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'પૃષ્ઠ ૧૦૮, પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન • જૈન તીર્થ વંદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષાંક - ઑક્ટોબર ૨૦૧૪
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PILGRIM PROGRESS
જૈન તીર્થ વંદતા અને શિલા સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષાંક છ જૈન તીર્થ વેદના અને શિલા સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષાંક F જૈન તીર્થ વંદના અને શિલા સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષાંક 5 જૈન તીર્થ વંદના
Last month I added another year and another decade say. The walk into the premise, the sunlight, the
to my life; since then I've been contemplating and chirping birds, the hacienda shaped Mandir, the his thinking - meditating and walking long distances : 'bhoyro' (basement) below - the utter sense of bliss
enjoying the nature in all it's glory and preparing my and divinity. This has always been to me - my mind and body for the decade ahead. Just my own ultimate Tirthsthhaan. manner to take time off from world at large - This Actually all of Deolali - is filled with the most beautiful
time with the self has been a pilgrimage- I would like Jain temples, both Digambar and Shwetambar š to start with-'sva saathe' (29 119) - That space within Temples which are all in such proximity to each other
and those few moments when all others are outside and I have visited all of them every single time of that sphere of self....no 'aadhar' (ALELLA), no whenever I collected enough Punya to be able to visit 'avlamban' (1964-).
Deolali. This makes me reflect on the word pilgrimage. So Third Tirth which though considered a Digambar what is a Pilgrimage? A kind of Geography of Faith; Teerth but which I would urge all to go and just be at or A religious journey or A holy expedition or A place peace in is Gajpantha. 435 steps on a little hill near up within or A place outside.
Nashik leads you to a 194 inch tall statue of I am going to briefly describe the places that have Parshwanath Bhagwan and two more cave temples been sacred to me since my childhood, my with moortis of tirthankars. It is breathtaking. It is
pilgrimage, destinations, places where I feel an utter believed that seven Balbhadra (saints) of Jain Sect še connect within, my Tirth. All tirth's are special and known as Vijay, Achal, Sudharma, Suprabh, Nandi,
close to my heart however, I am describing these Nandimitra and Sudarshan achieved salvation from 5 few as these have had larger relevance to my life here. By this very account it is a place worth a visit to and that have more significance to me.
pay homage to the siddh-atmas and feel inspired First, my spiritual guide, my aadhaar - Neela towards our own moksh marg. ago Shashikant Mehta's feet-'charan' - Even if it sounds Fourth place that I have been moved by is
unbelievable, it really was for me an incredible Dharmachakra - also near Nashik. Besides its 'sammovsaran' experience. Just as we have been splendour, the Vicharta Mahavir is a sight to behold. described that on entering a sammovsaran, enemies One can spend a few days there and bask in the become friends, and there prevails an atmosphere pure divine energy of this place.
of love and joy all around among every living being, Fifth and a place which I constantly visit almost every tě similarly sitting at her feet my heart would become month for the past four years is Shrimad Rajchandra
devoid of all negativities and it seemed that the entire Ashram - Dharampur world ceased and stopped and only the moments Perched on a small quaint hillock approached by a with her existed. I would enter the room where she small winding road lies this haven. It is a place where was sitting, standing, praying and would always start earlier a crematorium existed and Shrimad feeling lighter and fragrant and the moment I would Rajchandra meditated. Now its a sprawling ashram touch her feet, it would be this tangible feeling of which accommodates over 3000 people. Here reaching a higher place. Her bhakti, her satsang, her Gurudev Shri Rakeshbhai Jhaveri fondly addressed voice, she was truly a manifestation of the line "deh as Bapa whose pravachans on diverse sacred chhata jeni dasha varte dehaateet' (& Edl - EALL scriptures like Bhagwat Geeta, Ashtavakra Geeta,
ad Eelda) - the one who had a body and yet seemed Yogdhristisamucchay, Naarad Bhakti Sutra and što live beyond the form of it.
presently Gandharvaad fill me up and inspire me and The second Tirth sacrosanct for me is Shrimad thousands of others to progress on our paths to Rajchandra Swadhyay Mandir on Lam Road, Deolali. Moksh. Buddhi and shuddhi and together Buddhi For all those who have not been there, go there maan Shuddhi - it all happens here. Here through
Adhuna (now this very instant) as Ashtavakra would his constant satsang I feel a sense of reflection on જૈન તીર્થ વંદના અને શિલા સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષક છ જૈન તીર્થ વેદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષાંક ક જૈન તીર્થ વંદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષક ક જેવા તીર્થ વેદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષાંક
* જૈન તીર્થ વંદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષાંક ક જૈન તીર્થ વેદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિશેષંક 4 જૈન તીર્થ વંદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિરોષાંક 5 જૈન તીર્થ વંદના અને શિલ્પ સ્થાપત્ય વિરોષાંક દ ક જૈન તીર્થ વંદની અને શિલ્પ *
