tathA cAritrAtmAoM ne bar3e sAragarbhita vicAra vyakta kie / vyavahAra, cintana, dAyitvanirvahana, zaikSaNika stara Adi ke pariprekSya meM 13 bahinoM ko navIna upAdhiyoM se puraskRta kiyA gyaa| adhyakSa zrI rANamala jI jIrAvalA ne bahinoM ko ucita mArgadarzana diyA / -ku0 zAntA jaina, saMyojikA zrI jaina zve0 terApantha sabhA, vArANasI ke Ayojana : 3 pharavarI, 1976, / maryAdA mahotsava muni zra pUnamacanda jI ke sAnnidhya meM zrI premarAja siMdhI kI adhyakSatA meM manAyA gyaa| muni zrI ravIndrakumAra jI tathA mani zrI devendra kumAra jI ne aitihAsika pRSThabhUmi ke saMdarbha meM sundara vicAra vyakta kie| bauddha vibhAgAdhyakSa zrI jagannAtha upAdhyAya, antarrASTrIya mAnava kalyANa saMsthAna ke adhyakSa DaoN0 esa0ena0 rAya, vizva dharma zAnti sammelana ke upAdhyakSa phAdara rAka, jilA samparka adhikArI zrI aruNa gupta, zrImatI vINA DosI ne kaI racanAtmaka sujhAva die / maMgalAcaraNa zrImatI gulAba devI ne tathA saMyojana zrI zarada kumAra sAdhaka ne kiyaa| 7 pharavarI, 1976 / sthAnIya samAja kI paricayAtmaka goSThI muni zrI pUnamacanda jI ke sAnnidhya meM huI / samAja kA eka bhavana, vidyAlaya kA saMcAlana tathA saMghIya saMskAroM kA nirvAha Adi para vicAra vimarza kiyA gyaa| 482 tulasI prajJA
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________________ 8 pharavarI, 1976 / yuvAcArya abhinandana samAroha muni zrI pUnamacanda jI ke sAnnidhya meM manAyA gayA / sabhA kI adhyakSatA zrI madhupakumAra jaina tathA saMyojana zrI puSparAja DuMgaravAla ne kiyA / muni zrI devendra kumAra tathA muni zrI ravIndra jI ne sundara vicAra prastuta kie| 10 pharavarI, 1976 / mahilA maNDala dvArA yuvAcArya abhinandana samAroha manAyA gayA, jisameM zrImatI gulAva devI, zrImatI sampata devI surANA, zrImatI sampata devI botharA, zrImatI sampata devI nAhaTA, mohanI devI surANA, gaurI devI nAhaTA, jhamakU devI sIMghI, prakAza devI seThiyA, anUpa devI zekhAnI, icUdevI baida, zrImatI zrI devI Adi ne bhASaNa, kavitA pATha, gItikA, sahagAMna Adi ke dvArA bar3A acchA kAryakrama prastuta kiyA / -pavana kumAra jaina sAdulapura (rAjagar3ha) meM 32 varSoM pazcAt bhAgavatI dIkSA samAroha :---- cUrU se lakhAU, dUdhavAkhArA, haDiyAla, DokavA Adi ko sparza karate hae AcArya zrI tulasI di0 23-2-76 ko rAjagar3ha meM padhAre / sArvajanika nirmANa mantrI zrI jayanArAyaNa pUniyA, esa0 DI0 ema0 zrI AzutoSa gupta Adi mahAnubhAvoM ne AcArya zrI kA svAgata kiyA tathA mahatI sabhA meM abhinandana patra bheMTa kiyA / yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa bhI apanI janma sthalI Tamakora se rAjagaDha padhAra gae the| di0 24-2-76 ko AcArya zrI ne rAjagaDha ke nirmala gadhaiyA putra zrI rAyacanda gadhayA, tathA gaMgAzahara ke sampata lUNAvata putra zrI maMgalacanda lUNAvata ko bhAgavatI dIkSA pradAna kii| nava dIkSita muniyoM ke nAma 'muni zrI nirmalakumAra jI' tathA 'muni zrI saMbhavakumAra jI' rakhe ge| yuvAcArya jI ne tanAva mukti hetu trigupti (kAyotsarga, mauna va dhyAna) kA mahattva smjhaayaa| sAdhvI zrI pratibhA zrI ne bhI apane udgAra vyakta kie| AcArya zrI ne mahatI kRpA karake zrI subodha kumAra gadhaiyA, rAjagar3ha (suputra zrI jIvanamala jI) ko pratikramaNa kA Adeza pharamAyA / tapasvI muni zrI sampatalAla jI ne 32 varSoM ke bAda rAjagaDha meM AcArya zrI ke padhArane ke upalakSa meM 32 dinoM ke upavAsa cAlU kara rakhe haiN| -zubhakaraNa zyAmasukhA, pavana musarapha brAhmI vidyApITha (mahilA kaoNleja) lAina meM preraka udbodhana : ___ svAmI satyapati jI, AcArya gurukula, siMhapurA (rohataka) [hariyANA] ne di0 6 mArca, 1976 ko mahilA kaoNleja kI chAtrAoM evaM adhyApakoM ke bIca bhASaNa karate hue saMsthA kI pragati kI bar3I sarAhanA kii| bahinoM meM yoga-sAdhanA ke zikSaNa-prazikSaNa se ve vizeSa prabhAvita hue / ajamera ke Arya saMgItAcArya zrI pannAlAla "pIya Sa' siddhAnta zAstrI ne apanI zikSAprada gItikA se chAtrAoM kA jJAna saMvarddhana kiyaa| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 483
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________________ aNuvrata anuzAstA dillI kI ora (dinAMka 6 pharavarI '76 se 6 mArca '76) - gautama jaya ho ! jaya ho ! maitrI ho ! samatA dharma-samatAdharma / apAra janasamUha ke ghoSa dUrI para sunAI par3a rahe the tathA sabhI loga ghoSoM se AkRSTa huve tathA kaI kadama usa ora daur3a pdd'e| jayaghoSa najadIka Aye to pUrNa ghoSa isa prakAra the..... rASTra ke mahAna saMta AcAryazrI tulasI kI jaya ho! jana jana meM..." "maitrI ho| mahAvIra ne kyA sikhalAyA-samatAdharma-samatAdharma ! yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa kI 'jaya ho ! kaise badale jIvana dhArA-prekSAdhyAna sAdhanA dvArA / aNuvratoM kA yaha saMdeza-vyasanamukta ho sArA deza / anuzAsita julUsa calA A rahA hai / mahilAyeM, bAlaka-bAlikAyeM yuvaka svayaM apanIapanI paMkti meM cala rahe haiM tathA jaya ghoSa kara rahe haiN| zveta sAr3I harI kinAra kI, naMge pA~va vAlI yuvatiyA~ laya baddhatA se gAtI huI bar3ha rahI haiM to pUrNa zveta vastroM se suzobhita apane vizeSa veSa meM eka dala aura Age bar3ha rahA hai| sabhI kI gardana jhuka gaI hai| koI baiThakara to koI khar3e-khar3e hI namana kara rahA hai| sabase Age vAlI sAdhvI kA hAtha Upara uThA hai| karuNAmaya dRSTi, halkI muskAna, tejomaya prabhAvazAlI vyaktitva kI dhanI yaha mahilA dhIredhIre Age bar3hatI huI sabhI ko AzIrvAda de rahI hai aura inake pIche eka lambI sI katAra aisI hI sAdhviyoM kI calI gaI hai, patA lagA AzIrvAda dene vAlI sAdhvI pramukhA mahAzramaNI kanaka prabhA hai, jinakI prabhA Aja nArI utthAna ke kAryakrama meM cAroM ora phaila rahI hai| paMca raMgoM kA dhvaja laharAtA huA gujara rahA hai / dhvaja ke ThIka pIche bAla muni vRnda paMkti se gujara rahe haiM, choTe-bar3e aura bar3e kramazaH / TIka inase 10-15 kadama kI dUrI para haiM sAkSAt jyoti puja, U~cA lalATa, daidipyamAna ceharA, madhyama kAThI kA madhyama kada kA eka devatulya vyakti / zAMta citta, praphullita mana aura ullAsa liye eka hAtha se AzIrvAda tathA cittAkarSaNa karane vAlI dRSTi se sabhI ko prasannatA meM harSollAsita 484 tulasI prajJA
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________________ karatA anokhe vyaktitva kA dhanI dhIre-dhIre kadama bar3hAtA huA Age bar3ha rahA hai / jisake cAroM ora se mAnavatA ke poSaka, mahAmAnava, aNuvrata anuzAstA AcAryazrI tulasI kI jaya kI gaganabhedI AvAjeM A rahI haiM / yahI hai vaha mahAmUrti jisake caraNoM ko chUne kI hor3a laga rahI hai, jisakI vANI sunane ko loga daur3a par3a rahe haiM / pANDAla choTe par3a rahe haiM / Aja yaha vyakti jidhara se bhI gujara jAtA hai usa ora kA jIvana isa para kendrita ho jAtA hai / sabhI apane dainika kAryakrama se eka ora haTa isa mahAbasaMta ke darzana kI ora daur3a par3a rahe haiM / sunA hai isa mahAmAnava ko nae-nae kArya karane kI Adata sI par3I huI hai abhI-abhI anAyAsa hI maryAdA mahotsava (rAjaladesara ) meM kI gaI yuvAcArya kI ghoSaNA mahAn harSa kAraNa bana huI hai| ThIka isa mahAmAnava ke dAhinI ora do kadama pIche kI ora pUrNa lambAI dhAraNa kiye, gambhIra cehare evaM tejomaya dRSTi ke sAtha apane meM khoyA rahane vAlA eka mahAn dArzanika saMta cala rahA hai, jise sAre vizva meM mahAn cintaka, uccatama dArzanika, vicAraka, mAnavatA poSI muni nathamala se jAnA jAtA thA / Aja yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke rUpa meM apane guru ke zrI caraNoM kA anusaraNa kara rahA hai / aura pIche saMtoM kI eka lambI sI katAra cala rahI hai / saMtoM ke pIche dRSTigata hai sthAnIya gaNamAnya vyaktiyoM kI katAreM / sabhI loga kevala jayaghoSa ke samaya hI AvAja karate haiM / anyathA zAMtacitta cala rahe haiM / paMktibaddha anuzAsita / isa mahAmAnava ke caraNa curU se lAkhAU, dUdhavAkhArA, har3iyAla, DokavA, sAdulapura, ( yuvAcAryazrI ke Tamakora, mIThar3I) rAjagar3ha, thAnamaThaI, bhAkarA, bahala, obarA, durAlA, leghA, bhivAnI, bAmalA, kharaka, kalAnora, lAlI, rohataka, kalAhavar3a, rohada, bahAduragar3ha, nAMgaloI, (dillI) sadara, lAlakilA, dariyAgaMja, aNuvrata vihAra, grInapArka hote hue meharaulI chatarapura meM adhyAtmasAdhanA kendra meM prekSAdhyAna zivira meM pahuMce / uparyukta sabhI sthAnoM para apAra janasamUha ne ApakA hArdika abhinandana kiyA aura amRtopama pravacanoM kA lAbha utthaayaa| AcAryapravara ne pratyeka sthAna para jijJAsuoM kI jijJAsApUrti kI hai / darzanArthiyoM ko darzana diye haiM / AIye Apako kaI mukhya sthAnoM, una dRSyoM kA avalokana karAU~, jo nizcaya hI apane Apa meM anokhe rahe haiM curU - (16-2-79 se 16-2-76 taka ) sthAna zrI phatahacanda, bajaraMgalAla koThArI kI havelI | vizAla havelI jisake orachora kA patA hI nahIM calatA / tambuoM se AcchAdita pANDAla meM zveta vastra dhAraNa kiye madhyama kada kA caur3e bhAla va moTI-moTI A~khoM vAlA, zAnta parantu dRr3hapratijJa, tejomaya bhAvoM ko bikheratA sA kabhI sneha pAza meM jakar3atA aura kabhI varada hasta se abhivAdana aura vandana svIkAra karatA huA mAnavatA kA sajaga praharI virAjamAna hai | eka ora bAla saMtoM se lekara vayovRddha zveta vastra dhAraNa kie apane-apane sthAna para sajaga gurudeva kI ekaTaka dRSTi lagAye AjJApAlana hetu tatpara haiM, to dUsarI ora mA~ sarasvatI khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 485
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________________ kI priya zveta vastrAvali meM zAMta citta snehamayI jyoti vAlI sAdhviyA~ virAjita haiM; mAno zAMti ke devatA kI sabhA meM sAkSAt zaktipuMja devI-devatA apane parama arAdhya jyotipuMja kI arAdhanA meM saMlagna ho| sabhI kI dRSTi apane ArAdhyadeva para TikI huI hai| AjJA ke intajAra meM / santoM ke Age yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI evaM sAdhviyoM ke Age mahazramaNI hai, mAno dala nAyaka virAje hoN| darzanArthiyoM kA tAMtA lagA huA hai, vividha veSa-bhUSA meM bAla-vRddha, strI-puruSa paMktibaddhatA se A rahe haiM, tathA vandanA kara jahA~ bhI sthAna mila rahA hai baiTha rahe haiM / eka ora kucha puruSa sAmAyika meM salagna haiM to dUsarI ora striyA~; hA~ pUre pANDAla meM inhIM do daloM ko alaga se sthAna mila rahA hai / anya sabhI strI-puruSa apane-apane kheme meM rikta sthAna para apane Apa baiTha rahe haiN| jahA~ AcAryapravara vandanA svIkAra kara maMgala bhAvavyakta kara rahe haiM, vahA~ prakRti apanI zItala bayAra se sabhI ko kampAyamAna kara rahI hai| ajIbagarIba hai prakRti-khela / kabhI ThaNDI bayAra ke sAtha nanhIM-nanhIM bochAra, to kabhI bhayaMkara diladahalAne vAlI garjana mAno gurudeva para ekAdhikAra jamA rahI hai darzanArthiyoM ko darzanoM se rokane meM saMlagna hai| varSA huI, darzanArthI ruke / varSA rukI darzanArthI cale, yaha A~kha micaunI calatI hI rhii| zrAvaka-zrAvikAyeM bhI dRr3hapratijJa haiM, sabhI cAritra-AtmAoM ke darzana chor3anA nahIM cAhate haiN| hajAroM kI saMkhyA meM strI-puruSoM ne AcAryapravara ke darzana kara pravacana kA lAbha utthaayaa| sAyaMkAlIna kAryakrama meM yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI kA "Aja ke yuga meM dharma kA sthAna" pravacana huA, evaM AcAryazrI kA 17-2-76 prAtaHkAlIna pravacana--kyA dharma se saba kucha kAma cala sakegA ? vizeSa AkarSaNa ke kendra rahA hai| curU nagara ke sabhI uccatama rAjyAdhikAriyoM va nAgarikoM dvArA AcAryapravara kA svAgata kiyA gyaa| isa avasara para jaina vizvabhAratI ke pratinidhi ke dvArA vistAra se prekSA, tulasI prajJA evaM yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa ke pravacana kaisaTa saiToM kI jAnakArI karAI gii| aneka zrAvakoM dvArA mAsika patrikAoM kI sadasyatA grahaNa kI gaI, to anekoM ne jaina vizva bhAratI ke bAre meM jAnakArI prApta kii| ina avasaroM para mahAprajJa jI ke disambara 78 zivira ke kaisaTsa hara samaya sunavAye gye| 20-2-76 dUdhavAkhArA . relavesTezana choTA paraMtu mahatvapUrNa sthAna thaa| sAyaMkAla zivira mArca 78 ke praznotara evaM AcAryazrI ke pravacana kI Tepa sunAkara kAryakrama kA prArambha huA / AcAryapravara ne kahA--vijJAna kA camatkAra hai / aisA lagatA hai mahAprajJa kI vaha sArI bAtacIta jo mArca meM kI thI, vaha sAkSAt abhI kara rahe haiN|" darzanArthiyoM ko upadeza diyA gyaa| dUdhavAkhArA meM saMskAra nirmANa samiti dvArA pradarzanI kA Ayojana kiyA gyaa| AcAryapravara dvArA vyasana-mukti kI preraNA sthAnIya zrotAoM ko dI gii| tIna sau ke karIba zrotA upasthita the| 486 tulasI prajJA
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________________ relave karmacAriyoM ke dvArA vyavasthA meM pUrNa sahayoga pradAna kiyA gyaa| prAtaHkAla mahAprajJajI ke dvArA apane janma sthAna 'Tamakora' kI ora tathA AcAryapravara dvArA har3iyAla kI ora prasthAna kiyA gayA / 21-2-76 Tamakora sthAnIya janatA dvArA mahAprajJa jI kA hArdika abhinandana / sAdhviyoM dvArA maMgalAcaraNa, munizrI mahendra kumAra jI evaM muni zrI zrIcanda jI dvArA abhinandana-vaktavya, terApaMtha sabhA va terApaMtha yuvaka sabhA dvArA bhAva prakaTa / yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jI ne apane udbodhana bhASaNa meM batAyA ki saba kucha jyoti puja gurudeva kI hI kRpA hai ki maiM Aja isa sthiti meM huuN| isa choTe se gA~va kA grAmINa bAlaka muni nathamala banA aura muni nathamala se mahAprajJa / saba kucha guru-kRpA se hI huA hai / aba isa gA~va kA bhI uttaradAyitva bar3ha gayA hai| Apa logoM kA uttaradAyitva bhI bar3ha gayA hai| ataH aba Apa sabhI ko isake lie taiyAra rahanA hai / AcArya pravara kI vANI kA prasAra karanA hai / na kevala prasAra apitu usakA anusaraNa karanA hai| 22-2-76 sAdulapura __ AcAryapravara kA bhavya svAgata huaa| darzanIya thaa| rAjasthAna ke sArvajanika nirmANamaMtrI, sthAnIya rAjya ucca adhikArI evaM gaNamAnya nAgarikoM ke dvArA AcAryapravara kA bhAvabhInA anokhA abhinandana kiyA gyaa| AcAryapravara ne umar3ate janamAnasa ko sambodhita karate hue batAyA ki "dharma Apake sAtha hogA to pratyeka kArya acchA hogaa| dharma ke sthAna hI dharma ke kendra ho yaha mAneMge taba taka Apa dharma ke marma ko nahIM samajheMge / dekhiye---hamArA zarIra hai / isameM kucha kendra haiM, kintu cetanA kahA~ nahIM hai, samuce zarIra meM cetanA vyApta hai / isI prakAra Apake jitane kArya-sthAna haiM, ve hI Apake dharma sthAna haiM / nIDam ke kAryakartA dvArA jaina vizva bhAratI kI pravRttiyoM ko vistAra se batAyA gyaa| AcAryazrI ne prAtaHkAla yahA~ se vizAla lambe julUsa ke sAtha prasthAna kiyaa| 23-2-76 rAjagar3ha AcAryapravara ke svAgata-julUsa ne nagara meM praveza kiyA / darzanIya julUsa dekhane sampUrNa rAjagar3ha, sabhI varNa va samAja ke loga umar3a pdd'e| julUsa kI vahI vyavasthA, anuzAsita julUsa, nirdhArita nAre lagAte hue loga, pA~DAla meM apanA-apanA sthAna grahaNa kiyaa| AcAryapravara ne batAyA hamAre yuvAcArya Ane vAle haiM, ataH abhinandana usI samaya rakhA jaae| janamedinI punaH yuvAcArya kI agavAnI ke lie daur3a par3I, strI-puruSa bAlaka-bAlikAyeM, yuvA-vRddha eka dUsare se Age jAne kI hor3a meM ki sabase pahale maiM vandanA kruuN| apane yuvAcArya ko zahara se 3 kilomITara pUrva jAkara logoM ne vandanA kI, vandanA karane vAle the terApaMtha yuvaka pariSada ke kAryakartA, 'nIDam' ke pratinidhi, mahilAmaNDala kI sadasyAyeM aura punaH julUsa apane Apa bar3hatA calA gyaa| khaNDa 4, aka 7-8 487
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________________ yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke jayaghoSa se sampUrNa vAtAvaraNa gUMjita ho uThA, lagabhaga 2 ki. mI. taka lambA svAgata julUsa yuvAcArya ke Age-pIche calatA rahA / AcAryazrI kA evaM yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa kA sabhI cAritra-AtmAoM kA hArdika abhinandana kiyA gyaa| hajAroM kI saMkhyA meM strI-puruSoM ne bhAga liyA / 24-2-76 rAjagar3ha bhAgavatI dIkSA samAroha lagabhaga dasa hajAra strI-puruSoM ne bhAga liyA / dIkSArthI bandhu the1. munizrI nirmala kumAra 26 varSa ke rAjagar3ha / 2. munizrI sambhavakumAra 21 varSa ke gaMgAzahara / tathA pratikramaNa kA Adeza prApta huA zrI subodhakumAra gadheyA rAjagar3ha nivAsI ko / bhAgavatI dIkSA kArya jaina zAstroM kI vidhi se AcAryapravara dvArA sampanna huA / dIkSA dene se pUrva upasthita dIkSArthI bandhuoM ke parijanoM, samAja va darzaka bandhuoM kI pUrva svIkRti prApta kara dIkSA kArya kA zubhArambha maMgalAcaraNa se huA / dIkSArthI yugala bandhuoM kA vartamAna taka kA paricaya diyA gayA / tatpazcAt tapasvI munizrI sampatamala jI ne apanI bhAvanA AcAryazrI ke caraNoM meM isa prakAra se prakaTa kI- merA mujha meM kucha nahIM jo kucha hai so taura / terA tujhako sauMpatA kyA lAgata hai maura // yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jI ne vartamAna samAja va deza ko tanAva mukta karane hetu triguptI gupta ( kAyotsarga, mauna va dhyAna ) sAdhanA kA paricaya karAyA tathA mAnasika zAMti kA eka mAtra sAdhana prekSAdhyAna ko batAyA / 'nIDam' ke pratinidhi dvArA isa avasara para jaina vizva bhAratI kI pravRttiyoM kI pUrNa jAnakArI vistAra se karAI gaI evaM prekSAdhyAna kendroM kI sthApanA hetu yojanA prastuta kI gaI / AcAryapravara dvArA apane maGgala saMdeza meM mAnava utthAna hetu sabhI ko prayatna karane kA AhvAna kiyA gyaa| hameM prayatna manasA, vAcA aura karmaNA tInoM prakAra se saceta hokara karanA hai | prekSAdhyAna dvArA apane Apako jAno, svayaM jago, auroM ko jagAo, svayaM uTho aura auroM ko bhI uThAo, svayaM Age bar3ho auroM ko bhI Age bar3hAo, unake Age bar3hane meM sahayogI bano / 24-2-76 thAna maThaI rAtrikAlIna goSThI meM kaisaTa sunavAye gaye tathA AcAryazrI kA maGgala AzIrvacana logoM dvArA prApta kiyA gayA / 25-276 bhAkarA isa choTe se gA~va meM bhI karIba tIna sau strI-puruSa apanI grAmINa veza-bhUSA meM rugudeva ke darzana ko Aye tathA unheM munizrI cauthamala jI ne apane bhajanoM evaM gItoM se bhAvavibhora kiyA / tatpazcAt grAmINoM kI jijJAsA pUrti hetu svayaM gurudeva ne apane mAnavatA vAdI vicAra sahaja sarala bhASA meM rakkhe, jisakA prabhAva yaha rahA ki tatkAla 50 vyaktiyoM tulasI prajJA 488
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________________ ne zarAba kA tyAga kiyA tathA vyasanoM se dUra rahane kA nizcaya kiyA / sAyaMkAla evaM madhyAhnakAla meM Tepa sunAne kA kAryakrama calA / 25-2-76 bahala rAtri meM 8-30 baje zrI tulasIrAma jI sarapaMca kI adhyakSatA meM eka vizAla janasabhA kA Ayojana huA jisameM lagabhaga 5 sau strI-puruSoM ne bhAga liyA / sabhA-saMyojana munizrI kisanalAla jI ke dvArA kiyA gayA / pAramArthika zikSaNa saMsthA kI bahinoM dvArA maMgalAcaraNa, kavitApATha, gItikAyeM evaM zarAphata kA nuzkhA tathA bhAratIya saMskAra nirmANa samiti kI ora se bAlakalAkAroM dvArA gIta, sAMskRtika kAryakrama rakhe gaye / munizrI cauthamala jI ke bhajanoM ne sabhI ko mantramugdha kara liyA / zrI mohanalAla jI dazAnI saMskAra nirmANa samiti ne zarAbabandI para apane vicAra vyakta kiye| isa avasara para sarapaMca mahodaya ne AcAryapravara kA bhAvabhInA svAgata kiyA - isa gA~va meM AcAryapravara pahale padhAra cuke haiN| yaha hamAre saubhAgya kI bAta hai / AcAryazrI ne aNuvratoM kA vaha sandeza diyA hai jisase sArI mAnavatA lAbhAnvita ho rahI hai / Apa kaI mAneM meM insAniyata kA pATha par3hA rahe haiM / saMskAra nirmANa samiti ke dvArA AcAryazrI ke sAnnidhya meM gA~va-gA~va meM burAiyoM va vyasanoM ko dUra karAne kA prayAsa karAyA jA rahA hai jo bahuta bar3A kAma hai / Apa jo loga saba yahA~ upasthita haiM ve yaha nizcaya kareM ki hama zarAba nahIM pIyeMge, isa burAI se dUra rheNge| tabhI gurudeva kA saccA abhinandana hogA | AcArya pravara ne isa avasara para -- 'do dina kI jindagI meM kyoM tU bana rahA divAnA bhArI zaramiMdagI meM kyoM hai tU mada mastAnA / ' - yaha gIta sabhI ko sAmUhika rUpa se uccArita karAkara apane maGgala vicAra meM batAyA ki Apake gA~va meM kAphI varSoM ke bAda Aja sAre saMgha ke sAtha Aye haiM / hama varSoM se ghUma rahe haiM / paccAsa hajAra mIla hama ghUma cuke haiN| sAre deza kI padayAtrA kara cuke haiM / tathA yaha anubhava kiyA ki Aja deza meM insAnoM kI jarUrata hai, ataH bhAIyo ! sahI mAne meM insAna bananA ho to khAna-pAna, rahana-sahana, bAta-cIta, vyavahAra meM saMyama ko svIkAra kro| zarAba, tambAkU, gA~jA, sulphA, amala, bIr3I Adi se dUra rho| hama dillI va paMjAba kI ora jA rahe haiM / hamArA lakSya Apa logoM ko burAiyoM se hone vAlI hAniyA~ batAnA hai / Apa logoM ko inase bacanA hai / Apa loga cintana kareM, a ra hama sahI bAta kara rahe haiM to nizcaya karo ki - hama insAna baneMge, zarAba kabhI nahIM pIyeMge / dArukhoroM kA saMga nahIM kareMge / bahaneM nizcaya karo hama apane gharoM meM dAru nahIM pIne deMgI / hamArI icchA yahI hai Apa manuSya baneM | isa avasara para 'nIDam' ke pratinidhi ke dvArA jaina vizva bhAratI, kI pravRttiyoM kA khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 486
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________________ paricaya karAyA gyaa| sabhA kA Ayojana nIDam evaM bhAratIya saMskAra nirmANa samiti ne milakara kiyaa| 26-2-76, 27-2-76 durAlA, leghA, luhAnI luhAnI meM rAtri meM sabhA kA Ayojana nIDam ke kAryakartA dvArA Ayojita karAyA gyaa| AcAryapravara dvArA vizeSa zAMti ke lie hameM kisa prakAra se prayatna karane cAhie' para vicAra vyakta kie gye| bhAratIya saMskAra nirmANa samiti ke dvArA pradarzanI evaM citrapaTTa pradarzana kA Ayojana rakhA gyaa| 28-2-76 anAjamaNDI (bhivAnI) Aja prAtaHkAla anAjamaNDI meM sambhrAnta vyApArika maNDala anAjamaNDI bhivAnI evaM aneka nAgarika bandhuoM dvArA AcAryapravara kA bhAvabhInA svAgata kiyA gayA / sAyaMkAla eka sabhA ko sambodhita karate huye AcArya pravara ne prekSAdhyAna zivira ke Ayojana ke bAre meM jAnakArI karAte huye mAnava samAja meM phaila rahI burAiyoM, vyasanoM, rAgadveSa, bhuTa phareba, corI, beImAnI, milAvaTa, kamataula, kama mApa se bacane ke lie kahA "Apa logoM ko maiM to tabhI saccA vyApArI maanuugaa|' AcAryapravara va yuvAcAryapravara kA isa avasara para anAja maNDI ke vyApAra maNDala dvArA abhinandana kiyA gayA tathA sthAnIya kaviyoM dvArA kavitA pATha karake upasthita janasamudAya kA sAhityika manoraMjana kiyA gayA / bhAratIya saMskAra nirmANa samiti dvArA pradarzanI kA Ayojana kiyA gyaa| 1-3-76 se 3-3-76 bhidhAnI ___ bhivAnI anAja maNDI se julUsa kA svarUpa bnaa| zA~ta, mauna evaM anuzAsita, AcAryapravara kA julUma ThIka 8 baje prArambha hokara 10-30 baje bhivAnI zahara meM phuNcaa| rAste meM vahI jayaghoSa the, cAroM ora harSollAsa thA / darzanArthI umar3a par3a rahe the / AcArgapravara, yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jI va mahAzramaNI kanakaprabhA jI kA hArdika nAgarika abhinandana terApaMtha sabhA, yuvakasabhA, mahilAmaNDala bhivAnI, ke dvArA kiyA gyaa| kAryakrama meM jahA~ rAjya ke sarvoca adhikAriyoM ne bhAga liyA vahA~ dUsarI ora prabuddha sAhityakAra evaM lagabhaga sabhI gaNamAnya nAgarika upasthita the| pANDAla choTA par3a gyaa| sAIDa kI kanAteM haTAnI par3I / bhivAnI meM eka saMta kA itanA vizAla kAryakrama isase pUrva nahIM huaa| lagabhaga 1 hajAra strI-puruSoM ne mahAzramaNI, yuvAcArya jI va AcAryapravara jI kI amRtamayavANI kA pAna kiyaa| yahA~ tIna dina taka AcAryapravara virAje tathA kAryakrama prAtaH, madhyAhna va sAyaMkAla tInoM hI dina lagAtAra calate rahe, jinameM mukhya AkarSaNa rahA-yuvaka pariSada -abhinandanakAryakrama, aNuvrata sammelana, bauddhika goSThI, patrakAra goSThI, zrAvaka sammelana Adi / yahA~ ke 460 tulasI prajJA
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________________ pratyeka kAryakrama meM nIDam ke pratinidhi dvArA jaina vizva bhAratI kA pUrNa paricaya - pratyeka pravRtti sevA, zikSA, zodha, sAdhanA jaina, vidyA patrAcAra pAThyakrama, brAhmI vidyApITha, granthAgAra, pAramArthika zikSA saMsthAna, prekSA, tulasI prajJA, mahAprajJa jI ke pravacana kaisaTa, jaina vizva bhAratI kA vartamAna aura bhAvI rUpa Adi para vistAra se jAnakArI karAI gaI, sAhitya - vitaraNa kiyA gayA / yuvAcArya mahAprajJa jI evaM AcAryapravara ke dvArA apane pratyeka pravacanoM meM kisI na kisI rUpa meM prekSAdhyAna, aNuvrata evaM jaina vizva bhAratI kA ullekha kiyA gayA, tathA nIDam ke pratinidhi dvArA rakhI gaI prekSA-kendra prAyojanA para cintana karane hetu kahA gayA / prekSA- dhyAna zivira dillI ke lie bhI nIDam ke pratinidhi dvArA pUrva jAnakArI dI gaI / AcAryazrI ke isa pravAsakAla meM lagabhaga tIna hajAra strI-puruSoM ne darzana kA lAbha uThAyA / 3- 3-76 bAmalA - kharaka rAtri meM Taipa sunAkara eka saMgoSThI kA Ayojana kiyA gayA, jisameM sthAnIya evaM darzanArthiyoM kI lagabhaga 500 kI saMkhyA rhii| dillI yAtrA meM vyasana mukti, caritra-nirmANa Adi kI jAnakArI karAI gaI / 4- 3-76 kalAnora- lAlI - eka vizAla grAmINa sabhA ko sambodhita karate hue yuvAcAryazrI ne bar3hatI hiMsA phailatI, anuzAsanahInatA evaM anAcAra, atyAcAra va anaitikatA tathA apramANikatA para apane suspaTa vicAra rkhe| AcAryapravara ke maMgala pravacana ke pUrva kaisaTa sunAyA gayA tathA usI para apanI TippaNI vyakta karate hue unhoMne logoM ko AgAha kiyA ki abhI bhI samaya hai jaba Apa loga vartamAna ke liye kucha kara sakate ho / 5-3-76 rohataka ---- esa0 ke0 jaina moTara kampanI, rAmalIlA maidAna basa sTeNDa para prAtaH 10 baje AcAryazrI kA svAgata kiyA gyaa| dina bhara vahA~ para virAje / svAgata kAryakrama 2 ghaNTe calA tathA isameM prabuddha logoM ne vicAra vyakta kiye| vahIM para mahAzramaNI jI ne bhI apane vicAra nArI utthAna hetu rakhe / yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI ne deza meM naitika jAgaraNa va tanAvamukti para apane satarka vicAra rakkhe tathA prajJApradIpa sAdhanA vibhAga jaina vizva bhAratI dvArA isa ora kiye jA rahe prayAsoM kA saMketa kiyA / nIDam ke pratinidhi ne taba prekSAdhyAna zivira, kI jAnakArI karAI AcAryapravara ne maMgala sandeza diyA tathA sAyaM 5 baje padhAra kara rohataka zahara jaina dharmazAlA rAtri pravAsa kiyaa| jahA~ para sAyaMkAlIna pravacana kAryakrama calA / munizrI kisanalAla jI ne prekSA kyA hai ? tanAvamukti hetu isakA prayoga kaise yA kaba kiyA jA sakatA hai ? sIkhane hetu mArgadarzana kahA~ se prApta kareM ? Adi kI vistRta jAnakArI khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 461
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________________ dii| munizrI cauthamala jI ke dvArA gIta prastuta kiye gye| nIDam pratinidhi ne jaina vizva bhAratI kI pravRttiyoM kI jAnakArI dete huye prekSAdhyAna zivira meM bhAga lene, hetu jaina vizva bhAratI lADanU se samparka karane kA nivedana kiyA, tathAjaina vizva bhAratI Ane kA nimaMtraNa diyaa| rohataka meM lagabhaga 1 hajAra strI-puruSoM dvArA gurudeva ke darzana pravacana kA lAbha uThAyA gyaa| 6.3-76 kalhAvar3a sAyaMkAlIna saMgoSThI meM sarvaprathama kaisaTa saiTa sunAyA gyaa| tatpazcAt munizrI kisanalAla jI ne apane vicAra vyakta kiye / tatpazcAt AcAryapravara ne maMgala pravacana kiyA / lagabhaga 200 strI-puruSoM ne pravacanAmRta pAna kiyaa| 7-3-76 rohada sthAnIya grAmINa janatA kI eka vizAla sabhA kA Ayojana nIDam dvArA kiyA gayA / jisameM vyasana-mukti, saMyama jIvana, cAritrika utthAna para saMtoM dvArA evaM AcAryapravara dvArA vicAra vyakta kiye gaye / karIba 100 strI-puruSa upasthita the| 8.3-76 bahAduragar3ha sAyaMkAlIna kAryakrama meM AcAryapravara ne apane AzIrvacana meM batAyA ki isa vyAvasAyika va iNDasTriyala nagarI meM Apa sabhI logoM ke dvArA jo bhI vastu nirmita kI jAtI hai, usakI prAmANikatA kI chApa honI caahie| Apa logoM ke hAtha meM deza meM prAmANikatA ke prasAra kA eka bahuta bar3A sAdhana hai / yuvAcAryazrI ne hindustAna seneTarI klaba meM pravacana kiyaa| 6-3-79 nAMgaloI- AcAryapravara kA dillI kI ora se dillI sImA para hArdika svAgata munizrI rUpacanda jI dvArA, nAMgaloI nagara nigama vidyAlaya meM hArdika abhinandanaH patrakAra, rAjanItijJa, nagaranigama ke sadasya gaNamAnya nAgarikoM ke dvArA svAgata kArya sampanna huaa| AcAryapravara dvArA dillI Agamana kA uddezya spaSTa kiyA gyaa| logoM kI bhAvanAoM kA aura abhinandana patra kA pratyuttara dete hue unhoMne batAyA ki jIvana ke pratyeka kArya ko Apa saMyamapUrvaka kreN| Apa apane Apako sudhaareN| ApakA dainika vyavahAra sudhAreM to samAja va deza kA bahuta bar3A kArya hogA / isa avasara para lagabhaga saikar3oM strI-puruSoM ne guru darzana kie| jiMdala skUla (paMjAbI bAga) meM rAtri vizrAma kiyA / tathA prAtaH sadarathAnA hetu prasthAna kiyaa| 10.3-76 sadarathAnA prAtaH, madhyAhna evaM sAyaMkAla kAryakrama calA, anekAneka saMbhrAnta nAgarika, vidvAna , viduSiyoM, rAjanItijJoM ne bhAga liyaa| rAtri kAlIna kAryakrama meM sadarathAnA ke nAgarikoM, 462 tulasI prajJA
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________________ nagaranigama ke sadasyoM dvArA svAgata va abhinandana kiyA gyaa| yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI ne, vartamAna jIvana meM tanAva se mukti para apane dArzanika vicAra rkhe| jaina vizva bhAratI kI gatividhiyoM, pravRttiyoM va kArya praNAliyoM kI vistRta jAnakArI nIDam ke pratinidhi dvArA karAI gii| samAroha kI upasthiti pAMca sau karIba thii| 11.3.76 lAla kilA . ___AcAryapravara kA sampUrNa rASTra ke pratinidhiyoM dvArA hArdika nAgarika abhinandana samAroha kA Ayojana huaa| sadarathAne se vizAla julUsa zurU huA / julUsa kA vahI rUpa, vahI nAre, vahI mauna, vahI anuzAsana tIna kilomITara taka julUsa, jisameM saikar3oM vidyArthI, saikar3oM bAlikAyeM, saiMkar3oM raMga-biraMge paridhAna meM mahilAyeM va puruSa the, to dUsarI ora gulAbI vastroM meM dillI kanyA maNDala, pIta sAr3I meM mahilA maMDala, zveta sAr3I meM pAramArthika saMsthA kI bahana apanI anupama chaTA bikhera rahI thiiN| dUsarI ora bAlamaNDala bigulanAda kara rahA thA, to yuvakamaNDala jayaghoSa se AkAza ko hilA rahA thaa| eka ora zrAvaka nirdhArita nAre lagA rahe the to dUsarI ora zrAvikAyeM gitikAoM se mAnava cetanA evaM sevAbhAva kI sIkha de rahI thIM, bIca-bIca meM zAMta parantu ekAgra citta loga pUrNa mauna kA pAlana karate hue paMktibaddha sva-anuzAsana se cala rahe the| yaha AtmAnuzAsana kA julUsa rAjadhAnI ke nAgarikoM dvArA prathama bAra dekhA gayA, itanA lambA, para kahIM koI zora-zarAbA nhiiN| niyamitatA, va saMyama ke sAtha Age bar3hate julUsa ne ThIka 10 baje phaharAte hue tiraMge ke dhanI lAlakile meM praveza kiyA / jahA~ para 5 hajAra nAgarikoM dvArA AcAryapravara, yuvAcAryapravara, mahAzramaNI evaM saMgha kA nAgarika abhinandana huA / abhinandanakartAoM ke pratinidhi the-lokasabhA adhyakSa zrI hegar3e, upamahApora, bAlA sAhaba devarasa sarasaMgha saMcAlaka, bhU0pU0 vittamaMtrI zrI sI0 subrahmaNyam, uccatama nyAyAlaya ke nyAyamUrti zrI UMTavAliyA, kendrIya vANijya rAjyamaMtrI zrI Aripha bega, nagara pariSada ke sadasya, rAjadhAnI ke uccatama rAjyAdhikArI, patrakAra, sAhityakAra, vaijJAnika, evaM bhArata ke gaNamAnya udyogapatti, majadUra, vidyArthI, DAkTara, lekhaka sabhI tabake ke loga va unake pratinidhi upasthita the / abhinandana kAryakrama 3 ghaNTe taka claa| prArambha maMgalAcaraNa se huA, jise pAramArthika zikSaNa saMsthA kI bahanoM ne kiyaa| __ vaktAoM ke pazcAt munizrI rUpacanda jI, mahAzramaNI va mukhya pravacanakartA yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa jI the| mahAzramaNI ne jIvana ko sarala va sAdagImaya tathA vinamra banAne hetu, bahanoM ko AhvAna kiyA / yuvAcAryazrI ne vartamAna saMsAra meM bar3ha rahe tanAva aura tanAva pUrNa vAtAvaraNa tathA azA~ta evaM nirAzAmaya jIvana se chuTakArA pAne hetu aNuvrata evaM mAnasika zAMti ke sAdhana prekSAdhyAna kI jAnakArI bar3e hI saTIka tarka binduoM se rakhI / inake vaijJAnika AdhAra ko spaSTa karate hue darzana se jIvana ko jor3A tathA 'jIvana vijJAna' kI zikSA va jAnakArI ke abhAva ko spaSTa kiyaa| yuvAcAryazrI ke pravacana ne sabhI meM eka khalabalI macA dI / sabhI ko socane ko majabUra kara diyaa| AcAryapravara ne deza meM phaila rahI, hiMsA, atyAcAra, caurabAjArI, milAvaTa, gandI rAjanIti, zarAba, rUDhivAditAyeM, dharmAndhatA, jhUTha, phareba, beImAnI azAMta vAtAvaraNa khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ Adi para prahAra kiyaa| Age unhoMne kahA- cAroM ora hiMsA kA sAmrAjya phaila rahA hai, mAnava-mAnava ko trAsa de rahA hai| aise azAMta vAtAvaraNa kA kAraNa kyA hai ? hameM usake kAraNoM ko naSTa karanA hai| tabhI saMsAra insAniyata kA, mAnavatA kA, saccA prasAra ho skegaa| hamane dekhA hai ki agara hama hamAre jIvana ke pratyeka kArya ko saMyama se jor3a le to kucha rAhata mila sakatI hai| choTe-choTe niyama isa kArya ke liye hamane banAye jinheM aNuvrata kahate haiN| jisameM vidyArthI, sevaka, vyApArI, rAjya karmacArI, zramika, kRSaka, nAgarika, mahilA, kAryakartA, sAhityakAra, kalAkAra, matadAtA, ummIdavAra, vidhAyaka Adi sabhI ke lie kucha choTe-choTe niyama haiM / hamArA vizvAsa hai ki agara inakA pAlana ho to, pratyeka vyakti ko lAbha ho sakatA hai| "sAmAnya aNuvrata dekhiye.-saMkalpapUrvaka vadha nahIM karUgA, kisI para AkramaNa nahIM karUMgA aura Akramaka nIti kA samarthana nahIM karUMgA, hiMsAtmaka upadravoM evaM tor3a-phor3a mUlaka pravRttiyoM meM bhAga na luugaa| jAti, varNa, U~ca-nIca ko lekara aspRzyatA nahIM rkhuugaa| saba dharmoM va sampradAyoM ke prati sahiSNutA kA bhAva rakhUgA / vyavasAya aura vyavahAra meM satya kI sAdhanA kruuNgaa| mAdaka aura nasIle padArthoM kA sevana nahIM karU~gA AdiAdi / ___ "aise jIvanopayogI choTe-choTe niyama haiN| dUsarI ora tanAva mukti ke lie tIsa varSoM kI athaka tapaHsAdhanA se prApta hamAre mahAprajJa jI ne mAnava jIvana utthAna hetu eka vidhi dI hai aura maiM nizcayapUrvaka kaha rahA hU~ sabhI loga, buddhijIvI, rAjanetA, DAkTara, vaijJAnika, vakIla, vyApArI, majadUra, madhyama varga koI bhI tabake kA ho aura jo mAnasika zAMti cAhatA ho, tanAvamukti cAhatA ho, isa vidhi kA prayoga kareM, use nizcaya hI lAbha hogaa| Apake dillI meM isa samaya Ane kA hamArA eka yaha bhI lakSya rahA hai aura adhyAtma sAdhAA kendra chatarapura maharaulI meM 18 mArca se 27 mArca taka prekSAdhyAna zivira kA Ayojana kiyA jA rahA hai / jo maiM yahA~ kaha rahA hUM use Apa vahA~ para satyarUpa meM pA sakate haiN| jo bhI cAhe vahA~ prayoga karake dekheM / hama isa nizcaya se Age bar3ha rahe haiM ki nizcita hI hama hamAre uddezya mAnavatA ke prasAra meM Age bar3heMge / AcAryapravara yahIM se dariyAgaMja virAjakara sAyaMkAla aNuvrata vihAra meM padArpaNa kiyA / 11.3.76 se 17-3-76 aNuvata vihAra . AcAryapravara, yuvAcAryazrI sAdhvIpramukhA jI tathA sabhI saMtasatiyA~ yahA~ virAjita rhe| prAtaH, sAyaM, rAtri meM yahA~ para saikar3oM vyaktiyoM ne pravacana evaM darzana, Adi kA lAbha prApta kiyaa| ina dinoM meM AcAryapravara ke darzana lAbha lene vAloM meM bhArata ke bar3e-bar3e rAjanItijJa, udyogapati, sAhityakAra, lekhaka, vaijJAnika, rAjyAdhikArI evaM aneka buddhi jIvI loga hI nahIM, videzI rAjadUtAvAsoM ke adhikAriyoM ko bhI gurudeva kA sAnnidhya milaa| sAyaMkAlIna saMgoSThiyoM meM niyamita kaiseTa saiToM kA sunAyA jAnA, pravacana ke samaya jaina vizva bhAratI kI pravRttiyoM zikSA, zodha, sevA va sAdhanA kI jAnakArI karAnA, tulasI prajJA
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________________ ziviroM kI jAnakArI karAnA Adi kArya nIDam ke pratinidhi ne kie| vistAra se pratyeka gatividhi kA paricaya karAte hue tulasI prajJA evaM prekSA patrikA kI jAnakArI karAI gaI / sAta dina ke pravAsakAla meM lagabhaga hajAroM darzanArthiyoM ke dvArA gurudeva se jina vANI kA lAbha uThAyA gyaa| 17-3-76 grInapArka sAyaMkAlIna darzana ke samaya AcAryapravara ke darzana grIna pArka meM zrAvaka-zrAvikAoM ke dvArA kiye gaye tathA pravacana lAbha uThAyA gayA / saiMkar3oM darzanArthiyoM ne isakA lAbha liyaa| 18.3-76 adhyAtma sAdhanA kendra dillI chatarapura zivira udghATana hetu pUjyavAda gurudeva 6 baje padhAre tathA kAryakrama ThIka nirdhArita samayAnusAra 6-30 baje prArambha huaa| karIba tIna sau darzakoM ke madhya gurudeva ke dvArA prekSAdhyAna zivira kA udaghATana maMgalAcaraNa ke pazcAt kiyA gayA, saMyojaka zrI kaThautiyA jI ke dvArA svAgata bhASaNa huaa| munizrI kisanalAla jI ke dvArA jahA~ saMyojana kiyA gayA vahIM isake mahattva para bhI prakAza DAlA gayA / zivira nidezaka yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa jI ke dvArA prekSA kyA hai ? kyoM Avazyaka hai ? tathA kisa sarala vidhi se ise apanAyA jA sakatA hai isa para vistRta prakAza DAlA gyaa| padhAre hue bhArata ke vikhyAta AyurvedAcArya paM. ziva zarmA, yU. jI. sI. ke ceyaramaina, pro. satIzacaMdra evaM sAhityakAroM ne apane vicAra vyakta kiye tathA batAyA ki nizcaya hI prekSAdhyAna kI yaha paddhati apane meM anUThI evaM sArabhita dRSTigata hotI hai, nizcaya hI ise apanAyA jA sakatA hai / AcAryapravara ne apane udbodhana bhASaNa meM zivirArthiyoM se kahA--vAstava meM Apane jisa mArga ko cunA hai usake bAre meM Apake mana meM aneka jijJAsAyeM hoMgI aura una sabhI kA samAdhAna Apako zivira meM prApta hogaa| zivira kaisA hogA yA kaisA rahegA isakA svAda gUge ke gur3asA hai, jo batAne nahIM khAne se mAlUma hotA hai| maiM kevala itanA kaha sakatA hUM ki eka bAra Apa isameM A gaye to bAra-bAra aayeNge| yaha anubhava kI bAta hai / bambaI ke bhAI Apake sAtha baiThe haiM / inake atirikta Apake sAtha kaI anya sAthI hoMge, jo dUsare va tIsare zivira meM bhAga le rahe haiN| maiM to yahI zubhakAmanA karatA hU~ ki Apa apane lakSya ko prApta karane meM saphala hoN| zivira meM 200 zivirArthiyoM ne bhAga liyaa| jinameM sAre hindustAna meM se dUra-dUra se loga the| aneka nAma Aye para sthAna kI kamI ke kAraNa kucha bhAI bahanoM ko agale zivira hetu chor3anA pdd'aa| AcAryapravara dinAMka 18 mArca 76 se' 27 mArca 76 taka meharaulI chatarapura meM hI viraaje| khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 465
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________________ yAtrAkAla ke bolate A~kar3e 496 patrAcAra pAThyakama jaina vizva bhAratI kA paricaya denA / prekSA patrikA, tulasI prajJA patrikA kI jAnakArI karAnA / kaisaTa saiTa kI jAnakArI karAnA / aspRzyatA va rUr3hiyA~ tor3ane hetu vAtAvaraNa nirmANa karanA / vizva bandhutva evaM vizvazAMti hetu vAtAvaraNa banAnA / prekSA kendroM kI sthApanA karAnA / samparka sUtra banA - 15 hajAra se 20 hajAra strI-puruSoM se / rAjanItijJoM, sAhityakAroM, udyogapatiyoM, kRSakoM, majadUroM, tathA vidyArthiyoM se / vizeSa Ayojana sthala - rAjagar3ha dIkSA samAroha bhivAnI abhinandana samAroha dillI nAgarika abhinandana sabhA prekSAdhyAna udghATana samAroha tulasI prajJA
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________________ jaina vizva bhAratI : pravRtti evaM pragati jaina vizva bhAratI ke sabhI vibhAga nirantara pragatizIla haiM / gatAGka se Age saMkSipta jAnakArI isa prakAra haizodha vibhAga zodha vibhAga dvArA vibhinna yojanAoM ko mUrta rUpa dene kA upakrama cAlU hai / 1. jaina vizvakoza---prastAvita jaina vizvakoza kA kArya prArambha ho cukA hai| samprati kurukSetra vizvavidyAlaya dvArA nikalane vAlI zodha-patrikA (Research Journal) 'prAcIna jyoti' se jaina dharma-darzana, sAhitya, itihAsa, saMskRti Adi se sambandhita lagabhaga pA~ca sau zodha-lekhoM kA sUcIkaraNa kiyA jA cukA hai| __ zodha-nidezaka DaoN0 nathamala TATiyA ne 'anekAnta' para eka khojapUrNa lekha likhA hai, jo jaina vizvakoza meM likhe jAne vAle zodha-lekhoM meM sarvaprathama hai / yaha lekha patrikA ke isI aMka ke AMgla khaNDa meM prakAzita kiyA jA rahA hai / 2. jaina Agamakoza-yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa ke nirdezana meM jaina Agamakoza kA kArya cala rahA hai| 3. anuvAda--(i) aNuvrata anuzAstA yugapradhAna AcAryazrI tulasI dvArA saMskRta meM likhita "zikSA SaNNavati" evaM "kartavyaSaTtriMzikA" nAmaka kRtiyoM kA aMgrejI anuvAda zrI rAmasvarUpa sonI dvArA sampanna kiyA jA cukA hai aura aba usakA vAcana evaM saMzodhana brAhmI vidyApITha ke nava niyukta prAcArya zrI DI0 sI0 zarmA kara rahe haiN| (ii) arhata vandanA kA aMgrejI anuvAda zodha nidezaka DaoN0 nathamala TATiyA dvArA sampanna ho cukA hai| zikSA vibhAga brAhmI vidyApITha ke prAcArya ke rUpa meM anubhavI vayovRddha vidvAn zrI DI0 sI0 zarmA kI niyukti kI gaI hai / zrI zarmA isase pUrva paMjAba ke ga0 me0 kAleja meM aMgrejI vibhAga ke adhyakSa evaM paMjAba ke sarakArI-gairasarakArI kAlejoM ke prinsipala rahe haiN| vidyApITha inake mArga-darzana evaM vyavasthA krama se uttarottara vikasita hogA, aisA vizvAsa hai| 26 janavarI 1976 ko gaNataMtra divasa ke upalakSya meM brAhmI vidyApITha kI ora se eka sabhA kA Ayojana kiyA gayA, jisameM jhaNDAbhivAdana evaM rASTragAna ke pazcAta eka khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 467
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________________ rocaka evaM AkarSaka kAryakrama prastuta kiyA gayA / saMgIta, kavitA, bhASaNa, kavvAlI aura ekAbhinaya Adi isake pramukha aMga the, jo darzakoM kI dRSTi meM kAphI saphala rahe / isa avasara para DaoN0 nathamala TATiyA, zrI gopIcanda copar3A, zrI DI0 sI0 zarmA evaM vaidya sohanalAla zarmA ke sAragarbhita bhASaNa bhI huye / kAryakrama kA saphala saMyojana suzrI zAntA jaina ne kiyA / vaizAlI se Aye huye vidvAn pro0 devasahAya triveda kA jaina evaM bauddha dharma viSayaka aitihAsika khojapUrNa bhASaNa huA / zrI triveda ne candragupta maurya evaM azoka ke jIvana, dharma evaM zAsana ko vizeSa rUpa se sparza kiyA bhASaNa ke pazcAt saMgoSThI meM praznottara dvArA viSaya kA vivecana kiyA gayA / vasanta paJcamI ke dina brAhmI vidyApITha (DigrI kakSAoM) adhyApakoM ke saMrakSaNa meM anatidUrastha parvatIya zikhara abhiyAna kA zikhara para pahuMcA / prakRti kI goda meM aisI zaikSaNika yAtrAoM kA isI bhA~ti pAramArthika zikSaNa saMsthA kI kucha bahanoM ne AcAryazrI ke nirantara darzana evaM sevA hetu vihAra meM bhAga liyA / adhunA parIkSA kAla sannikaTa hone se chAtra evaM zikSaka adhyayana-adhyApana meM rata haiM / varddhamAna granthAgAra kI chAtrAoM kA dala Ananda uThAtA huA viziSTa mahattva hai / granthAlayAdhyakSa zrI subodha kumAra mukharjI (kalakattA) kI dekharekha meM granthoM ke vargIpharavarI - mArca 76 meM prAcya vidyA karaNa evaM sUcIkaraNa kA kArya drutagati se cala rahA hai| saMbaMdha karIba sau uttamottama granthoM kI abhivRddhi huI / Alocya avadhi meM saMta-sAdhviyoM, zodhArthiyoM evaM anya pAThakoM dvArA vividha viSayoM para 300 pustakoM kA adhyayana kiyA gayA, jisase granthAgAra kI upAdeyatA siddha hotI hai / karake eka alaga "sela" kI sthApanA kI granthAgAra haoNla meM samasta khir3akiyoM para vyavasthA kara dI gaI hai / yuvAcArya zrI mahAprajJa dvArA racita 100 se adhika pustakoM kA pUrA seTa saMkalita jA rahI hai / zodhArthI pAThakoM kI suvidhA hetu parde lagA diye gaye haiM evaM rozanI kI samucita granthAgAra meM pustaka Agata-nirgata vyavasthA ke antargata "kArDa paddhati" (pustaka patrikA vyavasthA ) lAgU kI jA cukI hai / jo saphala siddha ho rahI hai / granthAgAra se saMbaddha vAcanAlaya kakSa meM jJAnopayogI mAsika, sAptAhika, dainika Adi patra-patrikAoM kI saMkhyA 50 se adhika hai / 468 sAdhanA vibhAga tulasI adhyAtma nIDam, lADanUM tathA adhyAtma sAdhanA kendra dillI ke saMyukta tattvAvadhAna meM dasa divasIya "navama prekSA dhyAna zivira" di0 18 mArca se 27 mArca, 1676 taka AcAryazrI ke sAnnidhya evaM yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa ke nirdezana meM "adhyAtma sAdhanA kendra, tulasI prajJA
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________________ kutuba mInAra ke nikaTa, chatarapura ror3a, meharolI, dillI-30" nAmaka sthAna para sampanna huaa| jisameM vibhinna prAntoM ke lagabhaga 200 sAdhaka-sAdhikAoM ne bhAga liyA / AgAmI brISmAvakAza meM sAdhanA vibhAga, lADanUM meM "caturtha adhyApaka yoga, naitika zikSA prazikSaNa zivira" kA Ayojana hone kI sambhAvanA hai, jisa hetu rAjasthAna zikSA vibhAga se patra-vyavahAra cala rahA hai| prekSAdhyAna ziviroM meM yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJa dvArA pradatta pravacanoM ke keseTsa sAdhanA vibhAga ne vikrayArtha taiyAra karAe haiM, jo abhinandanIya haiM / svAsthya vibhAga sevAbhAvI kalyANa kendra dvArA kI jA rahI abhUtapUrva sevA ke phalasvarUpa vAta-vyAdhi, apasmAra, hRdayaroga, udararoga, kSaya, pratizyAya tathA jvara ke rogI svAsthya lAbha prApta kara rahe haiN| rogI saMkhyA isa bhA~ti hai :-- navIna rogI purAne rogI puruSa strI bAlaka kula yoga 330 6 61610 556 125 = 1261 rasAyana zAlA meM saMjIvanI vaTI, prabhAkara vaTI, agnituNDI vaTI, amara sundarI vaTI, navAyasa loha, loha parpaTI Adi ke sAtha-sAtha kaI Avazyaka cUrNoM ke yoga taiyAra kie gae haiM tathA viSoM kA zodhana evaM dhAtuoM kA mAraNa kiyA jA rahA hai| vanaspati vATikA meM aneka vanaspatiyoM kA ropaNa kiyA jA cukA hai| etadartha kalyANa kendra ke nidezaka zrI mANakacanda jI seThiyA tathA jaina vizva bhAratI ke mantrI zrI zrIcanda jI beMgAnI ke prayatna sarAhanIya haiN| - 0: khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 466
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________________ sAhitya samIkSA tIrthakara (mAsika), varSa 8, aGka 7-8, navambara-disambara 1978 zrI nainAgiri tIrtha evaM AcArya vidyAsAgara vizeSAGka sampAdaka-DaoN0 nemIcanda jaina prakAzaka-hIrA bhaiyA prakAzana, 65, patrakAra kaoNlonI, kanAr3iyA ror3a, indaura 452001 vArSika zulka-dasa rupaye prastuta aGka-pA~ca rupaye; pRSTha 128 / tIrthakara ne patrakAritA ke kSetra meM jo kIrtimAna sthApita kiyA hai, vaha prazaMsanIya hai / tIrthakara ke adyAvadhi jitane vizeSAGka nikale haiM, unakI eka svastha paramparA hai| prastuta zrI nainAgiri tIrtha evaM AcArya vidyAsAgara vizeSAMka bhI usI paramparA kA saMvAhaka hai / vizeSAGka ke mAdhyama se kisI vyakti/tIrtha vizeSa ke antara-bAhya svarUpa kA Akalana karanA sAdhAraNa bAta nahIM hai, kintu prastuta vizeSAGka meM jina nape-tule zabdoM meM AcArya vidyAsAgara jI aura nainAgiri tIrtha kSetra kA zabda-citra prastuta kiyA gayA hai, vaha abhinandanIya hai| prastuta vizeSAGka meM jitane bhI lekha diye gaye haiM, ve sabhI mahattvapUrNa haiM, inameM paM0 kailAzacandra zAstrI kA 'Namo loe savva sAhUNaM', DaoN. devendrakumAra zAstrI kA 'jaina sAdhu kI caryA', nIraja jaina kA 'eka aura vidyAnandi', AcArya vidyAsAgara kA 'mokSa Aja bhI sambhava hai', DaoN0 nemIcanda jaina kA 'bheTa, eka bheda vijJAnI se' aura sureza jaina kA 'nainAgiri : jahA~ khulate haiM antarnayana' nAmaka lekha antas ko chUne jhakajhorane vAle haiN| paNDita kailAzacanda zAstrI kA yaha kathana ki-"Aja kI viDambanAe~ dekhakara merA yaha mata bana gayA thA ki isa kAla meM saccA digambara jaina sAdhu honA sambhava nahIM hai, kintu jaba se AcArya vidyAsAgara ke darzana kie haiM, mere ukta mata meM parivartana huA hai" yathArtha hai| maiM samajhatA hUM ki AcArya vidyAsAgara jI ke darzana karake kevala' paNDita jI kI hI nahIM, apitu unake anya samAnadharmA vyaktiyoM kI bhI yahI sthiti hogii| __isa aGka kI anya jo vizeSatA hai, vaha hai sampAdakIya-'sAdhuoM ko namaskAra' / aisA svastha cintana kabhI-kabhAra hI par3hane ko milatA hai| sampradAyagata bU se rahita nimna paMktiyAM draSTavya haiM 500 tulasI prajJA
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________________ sAdhu eka khulI kitAba hai, yA kaheM ki vaha eka jIvanta zAstra haiM, eka aisA zAstra, jisameM cAritra lipi kA upayoga huA hai, jisake akSara-akSara, varNa-varNa se ahiMsA, satya, asteya, aparigraha aura brahmacarya prakaTa ho rahe haiN| kula milAkara prastuta aGka bahuta hI sundara bana par3A hai, jo sampAdaka ke kalAcAturya kA nidarzana hai / AcArya vidyAsAgara jI ke vibhinna mudrAoM meM diye gaye citroM kA saMyojana bhI uttama hai| isa anupama prastuti ke liye sampAdaka evaM prakAzaka donoM badhAI ke pAtra haiN| DaoN0 kamalezakumAra jaina zikSA ke sandarbha meM lekhaka-munizrI gaNezamala sampAdaka-munizrI kanhaiyAlAla prakAzaka-zrI jaina zve0 terApaMthI mAnava hitakArI saMgha, rANAvAsa pRSTha saMkhyA-52; mUlya-anullikhita munijI gaNezamala jI saMskRta, prAkRta, hindI, gujarAtI Adi vibhinna bhASAoM ke adhikArI vidvAn haiM / Apake dvArA likhI gaI kaI pustakeM prakAzita ho cukI haiN| samIkSya kRti dohoM meM nibaddha eka laghu pustikA hai, jo bhAvoM se bharapUra hai| isakI zailI ati manorama evaM zikSAprada hai, isake eka-eka dohe meM jIvanopayogI ratnoM kA khajAnA bharA hai| samajhadAra nara hai vahI, kare socakara kaam| karake pIche socatA, mUrkha usI kA nAma / pustikA meM kula 4 zIrSaka haiM-do, tIna, cAra aura sAta / inameM zIrSaka ke nAmAnurUpa arthAt do-do, tIna-tIna, cAra-cAra aura sAta-sAta saMkhyA vAlI prasiddha bAtoM kA ullekha kiyA gayA hai| pustikA baccoM ko kaNThastha karAne yogya hai| -DaoN0 kamalezakumAra jaina zrI jinadattasUri maNDala, dAdAvAr3I ajamera ke prakAzana (ukta prakAzana se nimna pA~ca pustakeM bheMTa svarUpa prApta huI haiM) 1. dharma aura saMsAra kA svarUpa; pR0 24+158, san 1970, mUlya ru0 2.00 / 2. jIvana darzana (ahiMsA); pR0 16+68, caturtha AvRtti, mUlya ru0 2.50 / 3. Rational Religion; pR0 24+ 62, dvitIyAvRtti, mUlya ru0 2.50 / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 501
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________________ 4. caityavaMdana vyAkhyA; pR0 18+48, san 1977, mUlya ru0 1.25 / 5. Anandaghana jI ke padoM para eka dRSTi; pR0 38, san 1978, mUlya ru0 1.25 ina pA~ca pustakoM ke lekhaka zrI gopIcanda dhAr3IvAla haiN| zrI dhAr3IvAla jaina samAja ke jAne-mAne prasiddha vidvAn haiM, unake cintana kI jhalaka ukta pustakoM meM milatI hai| vidyArthI bodha lekhaka-vaidya kapUracanda vidyArthI prakAzaka-zrI bhAgacanda iTorayA sArvajanika nyAsa, damoha (ma0 pra0) pRSTha-20 + 44, mUlya-bheMTa, prathamAvRtti, san 1978 samIkSya pustikA ke lekhaka dhArmika evaM sevAbhAvI svabhAva ke eka sudhAravAdI zrAvaka haiN| prastuta pustikA meM rASTrabodha, svAsthyabodha aura adhyAtmabodha nAmaka tIna adhyAya haiM, jinakA viSaya zIrSakAnurUpa hai / inameM sarala evaM subodha zailI meM likhe gaye nIti viSayaka 333 padya haiM / kucha padya to rahIma, kabIra evaM paM0 govindadAsa jI dvArA anuvAdita hindI kurala kAvya ke nItiprada dohoM kI yAda dilAte haiN| udAharaNArtha rASTraprema adhyAya meM diye gaye nimna padya draSTavya haiN| kara na sake sadbhAva se jo anoti pratikAra / use nahIM janataMtra meM jIne kA adhikAra / / 1/2!! zrama jIvana hai rASTra kA naitika bala hai prANa / anuzAsana prati sajagatA sva-para sRjana kalyANa / / 1/13 / / vastutaH rASTraprema, svastha jIvana aura AdhyAtmika sAdhanA--..ye tIna mAnava mAtra ke maulika lakSya haiM, jinake dvArA mAnava jIvana sArthaka banAyA jA sakatA hai| isa pustikA meM isI lakSya kI saMpUrti kI gaI hai| isake cune hue padya sArvajanika sthAnoM para likhe jAne tathA skUloM kI pAThya pustakoM meM sammilita kiye jAne yogya haiN| pustikA laghu hote hue bhI "gAgara meM sAgara" kI taraha jIvanopayogI nItiyoM ko prastuta karane meM lekhaka pUrNa saphala haiM / rAtribhojana tyAga viSayaka kucha svataMtra evaM prabhAvazAlI padyoM kA samAveza isameM kiyA jAnA jarUrI thaa| isake kucha padya reDiyo sIlona (zrI laMkA) se prasArita kiye jA cuke haiM isase bhI isa pustikA kI mahattA svayaMsiddha hai| prastuta pustikA kA prakAzana sva0 zrI bhAgacanda jI iTorayA kI smRti meM sthApita nyAsa kI ora se huA hai| sva0 zrI iTorayA jI krAntikArI evaM sudhAravAdI vicAradhArA ke vyakti the| AzA hai, isa pustikA kA sarvatra svAgata hogaa| DA0 phUlacanda jaina prAdhyApaka jaina vizva bhAratI, lADanUM 502 tulasI prajJA
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________________ dillI / 1 disambara / 1974 / " jiNadhamma saMgIti" ke bAda kI sukhada subaha / zAnta, ujalA AkAza / kAkA sAhaba kAlelakara kA nivAsa / unakA 60 vA~ janmadina / munizrI nathamala jI kI apalaka pratIkSA / kaI loga haiM / acchA laga rahA hai, tathApi pratIkSA hai kisI aise vyakti kI jise dekhA do-eka bAra hai kintu jisane jagaha banA lI hai bhItara brahmANDa se kahIM adhika / praNAma mahAprajJa DA0 nemIcanda jaina DaoN0 mAcave ne kAkA sAhaba kA eka rekhAMkana kiyA hai aura ve usa para unake hastAkSara le rahe haiM / sabhA huI hai / munizrI nathamala jI usameM bole haiN| maiM nirnimeSa dekha rahA hUM; caur3A lalATa, acaMcala netra, abhIta citta koI zArdUla khar3A hai aura " syAdvAda" para se bhrama kI paramparita cAdara haTA rahA hai / kaha rahA hai - " kAkA sAhaba ne jainadharma kI jaisI sevA kI hai, vaisI kisI jaina ne bhI nahIM kI; ve anekAnta mUrti haiM / " citta para jo tasvIra banI vaha isa taraha kucha thI - " eka AdamI hai / kasA huA mana, kasA huA tana, kase hue zabda, kase hue vAkya, saba acUka, amogha / " kyoMki isa abhAge kI aura nizcaya ke muTThI isa saMkSipta - sAde - sukhada samAroha se lauTate eka lAbha huA / bhAratIya jJAnapITha ne jaina siddhAnta kozakAra bra0 jinendra varNI ke abhinandana samAroha kA Ayojana kiyA / eka kozakAra kA abhinandana svayaM meM cakita kara dene vAlI ghaTanA thI; khoja pala-bhara ke lie kevala saMkaTa yA anizcaya ke samaya hotI hai, meM Ate hI loga use bisAra dete haiM / munizrI bhI isa samAroha meM Amantrita the / paM0 dalasukha bhAI mAlavaNiyA aura Ada0 agaracanda jI nAhaTA bhI sAtha lauTa rahe the / munizrI bhI lauTe / koI oNTo se bhAgA koI zaoNrTakaTa se / munizrI acaMcala kintu savega, svayaM meM, kintu jAgarUka | unake paga hI maga bane / unhoMne calanA zurU kiyA aura "maiMne" unake sAtha daur3anA / dUra kucha thA nahIM / bAteM karate cale to lagA dUrI gaNitIya nahIM mAnasika hotI hai / usa dina sApekSatA kA eka aura spaSTa bodha huA / usa dina kA vaha sacala tathApi acala sAnnidhya Aja bhI citta para usI jIvanta mudrA meM upasthita hai aura nibir3a andhakAra meM - kabhI kiraNa bana jAtA hai| saca, usa dina ThIka hI lagA thA ki maiM eka vaTa-bIja ke sAtha yAtrAyita hUM / khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 503
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________________ *** 1 disambara 1974 / 8-10 akTUbara 1977 ke bIca unheM unhIM kI kRtiyoM meM talAzatA rhaa| akTUbara 1977 meM mujhe lADanUM jAnA pdd'aa| vahA~ eka saMgoSThI Ayojita thI / yadyapi maiM maisUra vizvavidyAlaya kI eka saMgoSThI meM thA do dina pUrva aura yaha asaMbhava hI thA mujha - jaise niSkAMcana ke lie ki lADanU pahuMca aura saMgoSThI meM apanA zodhapatra prastuta karU N, kintu jaina vizva bhAratI ke vidvAn kulapati zrI zrIcaMda jI rAmapuriyA tathA "tulasI prajJA" ke saMpAdaka DaoN0 nathamala TATiyA kI kRpA ne mujhe nyautA aura maiM vahA~ AkAzamArga se IT sakA / AcAryazrI asvastha the, sAre kArya cala rahe the / kauna calA rahA thA inheM ? muni zrI nathamala jI kA kuzala, dizAdarzI netRtva / kahIM, koI vizRMkhalatA nahIM thii| mujhe "jaina patra-patrikAoM ke udbhava aura vikAsa" para apanA zodhapatra par3hanA thA / patA nahIM kyoM aisA huA hai ki jaba bhI maiM munizrI nathamala jI se milA hUM, eka vizeSAMka kI taiyArI ke tevara meM hI unase milanA par3A hai| dillI se lauTakara maiMne "zrImadrAjendra sUrIzvara" vizeSAMka saMpanna kiyA aura lADanU se lauTakara "jaina patra-patrikAe~" vizeSAMka / ise saMyoga kahiye, athavA niyatiyojita kintu huA yahI, aura hogA yahI / patA nahIM munizrI ke vyaktitva meM aisA kyA hai jo merI prajJA ko mA~jatA hai aura udAratA ko mere najadIka tA hai / saMbhavataH 8 akTUbara kA vaha dina thA / maiM apane zodhapatra kA vAcana kara rahA thA par3ha cukA thA zAyada / kucha bhAna nahIM hai, kintu usI dina munizrI ne kahA thA - "patA nahIM kyoM mujhe lagatA hai ki DaoN0 nemIcanda jaina aura hamArA sAtha janmajanmAntara kA hai|" kaha nahIM sakatA citta kI kisa ekAgratA meM se yaha kvaNita huA thA, kintu usa rAta vahIM lADanU meM maiM bahuta bhItara gayA thA aura merI cetanA ne isa tathya para anAyAsa hastAkSara kiye the / yadyapi Aja vaha kSaNa gujara gayA hai, kintu abhI bhI maiM usa romAMcaka pala kI talAza meM banA huA hUM; aura jaba par3ha rahA hUM ki unhoMne "nAmAtIta" aura "saMbandhAtIta" hone kI hI hai to bahuta cintita hUM / to phira kyA usa ghaTanA para syAhI kA dhabbA DAla dU~, kintu zAyada vaisA isalie nahIM kara pAUMgA kyoMki bahuta gahare meM maiM unheM apane AmanesAmane pA rahA hUM, ThIka vaise hI jaise koI kisI gahana aMdhiyAre meM mere hAtha meM eka dIpaka jalAkara rakha jAtA hai aura phira nahIM dikhAyI detA; yA kisI mA~ kI vaha maMgala kAmanA jo yAtrA para nikala rahe apane beTe ke lie pAtheya taiyAra karatI hai / saca to yaha hai ki apanI jIvana-yAtrA meM maiMne unheM sadaiva apane paripArzva meM jIvanta upasthita mahasUsa kiyA hai / *** maiM jaba bhI unake granthoM kI svAdhyAya-yAtrA meM se gujarA hUM taba bhI mujhe aisA hI ahasAsa huA hai / " satya kI khoja / 1974 / prathama vAkya - " upAya kI khoja kiye binA upeya kI khoja nahIM kI jA sakatI / satya upeya hai / jJAna usakA upAya hai / " ise hajama karate lagA ki jaise koI sUtrakAra sAmane hai aura aSTAdhyAyI sUtroM kI bhA~ti ghaTanAoM meM se jIvana kI tulasI prajJA 504
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________________ saMjJAeM, kriyAe~ -vizeSa nahIM-botA jA rahA hai / eka jIvanta sUtrakAra se paricaya huA merA isa laghupustikA meN| vahI 1674 aura phira eka adbhuta kRti merI meja para--"zramaNa mahAvIra / " eka jIvanI, eka kAvya, eka upanyAsa, darzana, sAhitya, saMskRti / prathama vAkyoM yoM- "jIvana jInA nisarga hai / " acchA lgaa| anubhava huA jaise koI parama kalAkAra apanI tarka-TA~kI se kisI prastara-khaNDa ko pratimA meM badala rahA hai / yaha AyI vIrena dA ke "anuttara yogI" se pahale kintu kAphI us-jaisii| meja para phira eka ananya kRti hai, jisameM eka zramaNa, saMskRta Azukavi ne kaI brAhmaNa kAvya-cunautiyoM ko jhelA hai aura apanI kAlajayI pratibhA ko sthApita kiyA hai| yaha hai-"tulA atulA"/varSa hai 1976 / isakA prathama vAkya par3hakara aisA lagatA hai jaise koI mahAmanISI apanI sukumAra aMguliyoM se jIvana ke rahasya udghATita kara rahA hai| lagatA hai jaise koI yAtuka haule-haule jindagI ke rAja ujAgara kara rahA hai--kisI jhaTake athavA dhakke se nahIM varan bar3I komalatA se vaise hI jaise binA kisI zaoNka ke candratala para eka antarikSa yAna utaratA hai| isakA pahalA vAkya hai--"zarIra meM nivAsa karane vAlA bhagavAn hai saMyama aura mastiSka meM nivAsa karanevAlA sadvicAra hai prmaatmaa|' ise kahate haiM eka paTu nItikAra--eka aisA bhartRhari jo jIvana ko bhUsI se nahIM tatva se tolatA hai| aura yadi bhUsI se taulatA hai to bhUsI ko bhU-sI kara detA hai| munizrI kI pratibhA ananya hai, vidagdha hai, aura hai apraajitaa| phira eka dina yoM huA ki bhAI kamalezajI ne do aura bahumUlya kRtiyA~ samIkSArtha bheja dIM- "mana ke jIte jIta"/1977; "maiM, merA mana, merI zAnti"/1977 / pahalI meM "Abjarvezansa" hai-saTIka, amogha, acUka / isakA pahalA vAkya hai-"mana kA prazna bahuta ulajhA huA hai / '' ise kahA sabane hai, kintu vicAra kahA~, kisane aura kaba itane gahare paiTha kara kiyA hai ? dUsarI kA dUsarA vAkya hai-"kyA mana ko chor3akara "maiM" (aham) kI vyAkhyA kI jA sakatI hai ?" savAla gambhIra hai aura isakA uttara koI manISI hI saphalatA se de sakatA hai| samUcI kitAba adbhuta hai aura kaI samasyAoM kA samAdhAna karatI hai| ___ jaba lADanU se lauTa rahA thA to socA calo munizrI nathamalajI ke darzana kiye jAe' aura yAtrA ko sukhada-nirApada banAyA jaae/gyaa| kAra meM sAmAna rakhA jA cukA thaa| ve kAphI vyasta the / munizrI dulaharAja jI se bhI bheMTa huii| maiMne unase eka kitAba mAMgI"jaina nyAya kA vikaas|" turanta milii| Trena meM use Adyanta dekha gyaa| yaha 1977 meM rAjasthAna vizvavidyAlaya ke jaina vidyA anuzIlana kendra dvArA prakAzita huI hai / isakA prathama vAkya hai---"jaina darzana AdhyAtmika paramparA kA darzana hai|" maiM socatA rahA kyA koI aisA sudhI lekhaka hai, jo pahale vAkya ko saMpUrNa kitAba kI ArasI banA de; taba merA dhyAna anAyAsa hI munizrI kI una kitAboM para gayA jo mere saMgraha meM upalabdha haiM aura maiM prAyaH sabakI prastutiyoM aura prAkkathanoM ke prathama vAkyoM ko par3ha gyaa| merA mana nAca uThA apAra ullAsa khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8
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________________ meM aura lagA ki isa manISI ko zabdazaH, na akSarazaH, par3ha DAlA jaae| par3hA bhI, sukha bhI milA, sphUrta bhI huaa| Aja savere (20 mArca 1976) do aura kitAbeM rivhyU ke lie milI haiM--"cetanA kA UrdhvArohaNa" tathA "jaina yog|" pahalI kA prathama vAkya hai- "hama manuSya haiM aura cetanA hamArI vizeSatA hai|" bAta sau TakA durusta hai aura sIdhe-sAde zabdoM meM kahI gaI hai tathApi abhI kaiyoM ko manuSyatA-bodha nahIM hai, cetanA-bodha to kAphI phAsale kI bAta hai| pUrI kitAba anupama hai, tathya-samIkSaNa camatkRta karane vAlA hai / " prekSA" meM jo kiztoM meM milatA hai, vaha yahA~ akhaNDa rUpa meM saMyojita hai / dUsarI kA pahalA vAkya hai-"AdhyAtmika vyakti satya kA anveSI hotA hai|" bAta sazakta hai; kintu prastuti ke bAda jahA~ prathama adhyAya kA mukhar3A hai vahA~ kA prathama vAkya hai-"tuma bhikhArI nahIM ho.... bhikhArI stabdha raha gyaa....|" isa aMza ko par3hakara lagA ki rUpakoM meM se artha ko nicor3anA aura apane pAThaka yA zrotA ko sugama zabdoM meM parosanA kisI mahAprajJa kA hI kAma ho sakatA hai kisI sAmAnya AdamI ke bUte kI bAta vaha nahIM hai| * * * isa taraha jo manISI bAra-bAra Amane-sAmane rahA hai|rahatA hai, merI cetanA se TakarAtA hai, vaha akSara-puruSa hai munizrI nathamala, jinakA yadi koI akSara-citra mujhase banavAyA jAe to maiM "kaoNlAjiMga" kI navyatama vidhA kA upayoga karU~gA aura unakI tamAma katiyoM ke prathama vAkyoM ko gaDDamaDDa kara dUMgA aura dekhU gA ki eka parama puruSa mere sAmane upasthita hai| mere lie yahI mahAprajJa, jo sacamuca nAmAtIta aura saMbandhAtIta hai, praNamya hai; praNAma unheM !!!! tulasI prajJA
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________________ 1. prakAzana sthAna 2. prakAzana avadhi 3. mudraka kA nAma 4. prakAzaka kA nAma 5. sampAdaka kA nAma phArma 4 ( niyama = dekhie ) 6. una vyaktiyoM ke nAma va pate jo samAcAra patra ke svAmI hoM tathA jo samasta pUMjI ke eka pratizata se adhika ke hissedAra hoM / dinAMka 28 pharavarI 1676 khaNDa 4, aMka 7-8 -lADanUM (nAgaura rAjasthAna ) - mAsika - zyAma presa, sadara bAjAra, lADanUM (rAjasthAna) - bhAratIya - zrI rAmasvarUpa garga, patrakAra - bhAratIya -- kAryAlaya saciva tathA saMyojaka : presa -patra, pracAra-prakAzana jaina vizva bhAratI, lADanUM ( rAja0 ) 341306 - DA0 nathamala TAMTiyA DA0 kamaleza kumAra jaina ( saha ) gopIcaMda caupar3A (prabandha ) maiM rAmasvarUpa garga etad dvArA ghoSita karatA hUM ki merI adhikatama jAnakArI evaM vizvAsa ke anusAra Upara die gae vivaraNa satya haiM / - sabhI bhAratIya - patA : zikSA va zodha vibhAga jaina vizva bhAratI, lADanUM jaina vizva bhAratI [ paMjIkRta saMsthA ] lADanUM ( rAjasthAna ) 341306 ha0 0 rAmasvarUpa garga, patrakAra prakAzaka ke hastAkSara 507
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________________ sUcanA vazama prekSA dhyAna zivira (15 maI se 21 maI, 1976) prekSA-dhyAna eka vizuddha AdhyAtmika evaM vaijJAnika prakriyA hai| svayaM ke dvArA svayaM kA nirIkSaNa, rAga-dveSa se mukta, vizuddha prajJA dvArA caitanya kI anubhUti, kSaNa-kSaNa maMgalabhAvanA se bhAvita Atma pariNAma isake AdhArabhUta aMga haiM / prekSAdhyAna-zivira meM Apa sAdara AmaMtrita haiN| sAdhanAkrama :-prekSA evaM anuprekSA dhyAna, yogAsana, prANAyAma, kAyotsarga tathA bhAvanA pryog| sAnnidhya evaM nidezana : yuvAcAryazrI mahAprajJajI vizeSa pravacana : anuprekSA (samaya madhyAnha 3 se 4 baje taka) zivira sthAna : aNuvrata vihAra, 210 dInadayAla upAdhyAya mArga, naI dillI-110002 sAnurodha nivedana (1) zivira meM bhAga lene ke icchuka sAdhaka ke prArthanApatra 5 maI, 76 taka pahuMca jAne cAhie / svIkRti patra prApta hone para hI zivira meM bhAga le sakate haiM / dinAMka 14 maI, 76 ko sAyaM kAla taka zivira sthala para pahuMca jAyeM, anyathA sthAna nirasta samajhA jaayegaa| (2) grISma Rtu anukUla upayogArtha sAmAnya sAmagrI sAtha lAveM, zveta vastroM ko pramukhatA deN| (3) bhojana evaM vyavasthA zulka 70/-rupaye / nivedaka mohanalAla kaThotiyA jeThAbhAI javerI saMyojaka adhyakSa adhyAtma sAdhanA kendra, naI dillI tulasI adhyAtma nIDam jaina vizvabhAratI, lADanUM (rAjasthAna) samparka sUtra tulasI adhyAtma nIDam (zivira kAryAlaya) dvArA-aNuvrata vihAra, 210 dInadayAla upAdhyAya mArga nayI dillI-110002., dUrabhASa : 277758. 508 tulasI prajJA
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________________ TULASI PRAJNA Journal of the Jain Vishva Bharati February-March 1979 Vol. IV Nos. 7-8 Editor Dr. Nathmal Tatia Assistant Editor Dr. Kamalesh Kumar Jain Managing Editor Gopi Chand Chopra Jain Vishva Bharati, Ladnun, Rajasthan
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________________ TULASI-PRAJNA February-March 1979 Volume IV No. 7-8 CONTENTS Page Prof. S.K. Ramachandra Rao 103 1. Yuvacharya Sri Nathmalji Saint and Scientist 2. Rare Combination of Jnana and Dhyana - Acharya-designate Shri Mahaprajna 3. Hero as Saint 4. Anekant 5. The Samkhya Theory of Perceptual Error and its Presentation by Prabhachandra Ram Swaroop Soni Miss Veena Jain Dr. Nathmal Tatia 106 111 113 Dr. Shiv Kumar 129
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________________ Yuvacharya Shri Nathmalji Saint and Scientist Vidyalankara Prof. S.K. Ramachandra Rao Director, Study of Consciousness Project SAVSS Research Academy, Bangalore. Yuvacharya Muni-Sri Nathmalji represents an ideal that our culture has, for thousands of years, projected. The ideal involves strict asceticism combined with wide learning, yearning uncompromising austerity combined with fervent intellectual. Religious life is invariably concerned with effecting a compromise between the twin issues of Faith and Reason. The ordinary intellects hold fast to faith at the cost of reason, while the more sophisticated folk give up faith to pursue reason. The two issues appear irreconcilable. But Yuvacharya-Sri has shown that the two can indeed be integrated, and has taught that such integration is the need of the day, He is an ascetic, perfectly in accord with the strictest religious discipline in India. Commitment to a particular exposition of the eternal truth has not been for him a mere formal adherence, nor a sort of emotional isolation. Faith in his case is an activity, a movement towards valid knowledge; and it provides enough scope for reason to operate towards the production of such knowledge. His approach to the philosophical and religious problems of Jainism is by no means coloured by the cult to which he owes allegiance. The cult has no doubt been the guiding star of his entire career, but his faith in it has not stiffled reason. On the contrary, faith in his case has fanned the fire of reason to blaze forth. He is deeply religious at heart, and is a conservative in his chosen style of life. His heart is saturated with sentiments peculiar to Jainism. But his mind is alert and open It restlessly explores the many facets, frontiers and dimensions of intellectual certitude. It is of an inquiring turn. Muni-Sri Nath malji's temperament is truly scientific. He reveals an eagerness to be acquainted with the latest developments in several scientific disciplines, especially psychology and medicine. However, his Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 103
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________________ approach is not that of an untutored layman, intent on picking up tid bits of interesting information. He approaches modern scientific knowledge as the proverbial wise man of the East, convinced about the correctness of his own essential position while being ready to assimilate useful details from whatever quarter they come. This temperament has rendered him keen on organizing his own body of knowledge, and in this he employs reason generously. He is inclined to take the general truths of modern science as premises for his arguments which seek to justify and project the validity of traditional wisdom in the context of modern knowledge. His reliance on reason is considerable, as his talks amply demonstrate. And his intellectual powers are truly marvellous. But a discerning person may readily recognize that his reason is neither unaided nor arrogant. It is judiciously restrained by his belief concerning the superior value of intuition. The ancient sages did not obtain their wisdom in the impersonal and publicly accessible way that ordinary scientific workers obtain theirs. The method of the sages was deeply personal, experiential and direct. They did not lose sight of the essential in the bewildering forest of technical details and modalities of expression. It is intuition that helped them obtain wisdom as revelations and reason played here a minor role. Nathmalji-muni is convinced about the value of such intuition. Indeed, he has a share of it himself. Nathmalji-Muni can view human knowledge as a whole system and examine its relevance to human destiny. His understanding of human nature has a genuine ring of humanism, and it is an outgrowth of authentic traditional wisdom of India. His mission consists in seeking to provide a 'scientific status' to the 'acknowledged truth', and it is here that his most significant contribution must be seen. His talks and writings are intellectual exercises designed to focus attention on rational arguments and evidences. But, more importantly, his Yoga camps (sibira) are meant to provide practical demonstrations of 'the acknowledged truth'. He is not interested in establishing or proving any particular truth or doctrine. He is not even interested in working out the correspondances that obtain between traditional Indian wisdom and modern scientific knowledge. His chief concern is to create a group of individuals who have a total perspective, a perspective in which faith and reason can be complementary to each other and in which religion and science are not mutually exclusive. 104 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ man. It is not the scientia mundana that inspires his mission, but philosophia perennis. But he recognizes the value of science in evolving the mode of philosophy that will be valid and relevant for the modern The significance of his work reaches beyond the confines of the Terapanth sect to which he immediately addresses himself and over which he has a great impact. It is relevant to all inquiring and earnest minds in the world. It pleads for integrative vision and wisdom, which prajna really means. As one who has come under his influence, I pray that the world will benefit by his inspiring presence. Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 105
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________________ A Rare Combination of Jnana & Dhyana -Acharya Designate Shri Mahaprajna -Ram Swaroop Soni Some persons are born great ; some achieve greatness; and there are some who have greatness imposed upon them. Terapanth religious order is above these criteria. Everybody that is consecrated in this Order, be it a monk or a nun, is born great by dint of the auspicious planets dominating the zodiac at the time of his or her birth. Everyone achieves greatness by dint of the life of discipline that one leads. Greatness is imposed upon one when the Pontiff assigns him the duty to lead the whole Order when the occasion so demands. Erstwhile Muni Nathmalji, who is now designated as Yuvacharya Shri Mahaprajna by Acharya Shri, is a great personality from every consideration. He has been tested on every touchstone and found to be 100% 'gold'. He has voluminous literature to his credit. On the directions of Acharya Shri, he edited all the Agamas with missionary zeal, and the holy texts with commentaries are now available to the general reader. His works, comprising of about more than a hundred books, cover a wide range of topics and are replete with ample of lifelong experience gained through dedication and devotion to the ideals of Holy Order. They may be categorised under the following heads :- (1) Agamas (2) Adhyatma and Darsana (3) Anuvrata (4) Niti and Sadacara (5) Vihara (6) Poetry and Poetic Prose (7) Yoga and Sadhana (8) Essays (9) Miscellaneous. Besides this published literature, there are innumerable articles tered throughout various magazines and top-ranking journals on Jainology & Indology. His forte lies in the universal appeal, discarding the narrowness or rather blind adherence to the ideology of any particular sect. Needless to say, he is an original thinker par excellence, and anything from his pen is reverently applauded by the classes as well as the masses, for he is acknowledgedly a great thinker, erudite philosopher and prolific, clear writer who has the gift of cashing in his experience. His epoch-making works "Jaina Darsana : Manana aura Mimamsa", "Jaina Nyaya ka Vikasa," "Ahimsa Tattva Darsana',, and a 106 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ dozen more are the representative works on Jaina Philosophy and Religion. They are the glaring examples of his erudition and deep insight into Metaphysics, Logic and Psychology. He deals the subject with an analytical mind, embarking upon the full tide of Jaina Tattva and Pramana-Mimamsa. His book "Nayavada : Santi aura Samanvaya ka Patha" is true to its name and may serve as a royal road to world-peace and international understanding, only if the billigerent nations just care to listen to the wise talk of the great seer-our Yuvacharyaji Maharaja. An inseparable relationship exists between literature and culture. The development and decay of culture depends solely upon those of literature. The modern trend of literature is, as it were, flowing into uneven stream and nobody knows into which abyss would it lead culture. Old values are fast deteriorating and new ones do not seem to be taking shape. New construction is at a snail's pace; decay is taking place by leaps and bounds. In this transitional period of our culture, Yuvacharyaji has produced a vast literature and dovetailed concrete suggestions for the multiple evils prevalent in our social stucture. His "Anuvrata Darsana", "Naitikta ka Gurutvakarsana", " Samasya ka Patthara, adhyatma ki cheini" and a dozen more of such type present a code of conduct of universal religion in the true sense of the term. Anuyrata is not confined to any particular sect or mode of worship. Yuvacharyaji has shown new dimensions to this movement started by Acharya Shri. who in turn got it from Lord Mahavira, "Religion transcends sect and creed, time and place, manner of food & clothing." His poetical works "Asru Vina", "Atula Tula", and "Sambodhi" testify his scholastic aptitude. Whatever saints mumble becomes a hymn; whatever they write turns into reflections of the soul. They utter and act for self-realisation. They worship for perennial bliss. In the light of this autobiographical element in "Atula Tula", it can be deduced that Yuvacharyaji is an "asu kavi" (instant poet) who excels in "Samasyapurti' which he has rendered in chaste and flawless Sanskrit, Prakrit and Hindi on different occasions. He does not want to be tested through others' measuring stick; he has his own measurement which others fail to comprehend. Parassa tolami aham tulaye Manena annassa niyam minami Pasami ditthi parassa ce ham To atthibhavo pi na appanotthi. -Appanivedanam Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 107
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________________ "Sambodhi" is his masterpiece, composed after the style of Gita. Arjun in Gita proves to be a coward on the battle-field at Kuruksetra, whereas Meghkumar, (son of Shrenika), in Sambodhi proves to be a coward on the battle-field of Sadhana. Lord Krishna's teachings dispelled the doubts lurking in Arjun's heart, in the same way Lord Mahavira's teachings enlightened the soul of Meghkumar as depicted in "Sambodhi'. A lamp makes another lamp burn. The light of the one enkindles the other. "Sambodhi" comprises of right knowledge, right perception and right conduct as well. Without right perception knowledge turns into ignorance, and without right conduct knowledge and perception are meaningless. Thus Yuvacharyaji has done a yeoman's service by leading us to the Kingdom of Heaven (self-emancipation), as Lord Rsabha told his ninetyeight sons who had come to him to complain against Bharat : Sambujjhaha kis na bujjaha, sambohi khalu pecca dullaha. No hu vanamanti raiyo, no sulabham pusaravi jiviyam. [Attain sambodhi. Why are you not striving for sambodhi ? The night once past never returns. This human existence is not easy to be attained again and again. ] Under poetic prose, half a dozen works "Bandi sabda mukta bhava", "Vijaya Yatra" "Gunjate svara bahare kana", "Anubhava, cintana, manana" etc. are ripe with nature experience of an enlightened soul. This particular series is almost the Bible to many and at any moment of dejection, tension, suspense, or anxiety they may turn almost instinctively to its pages of wisdom and draw therefrom life's breath to drive away despair's hiccough and bless the guide for the new life vouchsafed to them. His language is pregrant, but simple, terse and even aphoristic. His "Ocean in drops" is packed full of such wisdom : Handle the cord thus that no knot forms. Make thy moves thus that no quarrel ensues. Comb thy hair thus that it does not get entangled. Form thy thoughts thus that they do not clash; otherwise, knots tighten, wars afflict, hair gets tangled and sparks scientillate. [ Page 31 ] Tagore got the Nobel Prize for the Gitanjali. Anybody would say that Yuvacharyaji's work is in no way inferior to that of the Nobel Laureate. The philosophical treatment of the lives of the Preceptors :"Gramana Mahavira", Bhiksu vicara darsana", "Acarya Sri Tulsi" is unsurpassed in various ways. No other writer has given a more authentic and systematic exposition of the singular contribution of these great 108 Tulasi Prajia
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________________ teachers of humanity. These volumes undoubtedly prove that Yuvacharya like Acharya Shri Tulasi is realist who has given new dimensions to the tenets of Jainism as revealed by Lord Mabavira and Acharya Bhiksu and Acharya Sri Tulsi. Last but not the least is the sphere of 'Yoga & Sadhana' to which the Yuvacharyaji has applied himself wholeheartedly to arrive at reality through personal participation in it and benefit the entire humanity in the light of his attainment-"Sampikkhae-appagamappaenan." He has evolved the technique of Preksa-Dhyana and produced a vast literature on this lost undeveloped field of Jainology. His works "Mana ke jite jita", "Jaina Yoga", "Cetana ka Urdhvarohana", "Main; mera mana ; meri santi" bear the eternal truth-"appanasaccamesejja mettim bhuesu kappaye", whose single drop is the coordination of spiritualism and life-philosophy. That drop, though tiny, is as deep and expansive as the sea. He has gained vision which is not 'viyoga' of the past and the present; it is 'Yoga'. His consciousness is not bound to 'you' and 'l' distinction; it is free from it. His sadhana does not worship truth; it anatomises it. He has laid down sixteen points to achieve mental peace; of them eight points are for personal sadhana and eight are for collective sadhana. Thus his book "Main mera ; mana ; meri santi" is a boon for those who are upset due to mental tensions. It is gratifying to note that a dozen of his works have been rendered into English. Looking to the magnitude of his literature, this number is very small. It is hoped that most of his major works shall be rendered into English very shortly To conclude, let me quote from his "Vicaron ka anubandha" the views of this intellectual personality on how man can reach the highest rung of the ladder of success in his life : "A person is ever in quest of emancipation. He does not like strings. So it is essential for him to seek emancipation. But is it really easy to get emancipation ? The medium through which it is sought, is itself a bondage. Intellect is a bondage. Idea is a bondage. If man does not use his intellect, he is no better than an animal. If he does not entertain any idea, he is static. He can neither do without intellect nor without ideas. From advanced level we find that intellect and ideas are the sole factors. From existence level we find that intellect and ideas are of no use. Genius is not drained when one goes from ignorance to wisdom and from wisdom to the state transcending wisdom. It is not Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 109
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________________ the fallacy of thoughts to move from indiscretion to discretion and from discretion to absence of discretion It is an expedition towards existence. Man has reached the highest rung of the ladder of success through this expedition." We hope, under Yuvacharyaji's stewardship Terapanth Realigious Order shall reach the highest rung of the ladder of success. '110 Tulsai Prajna
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________________ Hero as Saint -Miss Veena Jain A person is admired either by dint of the material things at his command or the strong moral character which constitutes the backbone of his internal advancement and which has heroic qualities. Heroes are of many kinds. A hero can be a poet, a writer, a politician, a king or a man of letters, but the real hero of heroes is a saint. The combination of the qualities of hero and a Saint in one person is very rare but we see this rare Combination in Yuvacharya Shri Mahaprajna of the Terapantha religious order. The qualities of a hero are manifold. The first is that his mind is an open book. He has nothing to hide under. This cannot be achieved unless he has a deep insight into reality. We see this quality in Yuvacharya Shri. Being a saint and a hero he is really endowed with superior insight. He has searched as well as experienced the truths of life. He is an aspirant of spiritual nobilities. Whatever he has experienced is known to everybody The second quality of a hero is that he is deeply earnest. A deep, great and genuine sincerity is the characteristic of a hero. Yuvacharya Shri Mahaprajna is deeply sincere to himself and to the eternal truths of life. He is very much devoted to Terapantha Sect and to Acharya Shri Tulsi. With his quality of dedication and devotion he has able to go deep into the rate of meditation through Preksha-Dhyana. He reveals to us what we should to do in order to lead a perfect life. His sincerity, faithfulness and perseverance to attain the cherished goal is a source of inspiration for everybody. Time is gone when people bowed before other human beings, taking them as personification of God. To-day if someone bows before Acharya Shri Tulsi or Yuvacharya Shri and pays obeisance, it is not because they are treated as personification of God but because they possess these qualities of a hero. And hero is always worshipped. Another quality is that a hero has true valour and courage in his soul. Lincoln, Napoleon, King Ashoka and others were true heroes because they were conquerors, victorious and mighty. These qualities Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 111
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________________ are found in Yuvacharya Shri also not in the sense that he has conquered any land or people but that he is the conqueror of himself. He has conquered the inner enemies like anger, avarice and ego. In this sense he is a great warrior, the hero of horses. This heroic quality can be found in a saint alone. Most of the great heroes of the world divert their energies towards the attainment of material things or worldly reputation but this saint-hero has applied all his energies in the Study of Agamas, in research work and in meditation to lead his soul to noble heights. Through his energies he has enlightened not only himself but the whole religious world as well. Yuvacharya Shri has taught that in order to extricate humanity out of the slough of despondency and scepticism into which it has fallen, what is needed is real and sincere faith in a higher spiritual power. Thus he is an upholder of the spiritual view of the world in an age of increasing materialism and uncertainty. Besides these qualities a hero is not narrow and partisan. The same is the case with Yuvacharya Shri. He is above sectarianism. He hasn't developed a narrow and partisan mind. Whatever truth he came across was seen and felt intensely. His views of non-sectarianism and open-mindedness are manifest both in his writings and speeches. He deals with each subject not by narrowing himself in any particular religion, area or time. When he delivers his lectures whether in public or Preksha Dhyana Seminars, he fascinates everybody by his magnetic personality. In the present Scientific age, which Mathew Arnold calls as an age of sick, hurry and divided aims, there is need of such a hero imbibed with spiritual qualities. Who else than a saint can guide the people in a right way. Really Acharya Shri Tulsi is far-sighted in nominating Mahaprajna as Yuvacbarya. Not only Terapantha and Jain Community but the whole of humanity also will be benefited by his saintly heroic qualities of head and heart. May our wishes bear rich fruit ! 112 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ Encyclopaedia of Jainism Anekanta Dr. Nathmal Tatia 1. Introductory. The concept of anekanta occupies a central position in Jaina philosophy. Although it is not possible exactly to determine the date of its origin, there is no doubt that the ontology of early Jainism was deeply influenced by this principle. Originally an ethical mode of speech, being concerned with what one ought or ought not to speak, it assumed an ontological role in the Ardhamagadhi Agamas, through three stages of development, viz. vibhajyavada (the method of answering a question by dividing the issues), nayavada (the method of defining the framework of reference), and syadvada (the prefixing of the particle syat, meaning 'in a certain reference', to a preposition, indicative of its conditional character). The anuyogadvaras (doors of disquisition) also played a vital role in this matter. This ontogical orientation was further strengthened by Umasvati, Siddhasena Divakara and Mallavadin, and the concept was converted into a full-grown dialectic by Samantabhadra with whom the classical period of the doctrine begins. The ontological concept now acquires a logic-epistemological character, and Jain philosophy is now indentified with anekantavada (the doctrine of non-absolutism) or syadvada (the doctrine of conditional statement) or saptabhangi (the dialectic of sevenfold predication). Anekanta as the negation of an absolutistic position or the rejection of a biased or truncated view of things is found in the Buddhist, Yoga and Nyaya schools as well in various contexts. A dispassionate assessment of the worth of a philosophy from various viewpoints was the objective that the propounders of anekanta set before themselves. And their efforts in that respect were laudable in that they succeeded in preserving some of the most valueable non-Jaina doctrines as well as texts, selected by them for critical comments, which were otherwise ravished from the world by the cruel hands of destiny. 2. The Origin : Jainism primarily is an ethical discipline, and as such all its tenets had a beginning in someone or other of the moral principles upheld by it. Thus the assertion or denial, afirmation or negation of a philosophical belief was to be carefully made in consonance with the rules prescribed for the right way of speaking in order to avoid Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 113
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________________ false statements or unwarranted speculations having no bearing on the spiritual path of salvation. The metaphysical speculations about the beginning and end of the cosmos, or its eternality and non-eternality, or the existence and non-existence of the soul before and after death, and such other issues that exercised the minds of the thinkers of those days were not considered worth while equally by Mahavira and Buddha. The latter's repugnance to such problems is attested by the ten avyakrtas (indetermininables) mentioned in the Majjhima Nikaya (II pp. 107 ft, 176 ft) and the former's in the Acaranga (1.8. 1.5) and Sutrakrtanga (II.5. 1-5) where such speculations are considered as impractical and leading to laxity in moral conduct. While this basic attitude of the Buddha remained unmodified throughout his teachings, Mahavira appears to have allowed a relaxation in coformity with his realistic outlook in the interest of a dispassionate estimation of the worth of those speculations and the discovery of the cause of their origin. Consequently whereas the followers of the Buddha were interested more in the repudiation of the current antipodal doctrines than in their proper appreciation, the followers of Mahavira devoted their energies to a proper evaluation of these concepts with a view to finding out a solution of those contradictory views. This led to the origin of the madhyama pratipat (the middle path which eschewed both the antithetical alternatives) of the Buddhists on the one hand, and the philosophy of anekanta (non-absolutism which attempted at synthesizing those alternatives into a comprehensive notion) of the Jainas on the other. 3. The Three Stages: Three distinct stages of development of the doctrine of anekanta are discernible in the early Jaina Agamas. 3 (a) Vibhajyavada which is perhaps the earliest phase of the doctrine is found mentioned in the Sutrakrtanga (1.14. 22) where a monk is asked to explain things through the principle of division of issues (vibhajjavayam ca viyagarejja). The Bhagavati Sutra provides many an illustration where a question is dealt with in this way. On being asked by Gautama whether a person who says that he has taken the vow of desisting from committing injury to all sentient beings is a bonafide observer of the vow or a malafide imposter, Mahavira replied that if such person was incapable of distinguishing between the sentient and the insentient, or between the mobile and immobile living beings, he is the latter, but otherwise he is a true observer of the vow (op. cit., VII. 2.27). Similarly, on being asked by Jayanti which of the two, viz. slumber and wakefulness, was preferable, he replied that for the sinful, it was the Tulasi Prajna 114
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________________ former, while for the virtuous the latter (XII.2./53-55). These and similar instances which are in galore in our text are obviously case of answer by division. It should be noted here that the alternative answers to the divided issues are sometimes introduced in the Agama by the particle siya (Skt, syad) meaning in a certain reference'. The expression siyavaya in the Sutrakstanga (I 14.19) : na yasiyavaya viyagrejja 'one should not explain anything without taking resort to siyavaya (Skt. syadvada, that is, the principle of conditional predication)' also deserves mention. It is obviously synonymous with the expression vibhajjavaya noted above and is the forerunner of the syadvada of later times. This also confirms our view of vibhajyavada as the earliest phase of anekantavada. 3. (b). The Nayas : The nayas (standpoints) constitute the second stage of the evolution of the concept of anekanta. The earliest and most important way of judging the nature of things was to consider them under four heads viz. dravya (substance), ksetra (space), kala (time) and bhava (mode). Thus in the Bhagavati Sutra (II. 1.45), the loka inhabited cosmos) is considered as finite in substance and space, but infinite in time and modes. There were also other beads such as guna (op. cit., II. 10. 126), bhava (XIX. 9.102) and samsthana (XIV. 7.80) which were analogous to bhava. But all these heads were not called nayas. The expressions used in connection with the nayas were however dravya and paryaya (equivalent of bhava). The material atoms are thus stated to be eternal qua dravya (davvallhayae) and non-enternal qua paryaya (pajjavehim, XIV. 4-49-50) and the souls are characterized as eternal qua dravya (davvatthayae) and non-eternal qua bhava (bhavatthayae, VII. 2.5859). Another pair of nayas, viz. avvocchitti naya (Skt avyucchitti-naya, the standpoint of non-interception) and vocchitti-naya (Skt. vyuc chitti-naya, the standpoint of interception) are also mentioned in the Bhagavati Sutra (VII. 3.93-94). Thus the infernal beings are eternal from the standpoint of non-interception (of their existence as souls), but they are non-eternal from the standpoint of interception (of their present state of being infernal after the expiry o^ that form of existence). A third pair of nayas is also mentioned in the same text, viz. vavahariya-naya (Skt vyavaharika-naya, the popular standpoint), and neccha a-naya (naiscayika-naya, the factual or scientific standpoint). Thus from the popular standpoint the drone is black in colour, but factually or scientifically speaking, it is possessed of all the five colours, viz. black, blue, red, yellow and white (op. cit., XVIII. 6.108). 3. (c). Saptabhangi : As the third stage of development of the concept of anekanta, we find a primitive saptabhangi and syadvada in Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 115
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________________ the Bhagavati Sutra XII. 10.211-226. Here the things are judged under the categories of 'self' (aya Skt. atman) and 'not-self' (no-aya Skt. noatman). An object is characterized as 'self' in some respect (siya aya), 'not-self' in some respect (siya no-aya), and 'indescribable, that is, both self and not-self' in some respect (siya avattavvam aya'ti ya no-aya' tiya). These three attributes are predicated of an object, noncomposite or composite, respectively from the standpoints of existent characters, nonexistent characters, and existent-cum-nonexistent characters. In the case he obiects that are noncomposite (for instance, a monad), the attributes are only three in number, viz. self, not-self and indescribable. Here 'indescribable' means the impossibility of the object being spoken of or described exclusively as 'self' or 'not-self', besause of the same object being both (self and not-self) at the same time. These three attributes however, become six in the case of a dyad (a composite body of two space-points) as follows: (1) self, (2) not-self, (3) indescribable, (4) self and not-self (one attribute for each space-point), (5) self and indescribable (one attribute for each space-point), (6) not-self and indescribable (one attribute for each space-point). These six ways again become seven in the case of a triad (a composite body of three space points) in the following way: (1) to (6) as above, and (7) self, not self and indescribable (one attribute for each of the three space points). Here the fourth, fifth and sixth ways have each two more subdivision. Thus the fourth, viz. self and not-self, has the following two additional subdivisions-(1) self (for two space-yoints) and not-self (for the remaining one space point). The fifth and sixth ways also have similar subdivisions. The text referred to above gives the divisions and subdivisions of the tetrad, pentad and hexad also. The basic ways however do never exceed the number seven as in the case of the triad, though the number of subdivisions gradually go up on account of the various possible combinations of the space-points. The basic seven ways enumarated above are the prototypes of later seven bhangas of what is called saptabhangi (the doctrine of sevenfold predication). What is to be carefully noticed in this connection is the fact that according to the Bhagavati Sutra, the joint predication of the attributes 'self' and 'not-self' to a monad is not possible because the monad has only one space-point. Such predication is only possible of a dyad which has two space-points. Similarly, the simultaneous predication of three attributes is only possible in the case of triad which has three space-point. The implication is that the joint predication of two contradictory attributes to the same space-points is purely a case of 'indescribability' and not an illustration of a dual predication of self and notself. The dual predication is meaningful only if the object has two parts 116 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ in order that each individual attribute may find its own accommodation. The later Jaina philosophers, however, did not find any difficulty in such predication, and they made the dual predication ('is' and 'is not used by them in place of 'self' and 'not-self') irrespective of the noncomposite or composite character of the object. Some of them also interchanged the positions of the third and fourth attributes. 4. The anuyogadvaras and niksepas : The early Jaina philosophers were fond of explaining things according to predefined lists of heads. Such heads were called anuyogadvaras, doors of disqusition 20 (or 14) marganastbanas 24 (12 or 14) jivasthanas and 14 gunasthanas may be quoted as illustrations of such lists. There are, however, other lists which had direct philosophical significance. Umasvati, in his Tattvarthadhigamasutra, 1, 7, 8, 16, 26, has given such lists, which can mostly be traced back to the Jain Agamas. These doors of disquisition played an important role in the evolution of the doctrine of anekanta. The Jaina doctrine of four niksepas is the final outcome of the speculations concerning the doors of disquisition. The niksepas were many, but finally they were reduced to four. (Tattvarthadhigamasutra, 1.5). The following dictum of the Anuyogadvarasutra, 8, deserves mention. One should fully apply to a subject whatever niksepas are known about that subject; and to those subjects whose niksepas are not known, one should apply the four (viz. nama, sthapana, dravya and bhava). The Jaina thinkers took a very wide view of the subjects they took up for discussion and employed the niksepas as the media for the determination of the meaning of words involved in such discussion. The doctrine of anekanta owed much to the precise definition of the connotation of the technical terminology employed in the evaluation of antithetical doctrines, and the niksepas fulfilled this task as auxiliaries to the nayas. 5. In Non-Jaina Thought : Let us now see whether the elements of the anekanta way of thinking are there in the non-Jaina schools of thought that flourished in those days. 5. (a). The Vedic thought: The sceptical outburst of the Vedic seer in Rgveda. I. 164.4 : Who has seen that the Boneless One bears the Bony, when he is first born, where is the breath, the blood and soul of the earth, who would approach the wise man to ask this (ko dadarsa prathamam, jayamanam asthanvantam yad anastha bibharti, bhumya asur assgatma kvasit, ko vidvamsam upagat prastum etat) ? poses a problem to be solved in mystic experience, or through anekanta or rejected as Vol. IV, Nos 7-8 117
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________________ absurd and insoluble. The scepticism of the Nasadiya hymn (op. cit., X. 129) has also a similar tone. In the Upanisads we find rational thinkers as well as mystics. Thus Uddalaka (Chandogya, VI. 2. 1,2) was partly a rationalist philosopher who advanced logical proof for the reality of Being (sat), and partly an uncritical empiricist when he ascribes thought to that Being to multiply and procreate and produce heat (tejas) which produces water (ap), and water food (annam). Yajnavalkya Brhadaranyaka, II.4.12-14-IV.5.13-15) asserts that the self cannot be known as it is the subject, and whatever is known is necessarilly an object. This may be called rational mysticism. This background of scepticism and rational mysticism was responsible for the Jaina and Buddhist patterns of thought that emerged and are found recorded in the Ardhamagadhi and Pali canons. We have made a brief survey of the Jaina way of thinking and shall now see its parallel in early Buddhism, followed by a similar study of the Yoga and Nyaya schools. 5 (b). The Buddhist Thought: The Buddha calls himself a vibhajyavadin (vibhajjavado ........aham......naham ekamsavado-I am an analyst or propounder of my views by division of issues, and not one who takes a partial view of things-Majjhima Nikaya, II. 469). When the Buddha is asked for his opinion whether the householder is an observer of the right path, he says that it is not possible to give a categorical answer to the question inasmuch as the householder with wrong faith (miccha-patipanno) does not follow the right path, while one with right faith (samma-patipanno) definitely does so. This vibhajya vada is not essentially different from that of the Jainas. In the Suttanipata p. 396, we find people stuck to their individual truths or opinions (pacceka-saccesu puthu nivittha). The Udana, pp. 143-145, gives the parable of the blind men and the elephant. Ten blind persons touch various parts of the elephant and give ten conflicting accounts based on their experience of the ten parts which they happened to come into contact with. Each of them took the part for the whole and as such they were all with their perceptions vitiated and partial (ekangadassino). The parable is suggestive of a definite stage in the evolution of Buddha's thought, which approached too near to the thought pattern of Mahavira to be able to maintain its distinct individual character. The ultimate thought pattern of the Buddha, however, is to be judged by his attitude to the ten or fourteen famous avyakatas (indeterminables) mentioned in Majjhima Nikaya, II, pp. 107-113 and 176-183, and Candrakirtis' Prasannapada, p. 446, Poussin's Edition. 5 (c). The Yoga School: The Yogabhasya (IV. 33; for the Tulasi Prajna 118
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________________ Buddhist counterpart of four kinds of questions, see Digha Nikaya, III, p. 179, and Anguttara Nikaya, II, p. 84) classifies questions under three heads: (i) there are questions which admit of a clear definitive answer (ekanta-vacaniya), (ii) there are questions which are answerable only by division (vibhajya-vacaniya), and (iii) there are questions which are unanswerable (avacaniya). The question 'shall everybody be reborn after death', is vibhajya-vacaniya, that is, answerable by division. The person who has experienced the distinction between spirit and matter will not be born, the others however would take rebirth. The Yoga philosopher here opens for himself the way to the anekanta type of thinking, which, however, he does not pursue any further. The Sankhya-Yoga doctrine of parinama (change) again is essentially a vindication of the concept of anekanta, barring its insistence on the absolute pre-existence of the effect in the cause. The Sankhya-Yoga conception of purusa as an absolutely unchanging entity is of course an exception. (5) (d). The Nyaya School: In the early Nyaya litrature also we see discussions which are representative of the anekanta way of thinking. Nagarjuna's criticism of the Nyaya categories of pramana and prameya provoked answers from the author of the Nyayadarsana, and also Vatsyayana, the author of the Nyayabhasya, which take resort to the non-absolutistic method for refuting the Madhyamika philosopher's attacks. Nagarjuna's argument that the concepts of pramana and prameya, being interdependent, cannot establish themselves, is countered by pointing out that there is no logical inconsistency in viewing the same entity both as pramana and prameya. The Nyayadarsana, II. 1.16, cites the example of a measure (tula) which is usually employed to measure other things, but on occasion it is itself measured by another article of a standard weight. So there is nothing absurd if the same object is conceived as both pramana and prameya. Vatsyayana, in this connection, gives a very lucid exposition of the relativity of the nomenclature of pramana, prameya, pramata and pramiti. The atman (self, soul) is a called a prameya because of its being an object of knowledge, but it is also a pramata because of its being the subject exercising the function of knowing; the intellect qua the instrument of commition is a pramana, while as an object of cognition it is a prameya; and it is simply a pramiti when it is exercising nore of the functions of 'knowing' or 'being known' (atma tavad upalabdhivisayatvat prameye paripathitah, uplabdhau svatantryat pramata; buddhir upalabdhisadhanatvat pramanam, upalabdhivisayatvat prameyam; ubhayabhavat tu pramitih). expression vibhajya vacaniyah is also found in the Bhasya on II. 1.19. The Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 119
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________________ There is thus unambiguously a trend of Nyaya thought, which takes the school a great way towards the non-absolutistic approach of the Jainas. It is interesting to note in this connection that Udayana, in his Atmatattvaviveka (pp. 530-1 Bibliotheca Indica Calcutta, 1939), imagines a simpleton who sees, for the first time in his life, a tusker at the gate of a royal palace and conjectures; Is it a mass of darkness eating white radish, or a piece of cloud pouring out white cranes and roaring, or the proverbial benign friend waiting at the royal gate, or the shadow of what is lying down on the ground, and counters his conjectures by arguments which are equally fanciful ; another simpleton makes appearance at this point and persuades him of the futility of all thought about the nature of things. Udayana identifies the Buddhist absolutists with these simpletons and rejects their speculations as pure imaginations unworthy of respectable treatment. One should neither go astray in imagination and wishful thinking, nor give up in despair all attempts at discovering the full truth from whatever partial glimpses of it one may be able to get. The Jaina philosopher is in perfect agreement with such trends of thought as are conductive to the advancement of knowledge and revelation of truth, and fully supports the realistic approach of Udayana to the problem of reality. 6. Umasvati, Siddhasena Divakara and Mallvadin, Jinabhadra and Kundakunda : We have been till now discussing the stages of evolution of the doctrine of anekanta in the Agamas and its parallels in the literature and schools contemporaneous with them. Now we have arrived at the transition period when the Jaina thinkers were establishing contacts with their counterparts in the alien systems of thought and composing treatises in the Sanskrit language which was then the only powerful medium of communication between the intelligentsia. The Prakrit was also of course, along with the Apabhramsa, an important medium. But its influence was gradually waning, although Siddhasena Divakara's Sanmati and the works of Kundakunda and Jinabhadra, writtea in Prakrit in those days were monumental treatises of abiding value and profound interest. 6 (a). Umasvati : Among Jaina authors of the period of transition, Umasvati stands first and foremost. His Tattvarthadhigamasutra with Bhaysa is a compendium of the Agamas, which leaves nothing of philosophical importance out of consideration. Its comprehensive thoroughness can be compared with that of the Buddhist Abhidharmakosa (with Bhasya) of Vasubandhu. In addition to giving a summary of the traditional lore, Umasvati gives a critical shape to the 120 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ anekantavada through his exposition of the nayas, niksepas and the nature of the sat (a real), and dravya (substance). He also introduces the elements of saptabhangi in his own way which is reminscent of the same in the Bhagavati Sutra mentioned above. Umasvati is not much concerned with the non-Jaina views. He raises the question whether the nayas are the proponents of alien philosophies or independendent upholders of oppsition, inspired by diverse opinions, and answers that they are only different estimates (literally, concepts derived from different angles of vision) of the object known (Bhasya, 1.35: kim ete tantrantariya vadina ahosvit svatantra eva codakapaksagrahino matibhedena vipradhavita iti. Atrocyate, naite tantrantariya napi svatantra matibhedena vipradhavitah, jneyasya tv arthasya 'dhyavasayantarany etani). It is also asserted in this connection that there is no contradiction between them, just as there is none between different cognition of the same object by different instruments of knowledge, such as perception, inference, comparison and the words of a reliable person (yatha va pratyaksanumanopamanaptavacanaih pramanaireko 'rthah pramiyate svavisayaniyamat, na ca ta vipratipattayo bhavanti tadvan nayavada iti). This is followed by an elaborate description of the nayas and their relationship with the epistemological system of early Jainism. Umasvati's definition of the sat (a real) as consisting of origination, cessation and continuity (V. 29 : utpada-vyayadhrauvya-yuktam sat) gives the fundamentals of anekantavada in a nutshell. The dravya (substance) is defined as 'what is possessed o qualities and modes' (V. 37 : guna-paryayavad dravyam), indicating the relation of identity-cum-difference between the substance and the modes (including qualities). The nitya (permanent) is defined as 'what does not lapse from being and would not do so at any time' (Bhasya, 1.30 : yat sato bhavan na vyeti na vyesyati tan nityam iti). All these concepts are brought by Umasvati (Bhasya, I.31) under four heads-dravyastika, matrkapadastika, utpannastika and paryayastika which appear to stand respecttively for the viewpoints of substance, categories of substance, the immediate present, and the past-cum-future modes. From the first viewpoint, negation does not exist (asannama nasty eva dravyastikasya), because it takes note of only what is existent and positive in character. Negation appears with the classification of the substance into matskapadas categories), and consquently here we get both affirmation and negation, (sat and asat), as classification implies both affirmation inclusion of lower categories under a higher category) as well as negation (mutual exclusion of the categories). The utpannastika, being concerned with the immediate present alone is also the negation of the past and the Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 121
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________________ future and as such gives rise to the duality of affirmation and negation. Similarly, the paryayastika, which is the viewpoint of the past and the future, is the negation of the present, and as such gives rise to the same duality of affirmation and negation. In the last three cases we also get a third mode which cannot be described either as sat or asat (na vacyam sad iti, asad iti va). This is the third bhanga called 'indescribable'. Umasvati concludes this discussion with the statement-desadesena vikalpayitavyam iti-which may imply the remaining four bhangas of the saptabhangi. 6 (b). Siddhasena Divakara : The application of the anekanta principle to ontological problems raised in the different school of philosophy was made, most probably, for the first time by Siddhasena. This was done by means of the nayas "Kapila's (Sankhya) philosophy", says he, "is a statement from the dravyastika (substantial) standpoint, whereas the Buddha's is a veriety of pure paryayastika (modal) one Kanada composed his treatise from the standpoint of both (these nayas): neverthaless, that remained a false doctrine, as the views propounded therein, each arrogating exclusive validity to itself, are independent of each other. (Sanmati, III. 48-49). On the varieties of nayas and their relation to philosophical views Siddhasena says that the former are as many as there are ways of speech, and the later as many as there are nayas (III.47): javaiya vayanavaha tavaiya ceva homti nayavaya javaiya nayavaya tavaiya ceva parasamaya. His distinction between vyanjanaparyaya and arthaparyaya also deserves notice. As soon as the substance is subjected to division, the sphere of modes starts functioning (III. 29). Such modes are twofold - (1) vyanjana modes and arthamodes. The former are expressible in words, while the latter are not. Thus an object is called 'man' so long as it continues to be so, though undergoing change every moment. Here 'man-hood' is a vyanjanaparyaya which is expressible by the word 'man', while the changes that occur in him every moment are arthaparyayas which cannot be expressed in words. An object thus is effable as well as ineffable (saviyappanivviyappam, 1.35). In Sanmati, 1.35-40 Siddhasena enumerates the seven changas almost exactly in the fashion of the Bhagavati Sutra mentioned above. The full credit of interpreting the Agamas for a new generation and giving original material for fresh thinking goes to Siddhasena who acted as a link between the orthodox past and the progressive future. This is indeed the true function of the propounder of a faith 122 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ according to Siddhasena himself. "The person who acts as a logician", says he, "in the domain of logic, and as a scripturist in the domain of scripture is a true protagonist of his faith; a person acting otherwise is an impostor": jo heuvayapakkhammi heuo agame ya agamio. so sasamayapannavao siddhamtavirahao anno.. 6 (c). Mallavadin : The Dvadasaranayacakra of Mallavadin is an encyclopaedia of philsophy, where all schools of thought prevalent in those days are critically examined one by one and superseded by their rivals, thus making a complete circle with twelve spokes connecting the hub with the twelve sections of the rim, each section representing particular doctrines taken up for discussion. The doctrines discussed are linked to the traditional seven nayas in a novel plan of the wheel of twelve nayas, viz. (1) vidhih, (2) vidhervidhih, (3) vidhervidhiniyamam, (4) vidherniyamah, (5) vidhiniyamam, (6) vidhiniyamasya vidhih, (7) vidhiniyamasya vidhiniyamam, (8) vidhi niyamasya niyamah (9) niyamah, (10) niyamasya vidhih, (11) niyamasya vidhiniyamam, and (12) niyamasya niyamah. The book starts with the commonsense popular view of things, represented by the first naya called vidhi (vidhivsttis tavad yathalokagraham eva vastu, p. 11). How does it concern us whether there is a cause, or an effect ; who can make an end of debated on such issues (pp. 34-35)? Mallavadin here quotes Sanmati, 1.28, in support of his contention. The epistemological position of Dignaga is here criticized as going against the commonsense view of things. Vidhi stands for 'injunction' as in the Mimamsa school. It is only the injunction to do some thing that is valuable and also desirable (arthyo hi kriyaya evopadesah, p. 45). The second naya called vidhi-vidbi stands for the particulars in favour of the universal oneness. The absolutistic doctrines are consequently brought within the purview of this naya. The third naya literally means affirmation-cum-negation of the positive entity;. The Sankhya doctrine of praksti as subservient to purusa, and the doctrins of divine creator and the created world represent this naya. The fourth naya, viz. vidher niyamah appears to indicate the restriction of absolute freedom of both the purusa and the karman in the evolution of the worldly process. The other nayas similarly bring within their purview the doctrines that were prevelent in those days in order to evaluate their merits and demerits. About a dozen and a half doctrines are thus discussed and refuted in the treatise which brought for its author the encomium "anu Mallavadinam tarkikah" (all logicians are inferior to Mallavadin) from Hemacandra, the omniscient of the Kali age. Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 123
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________________ 6 (d). Jinabhadra: The activity of Mallavadin was further carried by Jinabhadra who, in his Visesavasyaka-Bhasya, gave a critical account of the nayas based on his deep and extensive learning in the Agamas. Here he brings within purview the problems of the general and the particular, substance and modes, word and meaning, ultimate truth and practical truth (niscaya-naya and vyavahara-naya). His treatment of the problem of niksepa is thorough and penetrating. An evaluation of the non-Jaina philosophical views is also made by him in the section called ganadhara-vada and nihnavavada. 6 (e). Kundakunda: A new trend of thought was developed by Kundakunda in his Samayasara, although his Pancastikaya and Pravacanasara generally uphold the traditional positions. His treatment of the problems of dravya, guna, paryaya, and also utpada, vyaya, dhrauvya, is deep and critical. But in his Samayasara, Kundakunda develops a new idea which appears influenced by Yogacara idealism and also Vedantic absolutism. The soul is the cause of what is happening within itself and has no essential relationship with what is happening in the world outside. The reverse is also true. This cleavage between soul and matter is explained through niscaya-naya and vyavahara-naya, the former being the standpoint of truth, and the latter of untruth. The traditional interpretation of vyavahara-naya as the popular or practical viewpoint and of niscaya-naya as the factual or scientific standpoint is radically changed. Scholars have designated this new meaning of the two nayas as the 'mystic pattern' as distinguished from the traditional interpretation which they call the 'non-mystic pattern'. The works of Kundakunda contain both these patterns, but the 'mystic pattern' is the predominant theme of the Samayasara. In the philosophy of Kundakunda thus the concept of anekanta acquires a new meaning in that a new vista is now opened up for the development of the concept of avaktavya (the third bhanga of the saptabhangi) into a mystic realization of the nature. of truth in its fulness. These great thinkers have now paved the way for the advent of the classical period which is the subject matter of the next section. 7. The Classical Period: Samantabhadra, Haribhadra, Akalanka, Vidyananda and Others: The transition period was followed by a period of intense critical thinking when the Jaina logicians headed by Akalanka, composed treatises which were of lasting value in the field of logic and epistemology. Sarvarthasiddhi of Pujyapada Devanandi and the Aptamimamsa of Samantabhadra provided a firm ontological base to these thinkers who were responsible for the classical period. We here propose Tulasi Prajna 124
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________________ to give a brief account of the doctrine of anekanta as treated by some of these authors. 7 (a). Samantabhadra: The Aptamimamsa of Samantabhadra provides a fertile ground for the doctrine of anekanta to flourish. The essence of anekanta is envisaged as lying in the solution of the contradictory attributes or features exhibited by an ontological doctrine, or an ethical principle, or an epistemological theory. Each one of the two members of pairs of contradictory attributes or features is critically judged with a view to exposing the difficulties that beset the concept, and then a synthesis of the two is offered. The Aptamimamsa opens with a vindication (verses 1-6) of the possibilily of the existence of the omnicient. In verse 8 it asserts that the ethics of good and bad deeds and the existence of life hereafter cannot be justified without accepting the principle of anekanta. The absolutistic conception of an unchanging soul is repugnant to the possibility of moral evolution heading to emancipation. The doctrine of pure affirmation (bhavaikanta) denies negation and consequently fails to explain the fact of diversity which is so glaring and patent (verse 9). The doctrine of pure negation or nihilism (abhavaikanta), on the other hand, will deprive the nihilist's arguments of their validity (verse 12). The critics of syadvada cannot again accept affirmationcum-negation as the nature of the real in order to avoid these difficulties, because that would be tantamount to the acceptance of the doctrine of anekanta on their part. Nor is the position of 'absolute inexpressibility' (avacyataikanta) a tenable hypothesis, because in that case the proposition 'the real is inexpressible' will be an illogical assertion on account of the absolutistic character of the inexpressibility (verse 13): virodhan nobhyaikatmyam syadvada-nyaya-vidvisam.. avacyataikante py uktir navacyam iti yujyate. Our text (verses 14-16) then formulates a correct ontological position by asserting that a real is definitely existent' from one viewpoint 'definitely nonexistent' from another, 'definitely existent-cum-non-existent' from a third, and also 'definitely inexpressible' from a fourth viewpoint, though none of these viewpoints should be considered as absolute and exclusive; one should accept a real as (i) 'existent definitely' (sadeva) in the framework of its own substance, space, time and modes, and also as (ii) 'nonexistent definitely' (asadeva) in the framework of alien substance, space, time and modes, because otherwise it would be impossible to determine the nature of the real; it should moreover be accepted as (iii) possessed of the dual nature of 'existence' and 'nonexistence' in succession, and also as (iv) 'inexpressible on account of the failure of the linguistic Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 125
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________________ device to express the pair of contradictory attributes simultaneously; the remaining three (5-7) bhangas are obtained hy combining the fourth with the first three in their proper contexts. Here the dialectic of sevenfold predication (saptabhangi) has been clearly, defined by Samantabhadra by assigning the fourth position to the attribute of 'inexpressibility' instead of the third assigned to it in the Bhagavati Sutra and also by Sidhasena. The Aptamimamsa now explains the saptabhangi of 'existence' and 'nonexistence' (verse 17-20). "Existence' is necessarily concomitant, in the selfsame entity with its opposite viz. nonexistence, being its adjunct (visesana counterpart), even as homogeneity is necessarily concomitant with heterogeneity (intention to assert difference); similarly, 'nonexistence' is necessarily concomitant, in the selfsame entity, with its opposite (viz. existence); being its adjunct (visesana, counterpart), even as heterogeneity is concomitant with homogeneity (intention to assert identity) : astitvam pratisedhyenavinabhavyekadharimini. visesanatvat sadharmyam yatha bhedavivaksaya.. nastitvam pratised hyenavinabhavyekadharmini. viseanatvad vaidharmyam yatha bhedavivaksaya.. An entity is moreover of the nature of positum as well as negatum (vidheya-pratisedhyatma), exactly as the same attribute of the subject minor term) of an inference may be a valid as well as an invalid probans in accordance with the nature of the probandum to be proved by it. This is the third bhanga of the Saptabhangi of 'existence' and 'nonexistence', The remaining four bhangas are also to be understood in their proper perspectives. Samantabhadra now explains the nature of a real in the light of this anekanta=dialectic. The real must be an entity which is not determined by any exclusive property or any absolute character. Only that which is undefined by a positive or a negative attribute exclusively is capable of exercising the causal efficiency which is the sole criterion of reality (verse 21 : evam vidhi-nisedhabhyam anavasthitam arthaket). The Budddist fluxist as well as the Vedantic monist are jointly criticized here as upholding ontological views, which, being truncated and partial, fail to explain the real in its comprehensiveness. Neither an absolutely static, nor a radically dynamic object is capable of exercising the causal efficiency in spite of all other conditions, external and internal, being fulfilled. Samantabhadra (verse 22) applies the anekanta dialectic in constructing the real as a totality of infinite number of attributes (dharmas), each of which represents the whole entity relegating the others to the status of mere attributes of that entity : 126 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ dbarme dharme 'nya evartho dharmino 'nantadharminah. angitve 'nyatamantasya sesantanam tadangata.. He then gives a general instruction to his readers, proficient in the application of the nayas to follow the same method of saptabhangi to discuss the problems of 'one and many', and the like, that were prevalent in those days. In fact, he himself discusses the following additional problems in the text under review : identity and differences, permanence and flex, cause and effect, reason and scripture, free will and determinism, idealism & realism, bondage & emancipation. 7 (b). Haribhadra : The Anekantajayapataka is an important contribution of Haribhadra to the field of anekanta dialectic, which brings within its purview the problems of existence and nonexistence, permanence and flux, universal and particular, and describable and indescribable. Among the doctrines refuted in the treatise, ksanikavada and vijnanavada occupy a prominent position. All these refutations are made strictly from the standpoint of Jaina philosophy and sometimes they go to a depth hitherto unreached by his predecessors. The comparative outlook of Haribhadra enabled him to unfold the hidden potentialities of the anekanta principle and apply them in the interest of a comprehensive view of the problems, epistemological and ontological, that exercised the minds of those days. 7 (c). Akalanka : The Astasati (commentary on the Aptamimansa) of Akalanka provides a most penetrating insight into the niceties of the doctrine of anekanta. His defence of the doctrine is unique and perhaps unsurpassed by any predecessor or successor. He unfolds the thoughts of Samantabhadra in a manner which is comparable to that of Dharmakirti in respect of Dignaga. The ksanabhangavada of the Buddhists as well as their vijnanavada are vehemently criticized by Akalanka. His contributions to the field of Jaina logic and epistemology are most original and unique, and they set up a norm for the posterity to follow and emulate. 7 (d). Vidyananda : The Astasahasri (the subcommentary on the Astasati of Akalanka) of Vidyananda is perhaps the last word on the doctrine of anekanta. His criticism of the non-Jaina schools is more realistic and thorough. He brings a number of new topics and schools under the purview of his reputation. Vidyananda's exposition of payas & niksepas in his Tattvarthasloka-vartika throws new light on these subjects. Among the successors of Vidyananda, who made important contributions to the doctrine of anekanta, the following authors occupy Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 127
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________________ a position of importance: Prabhacandra, Abhayadeva, Vadideva and Yasovijaya. The reader is referred to the accounts of the life and works of these authors given elsewhere in this encyclopaedia. Bibliography Mookerjee, S: The Jaina Philosophy of Non-absolutism (Calcutta, 1944). 128 Malvaniya, D; Agama Yuga ka Jaina Darsana (Agra, 1966). Dixit K. K Jaina Ontology (L. D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, 1971). Tatia, N: Studies in Jaina Philosophy (Banaras, 1951) The references to the texts of the Pali Tipitaka represent the Volumes and pages of the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Editions. Tulasi Prajna
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________________ The Samkhya Theory of Perceptual Error and Its Presentation by Prabhacandra* --Dr. Shiv Kumar 1.0. The Samkhya is one of the oldest systems of Philosophy based upon powerful, rational and realistic approach. The system is primarily concerned with providing means of alleviating wordly miseries. The miseries can be alleviated by no means other than the true knowledge of reality. The system is primarily engaged in discussing the nature of reality and consequently the discussion of the theory of knowledge becomes a secondary issue. That is why, the early Samkhyas do not basically deal with the epistemological and logical problems in details. But still, the importance of the means of knowledge is never underestimated as it is admitted that the true knowledge of reality depends upon the faultless means of knowledge. However, the means of knowledge depend upon the worldly experience, and the reality, according to the Samkhyas, is not always within the range of the senses, and consequently liable to be explained on the basis of worldly experience. The Samkhya, therefore, discusses the means of knowledge secondarily in so far as the worldly experience is helpful in analysing the supra-sensuous objects like the Purusa, Prakrti and their mutual relation. As the system was reviewed in all its aspects when it came in confrontation with other philosophical systems, the Samkhya also sought some explanation for the epistemological problems sometimes coining new theories and sometimes accepting the epistemological doctrines of other systems which fit in their own metaphysics. Thus, we come acress the development in Samkhya explanation of epistemological problems from Isvarakrsna to Vacaspati and in a more deliberated form in Vijnanabhiksu. This is perhaps the reason why the Samkhya theory of knowledge was not crystallised in the early text of the Samkhyas. Because of this fact only we do not come across an explanation of the Samkhya theory of perceptual error earlier to the Samkhyasutras which are supposed to belong to a later period. One of the most remarkable exposition of the Samkhya theory Vol IV, Nos. 7-8 129
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________________ of perceptual error is, however, recorded by Prabhacandra, a Jain logician of 9th century. The present paper is an attempt to trace the development of the Samkhya theory of perceptual error and to consider the intrinsic value of Prabhacandra's presentation of the same on its epistemological significance and the ontological importance. 20. Prabhacandra1 states in the form of the Purvapaksa that the Samkhyas hold the theory of perceptual error called PrasiddharthaKhyati, according to which the object which is established by the means of knowledge, i.e, the real object itself, is apprehended in the case of erroneous knowledge. The Samkhyas explain their position on the basis of common experience. At the time of erroneous preception the object seems to be real. The object perceived cannot be said to be non-existent or unreal because the investigation into the nature of the object cannot be possible without appearance. The appearance is not contradicted at the time of perceiving the object. There is no propriety of further investigation for the object which is established through appearance. The existence of the palm is also established on the basis of its appearance only. The same appearance holds good in the case of erroneous perception as well. There is no contradication if the earlier knowledge is invalidated by the later one. The water appears in mirage but does not appear afterwards to one who reaches that place. Similarly, there appears a circle of light while the light is moved around fast but afterwards this appearance is contradicted. It does not, however, go against the Samkhya view of the establishment of an object through appearance. Though the object seen earlier does not apear afterwards, yet it is real whenever it appeared. Without admitting this position the existence of lightning which disappears after appearing once in the sky cannot be established. 3.0. Prabhacandra2 offers the following criticism of the doctrine of Prasiddharthakhyati, 3.1. The real object cannot be the object of erroneous knowledge. If the objects were real in all types of knowledge, there would be no distinction in the form of the erroneous and the true knowledge. 3.2. The supposition of the reality of the objects of erroneous knowledge goes against the common experience. If the objects of erroneous knowledge were real, they would be cognized like the objects of true knowledge. If a person proceeds for activity even through the erroneous cognition of water, he would feel the marks of water in the form of wetness of the ground and the like even in the absence of water when Tulasi Prajna 130
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________________ the erroneous knowledge is sublated. The example of lightning is not able to prove the position of the Samkhyas because the lightning disappears with all its components very soon but the effects of water continue for a longer time. Hence some marks of water could surely be available if water were there. Moreover, if water would exist where it erroneously appears to exist, it would appear to all the persons who go to see it as lightning is seen by all without exception. 3.3. It the objects of all types of knowledge were real, the earlier knowledge would not be sublated by the later one. Therefore, it goes against the fact of common experience. 4.0. Prabhacandra's exposition of the Samkhya theory is not endorsed by any extent text of the Samkhyas. Before considering his exposition, it will be worthwhile to discuss the Samkhya theory of perceptual error found in the texts of the Samkhyas themselves. 4.1. The earliest work of the Samkhyas available to us is the Samkhyakarika of Isvaraksina which does not explicitly deal with the the problem but does imply some theory of perceptual error while dealing with the attitude towards error. We can consider the theory of error in two aspects-why does it occur and how does it occur. As to the first, the Samkhyakarika seems to reply that it is the lack of knowledge which gives rise to the complete non-perception or the partial perception. It offers the following reasons for the lack of knowledge in the case of the non-perception of an existent object-great distance, extreme proximity, defects of organs, non-steadiness of mind, minuteness, interposition, predominance and intermixture with the like. The other consequence of the lack of knowledge is the incomplete or the partial knowledge on account of which the Buddhi fails to distinguish between the real and the unreal. As a result, the Purusa appears to be active and the Buddhi appears to be sentient The Samkhyakarika does not directly deal with the second aspect of the problem and does not explicitly mention the process of erroneous perception but a Karika in it implies that the object observed is mistaken to be of different nature due to their resemblance which comes to the mind through the impressions or memories of past experience. That is why, when the Purusa which is sentient and inactive and the Buddhi which is insentient and active, come in mutual contact, the former looks like active and the latter like sentient. This is implied in the following Karika which deals with the erroneous identification of the Purusa with the Buddhi : tasmAttatsaMyogAdacetanaM cetanAdiva liGgam / guNakartRttve'pi ca tathA karttava bhavatyudAsonaH // Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 131
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________________ The word ga in the Karika implies that firstly there is the resemblance with the object experienced in the past which leads to this confusion. Secondly, the perceiver remembers this resemblance at the time of perceiving. Thirdly, the perceiver relies upon the resembling qualities and draws the conclusion with this partial knowledge. Thus, when one proceeds to analyse the nature of the Buddhi which lies connected with the Purusa and forms the component of a physiological being, he remembers some being with parts of his body endowed with consciousness and concludes that the Buddhi is sentient. Similarly, while anylysing the nature of the Purusa one remembers some being which is both sentient and active and concludes that the Purusa is active. This theory comes nearer to the Akhyati view of perceptual error held by Prabhakara. This seems to be the reason which leads some scholars to hold that the Samkhyas believe in the Akhyati view of perceptual error. The later Samkhyase, however, hold that the error cannot be accounted for by the theory and criticise it thus. Firstly, no one proceeds to activity only through the non-distinction of the object represented and the other remembered and secondly, this knowledge is sublated while the right knowledge is never sublated. 4.2. The Samkhya sutra discusses the rival doctrines of perceptual error held hy the Buddhists," the Mimams akase, the Vedantins', the Naiyayikaslo and maintain the theory of Sadosatkhyatill to be a right doctrine according to which the earlier experience is sublated as well as not sublated. Aniruddha12 explains it thus. In the case of the erroneous knowledge like "it is silver" the object 'it' present before us is Sat because its knowledge is not sublated but the object represented, viz. the silver in the present case, is "asat" because its knowledge is sublated. Vijnanabhiksu's explanation of the theory is different. He states that there is no sublation with regard to the existence of the object but there is the sublation of all the things in the soul relatively. For example, the redness of a java is real in itself but so far as it is attributed to the crystal it is unreal. Similarly, the silver is real in its own form as placed in a shop but in so far as it is attributed to the crystal it is unreal. In the same way, the universe is real in itself but is unreal in so far as it is reflected in the sentient principle.13 Viinanabhiksu further explains that the existence and the non-existence spoken with reference to the same object are not contradictory because their qualities are different.14 4.3. Thus, the view of the erroneous perception maintained by the Samkhyasutra and explained by its commentators differs to a certain extent from that implied in the Samkhyakarika. The erroneous know 132 Tulasi Prajna
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________________ ledge, according to the Samkhyakarika is not erroneous in the strict sense of the term. On the other hand, it is partial or incomplete knowledge. The contents of the knowledge are not sublated by later experience. On the contrary, the later knowledge is an advance over the former. When two objects are mistaken to be practically identified, the distinction between them is overlooked due to the lack of knowledge. The distinguishing features of the object represented and that presented are not fully grasped. When a single object is taken to be of a different nature, the partial knowlede is applied to the whole. When the Buddhi is crroneously taken as a sentient principle, the sentient part of the Buddhi is erroneously confused with the whole. When the knowledge of their distinction is achieved, the sentient part comes to be the Purusa and the non-sentient the Buddhi. Thus, it is an ommission rather than commission. 15 Samkhyasutra introduces the idea of commission by its emphasis on later sublation. It is partial knowledge in so far as the earlier experience is not sublated but it introduces a commitment of some other kind of impression in the parts where the earlier impression is sublated. This further leads Vijnanabhiksu to introduce a subjective element in error. Accoring to the Samkhyakaria, the person sees something and through the remembrance of his earlier experience reaches the erroneous conclusion while Vijnanabhiksu holds that the person fancies the two things as one. The relata are real but the positive relation fancied between the two is erroneous. Vijnanabhiksu admits the case with reference to the erroneous knowledge where only one thing is involved, for example, when shell is mistaken as silver.18 However, he does not explain the process therein. He states that both the shell and the silver are given. We may, therefore, conjecture that the erroneous knowledge, according to Vijnanabhiksu is due to the postulation of a false relation of identity between the object represented and the other presented. This view of perceptual error comes nearer to the Anyathakhyati or Viparitakhyati view held by the Naiyayikas, the Vaisesikas and Kumarilabhatta. 4.4. Here, it may be observed that the chief aim of the SamkhyaKarika is to establish the reality of the material world against the subjective idealism and, therefore, it does not provide scope for fancing something even in erroneous knowledge and establishes that what leads to bondage is the lack of knowledge. The Samkhyasutra, however, finds it difficult to postulate error without subsequent sublation and Vijnanabhiksu gocs a step further to relate the Samkhya with the Yoga while introducing this kind of postulation of fancy in error. In the Yogal? error is not the lack of knowledge but a positive misconception. Since Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 133
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________________ the Yoga lays more stress on the purification of the internal organ, it has to postulate misconception to be removed from the mind and not merely the increase in knowledge. 5.0. Thus, the earliest explicit mention of the Samkhya theory of perceptual error known so far is made by Prabhacandra. Even Vacaspatimisra, a contemporary of Prabhacandra, does not mention the view of the Samkhyas regarding the problem. The use of the term Prasiddharthakhyati is peculiar to Prabhacandra. However, the chief interest here is not to find out whether the Samkqya theory would be called by one name or the other but to judge the intrinsic value of Prabhacandra's exposition on the basis of epistemological significance and the ontological importance. 5.1. Though Prabhacandra's exposition is not attested by the extant texts of the Samkhyas, yet it cannot be altogether rejected as the mere postulation of Prabhacandra. What strikes most in his exposition is that the reality of the earlier knowledge cannot be denied though it may be sublated. This, however, can be explained in the framework of the Samkhya as well. In the Samkhya there are two levels of experience. From a lower level, we cognise the empirical reality and from a higher level the transcendental reality. These levels represent two stages of experience, viz. before the acquisition of discriminative knowledge and after the acquisition of discriminative knowledge. The objects perceived from lower level may not be true from higher level but when perceived from practical standpoint at the lower or empirical level, their reality cannot be denied. The idea is supported by Prabhacandra's exposition of the Samkhya theory that the knowledge is true at both the stages, viz. before sublation and after the sublation. 5.2. Prabhacandra's main objection is against the reality of experience at all the stages. The early Samkhyas could alleviate the objection in two ways. The experience is real at both the levels, i e., before attaining the discriminative knowledge and after attaing it. Or, they may reply that the partial knowledge reading to wrong conclusions is not sublated even after attaining the complete knowledge. What'sublated is the notion that it is the complete knowledge. In this way, the experience comes to be true at all the stages. The later Samkhyas, however, would solve the problem by resorting to the theory of Sadasarkhyati. Aniruddha maintains that the erroneous knowledge is real in some part but unreal in the rest. Vijnanabhiksu would solve the problem on the ground that the objects are real but the relation postulated by the knowiug agent is unreal. 134 Tulasi Prajia
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________________ 6.0. Thus, Prabhacandra's presentation brings into light one of the important Samkhya theories in epistemology which is not explicitly discussed in the early extant Samkhya texts. The implication of a similar theory found in the Samkhyakarika and the elaboration with amendment in the later Samkhya texts suggest the development of the Samkhya theory while Prabhacandra fills a gap between the earlier and the later exposition of the theory. Though the criticism does not seem to be conclusive, yet no Samkhya author has specially referred to and replied to it. REFERENCES * This paper was read at the 29th Session of A.I.O.C. 1. P.leyakamalamartanda (=PKM), Bombay, 1941, pp. 49-50. also Nyayakumuda candra (NKC), Bombay, 1938, p. 61. 2. PKM, Loca Cit.. 3. Samkhyakarika (=SK), 7. 4. SK, 20. 5. S. Dasgupta. History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I, Cambridge, 1963, p. 385; Satyanand Sarasvati, Satyananda Dipika on Samkarabhasya. 6. Aniruddhavstti (=AV) on Samkhyasutra (=SS), Varanasi, 1964, 5.51. 7. SS 5.52. 8. SS. 5.53. 9, SS. 5.54. 10. SS. 5.55. 11. SS. 5.56. 12. AV. 5.56. 13. Samkhyapravacanabhasya (SPB) on SS 5.56, Calcutta, 1936. 14. Ibid 15. Cf. M.Hiriyanna, Indian Philosophical Studies No. 1, pp. : 25-30, Mysore, 1957. 16. SPB, 5.56. 17. Yogavarttika, 1.8. Vol. IV, Nos. 7-8 135
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________________ apIla priya pAThakagaNa, ApakI sevA meM "tulasI prajJA" kA "yuvAcArya vizeSAMka' bhejate hue bahuta hI AnandAnubhUti ho rahI hai / isa aMka ke prakAzana meM kucha vilamba huA hai, jisakA hameM kheda hai| Apa tulasI prajJA ke grAhaka hoMge hii| anyathA Apase anurodha hai ki Apa isake grAhaka avazya baneM evaM anya samAja evaM sAhitya premI bandhuoM ko bhI tadartha prerita kreN| sthAnIya sabhAsaMsthAoM ko bhI isake grAhaka banane ke lie anurodha kareM / hara jaina saMsthA ke lie isakA grAhaka bananA nitAMta apekSita samajhA jAnA cAhie / Apako yaha likhane kI AvazyatA hI nahIM ki jaina vizva bhAratI satsAhitya prakAzana ke kSetra meM eka mahatvapUrNa sthAna lie hue hai| zikSA, zodha, sAdhanA evaM saMskRti viSayaka jaina patrikAoM meM "tulasI prajJA" kA eka viziSTa mahatva hai| isake prAyaH pratyeka aMka meM AcArya zrI, yuvAcAryajI mahArAja, sAdhvI pramukhA zrI kanakaprabhAjI Adi saMta satiyAMjI tathA anya sudhIjanoM ke vidvatApUrNa lekha hote haiM / isakA pratyeka aMka saMgrahaNIya hai / isakA vArSika zulka mAtra rupaye 25/- hai jo ki lAgata se kAphI kama hai| yaha patrikA ApakI hai| ise ApakA pUrA sahayoga milegA, aisI AzA hai / sUrajamala goTho adhyakSa --nivedakazrI vanda baiMgAno maMtrI gopIcaMda copar3A prabaMdha sampAdaka
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