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Letter 2
The Nature of True God
Letter 2
June 15, 1993. Dear Reena & Mona,
Blessings & Bèst Wishes. In my previous letter we have proved the existence of 'Ishwar. The term Ishwar is synonymous to Bhagwan भगवान, Paramatma परमात्मा. Arihant and Siddha are both Ishwar or Paramatma. They are also referred as 'God'. But here you have to bear in mind that they are different from the Heavenly Gods', whom I have referred in my last letter. These 'Heavenly Gods' are in fact those beings found in one of the four phases the soul passes through. Whereas Arihant Paramatma are pure souls.
Every Jeev i.e. living being can become Paramatma by having the Real Right Belief of the Pure Soul and by experiencing that pure form and concentrating in the same, to attain the condition of equanimity. All this has been already explained to you in my previous letter.
Now we must leam in details the exact nature of Paramatma.
To know the pure form of our own soul it is imperative to know the nature of those souls who are omniscient i.e. Sarvadnya and devoid of all passions i.e. Veetaragi. These are the true Gods in the real sense. It is also necessary to know the nature of Jain Monks-Muni who are partially Veetaragi and Samyak-Dnyani too.
To acquire this knowledge we have to learn, understand and know the Sat-Shastra Prerat i.e. Satyartha Agam HP 114 .e. True Jain scriptures. This Satshastra explains the nature of Jain Muni and Pure form of Atma and reveals the Moksha Marga i.e. the path of liberation ( salvation ).
In the scripture Ratna Karand Shravakachar it is stated that the true knowledge of 'Satyartha Apta '(Arihant); Agam (preachings of Arihanta) and Tapobhrut ( Jain Monks ) is the prerequisite of Samyak Darshan.
You may wonder as to why I am mentioning Samyak Darshan again and again. It is because Samyak Darshan is the stepping stone to Dharma i.e. Veetaragata. In other words it is the beginning of the path which leads to salvation. Only when you have-Real Right Belief, You will have true and proper knowledge. And because of that your conduct will also be proper.
Rituals, penance and conduct of non violence practised without Samyak Darshan are fruitless. In our scriptures it is said that such rituals are like zero without being preceded by any number. That is if you write any number of zero without any other numerical digit before it, the sum
