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542
I am the Soul
have been bothering you from such a long time telling you all my doubts. And if there is no benefit from knowing all this, then I have troubled you unnecessarily.
The disciple is filled with devotion towards the Guru. That is why he is not willing to trouble the Gurudev, but at the same time he has an unwavering faith that now that I have taken refuge with the Gurudev, I shall not return without success. Whatever cobwebs of doubts there may be within me, he will certainly remove them and make my inner-self crystal clear. That is why fearlessly he is presenting one doubt after the other to the Gurudev. He is like the child who has just learnt walking and is now stepping about without the fear of falling or getting hurt. The child knows that my protector, my mother is with me. She will not let me fall or get hurt. So it roams about fearlessly. The disciple has dedicated his unflinching faith in the Gurudev, and without fearing whether his doubts are logical or illogical, he is placing them before the Gurudev. And so he finally says –
पांचे उत्तरथी थयुं, समाधान सर्वांग;
समजु मोक्ष उपाय तो, उदय उदय सद्भाग्य
.....९६
O Gurudev! Your unlimited benevolence is upon me. You have let flow unlimited affection towards me. Your compassion is being showered upon me incessantly. My five doubts have been cleared totally. There is not even an iota of doubt left in me about those. I am greatly relieved. Now I place the sixth doubt before you. If I can get a proper clarification for it, then I shall consider myself very fortunate.
Brothers! Srimadji has very thoughtfully used some very beautiful words in this gatha. - 34 34 - the disciple says - I shall attain the power or wealth of the entire Universe. I do not consider attaining power or rule as my fortune. For this was attained by the jiva several times and also lost. There is no novelty to it. But if I were to find the way to moksa, if no doubts about it
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| SR No. | 006791 |
| Book Title | I am The Soul Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Tarulatabai Mahasati |
| Publisher | Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 466 |
| Language | English, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 18 MB |