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Letter 3
The Importance of Philosophical Knowledge
July 12, 1993.
Letter 3
Dear Reena & Mona,
Blessings & Best Wishes.
Your growing enthusiasm and anxiousness to know more about the subject has inspired me to write this third letter to you.
In the previous letter we have seen the nature of Ishwar i.e. Paramatma and that each soul can attain the stage of Ishwar. To attain that one has to know and firmly believe that I am Atma i.e. soul. Even while in embodied form of human being 'I' am different and separate from this body, mind and speech.
And one has to have total faith in the fact that by studying the scriptures one can gain the knowledge of one's Pure Soul. And by practicing accordingly one can experience that status of Pure Soul.
Most of the discoveries and advances made by science today, sounded mere science fiction two hundred years ago. They were writer's imaginations. But the scientists had firm belief in those theories and had self confidence, so they endlessly kept on experimenting and researching, till they could prove them in reality.
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Those were mere theories. But the description of Atma, Paramatma and the path of Salvation as told by Tirthankaras (Arihantas) and as written in Jinavani fuit is the fact it is the eternal everlasting truth. Therefore, the firm belief in Jinavani and constant experimentation and search for one's own self will definitely make the Atma Paramatma one day.
This truth about the Atma can be told only by Jinendra. Because by nature he is Veetaragi and Sarvadnya. As we have seen Veetaragi means the one who doesn't have even a slightest passion like greed, affection or aversion. Then why would such being lie?
And Sarvadnya means who is omniscient or one who knows everything. So only those who know everything will tell us the true nature of the whole cosmos, so there is no question of falsehood.
This Divyadhvani i.e. divine sound in the form of 'Om' (and not in the form of regular speech) springs out of the whole body of Tirthankar तीर्थंकर. Heavenly Gods create divine place called Samavsharan समवशरण to assemble for listening to this Divyadhvani.
All different forms of creatures that is human beings, animals and heavenly gods assemble there to listen. They can grasp the meaning of Divyadhvani as per their own capacity and in their own respective languages.
