Atmanandji Jainacharya Janmashatabdi Smarakgranth

Author(s): Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: Atmanand Janma Shatabdi Smarak Trust

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Jain Mysticism
Oh Fool do not get attached to the body, the body does not become yours. Turn yourself to that self which is distinct from the body and is full of knowledge.
विसया सेविहि जीव तुहुं दुक्खहं साहिकपण ।
ते णिरारिउ पज्जलइ हुववह जेम घिएण ॥ १२० ॥
Oh soul it is because you devote yourself to sensual pleasures which are agents of misery, that you burn constantly like the fire by the butter. देवलि पाहणु तित्थि जलु पुत्थई सव्वई कव्वु ।
वत्थु जु दीसह कुसुमियउ इंधणु होस सव्वु ॥ १६९ ॥
There is only stone in the temple, water at the holy place, and poetry in all books. Whatever books are so flowery to-day are all going to become fuel.
5 Sounds from afar
A very common experience of the mystics is said to be that they receive sounds from the void-sounds that allay their senses and stir them to inner activity. Our saint also receives such sounds.He says
The various sounds that are heard in the sky are not attended to by the evil intellect. When the mind, along with the five senses, is allayed, then the supreme truth reveals itself manifestly.
[ This experience is graphically described by . He says
अंबरि विविहु सहु जो सुम्मइ . ।
तहिं पइसरहुं ण वुच्चइ दुम्मइ ॥
पंच
अथवण जाइ ।
मूढा परमतत्तु फुड्डु तहिं जि ठाइ ॥ १६८ ॥
Shatabdi Granth ]
गगनमंडल के बीच में जहां सोहंगम डोरि । सबद अनाहद होत है सुरत लगी तहँ मोरि ॥ निझर झरै अनहद बजै, तब उपजै ब्रह्म - गियान । अविगत अंतर प्रगट ही, लगा प्रेम निज ध्यान ॥
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