Book Title: Lover of Light Among Luminaries Dilip Kumar Roy
Author(s): Amruta Paresh Patel
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ 138 A LOVER OF LIGHT AMONG LUMINARIES: Dilip Kumar Roy "Don't ask anything from Him-liberation, knowledge, austerity in yoga, plenitude, miracle power-no, none of these, my friend.. Only tell Him: 'I want to love you." Whether one wins Him by love or knowledge, so long as one lives sundered from Him, one has to stay in pain, unappeased, because of the power of illusion (Maya). Quoting from various scriptures, Anirvan advises Dilip Roy, not to work. as a doer or non-doer, but as His own instrument, to take birth every time with. Krishna as His orderly. So, Anirvan seems to be a traveller on both paths also, as radiant in knowledge as heartwarming in love. He asserts that the One in whom we all reside, directs our intelligence (dhi). So, when our intelligence becomes spontaneous, it has communion with Him and Man both. "To know the Whole means, in the last analysis, not knowing. myself alone but this our earth-life as well."154 According to Anirvan, if the light is lit in human heart, it will definitely repeal the darkness of ignorance and the aspirant will find himself united with. the whole universe. He exhorts us: "Let us all, aligned with the sun's lustre, manifest ourselves, spread ourselves generously all round, which manifestation is, surely, the perfect Revelation."155 If it is done, there will not be any discord and He, the One-in-all will draw us all to tread the highway of truth in his own unpredictable manner. One has the right to love other human beings, but not to judge them. Anirvan has trust in the utter selfless Love for God and his creatures. He likes Mira's bhajans very much because they contain in them an outflowing of true love. The following lines were very much appreciated by him: "Premi na magen mukati shakati, magen aan na man, Bhoga na magen, moksha na magen, magen na nirvan." That is, "Power nor liberation, glory nor fame Is sought by the blessed who love and long to be His: They seek not the senses' joy, nor would fain claim. Even nirvan's eternal and flawless bliss."156 But at the same time he warns his disciples against that distorted form of bhaki which leads to pseudo emotion. He remarks: "In our country, dukhavad and bhaktivad have both suffered distortion and so been degraded. I am only against this distortion, first and last. Otherwise I do hold that pure bhakti is the brightest jewel of the soul and, personally, I regard the illuminate-devotee (jnani-bhakta) as the highest ideal in yoga."157 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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