Jain Digest 1994 06 Special Issue

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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Acharya Ji with Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
was alone, and he wanted to become "more". The desire came to create. Then he planned, using knowledge. He started to work, but how is he working? He has no hands. If he has hands, then he has body. If he has body, he took birth. If he took birth, then he will die. If he is caught in the birth and death cycle, then he is not God. How is he working? Is he working by will? But how did the will start if he is Absolute? He is Absolute? And he's creating smells? He's creating thoughts? He is the cause of sound? Sound means vibration, and if something is vibrating then this is matter. This is not Absolute. We are putting ash in the eyes of the people and using the word Absolute. The students can accept your theory when you lecture in college, they will not object, because they are more ignorant than you. But if you talk with me about Absolute, then I will laugh. Look how you are fooling yourself! Absolute means there is no vibration, no pulsation, no cause and effect, no rest, motion, time or space. Absolute means there is Nothing. We can't describe it. This is "Anant Paratpar Brahma". It has no beginning and no end. It is beyond all.
...OMARHUM QUOTE FROM GURUJI "Some people define a religious man as
one who goes to church or temple. Are these buildings the source of religion? You go there and you are a very religious person,
and when you come out you are not? “In India people are required to leave their shoes
outside before entering a temple or holy place. There is a big problem there of shoe thieves. So you go in and worship and pray to God, and when you
come back you will not find your shoes. "If a religious person is one who goes to temple, then maybe the shoe thieves are very religious -
They are always there! "No, church will give help if you are not a religious man. You must think how you can reunite
with the Absolute. Religion means "dharma" or nature. What is your true nature?
Follow this. You separated, my dear, from your reality.
Come back to your original source.”
Acharya Ji with Mrs. Indira Gandhi
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