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Letter 10
67
(7)
Similarly, the belief that somebody else is my creator, care taker or destroyer goes away and the feeling of insecurity and being insignificant disappears. My existence is because of me only, therefore, by concentrating only on my existence, I will attain Samyak Darshan or Real Right Belief and the path of real Dharma will begin.
(8)
As you can see, just by knowing one attribute of existence ( africa) we are benifited in so may ways. We acquire the art of knowing that I am immortal. In fact, one has to know that I or Jeev is immortal.
But, because of our ignorance and foolishness, we were considering the union of the Pudgal body, and the separation of the Pudgal body to be the birth and death of our own self. And these notions made us unhappy and sad.
By knowing the attribute of Astitva, we now know that the soul never dies.
So it is said :
" कर्ता जगतका मानता जो कर्म या भगवानको ।
वह भूलता है लोकमें अस्तित्वगुणके ज्ञानको ॥ उत्पाद व्यय युत वस्तु है फिर भी सदा ध्रुवता घरे ।
अस्तित्व गुण के योग से कोई नहीं जग में मरे ॥" Thus we have benifited such a lot, by knowing just one attribute. So it is natural to be anxious to know the other attributes as well, which we will discuss in our next letter.
You should take advantage of the different discourses held during the Paryushan our period, and do your homework. Mona, Pandit shri Yashpalji Jain is coming to Aurangbad and Reena, Pandit shri Pradeepji Zanzari is coming to Malad, to deliver discourses. I earnestly feel that you should avail of these opportunities.
With love.
Your Mom.
