Atmadharma magazine - Ank 294 (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Page: 38.

chaitra 2494 : ātmadharma : 35

vaānchākao saāthae vaātachāīta anae tattvachāchār

(sarve jignāsuono priy vibhāg)

(chār–pāñch varṣha agāunā keṭalāk prashno amārī pāse paḍyā hatā,

teno paṇ ā vibhāgamān samāvesh karīe chhīe.)

prashna :– amane ātmānun gnān karavānun man thāy chhe paṇ bāhya ākarṣhaṇo

bhūlātā nathī, tenun shun kāraṇ? –ane jeo siddha thayā teone bāhya ākarṣhaṇ nahi

hoy? –hoy to tene kevī rīte dūr karyā hashe? ( M.k. JAIN. veḍach, bharūch)

uttar :– bhāī, sāmānyapaṇe ātmāne jāṇavānun man to badhāne thāy; shun koī

em kahe ke māre ātmāne nathī jāṇavo?– parantu ātmāne jāṇavānī antarathī kharekharī

jignāsā ane laganī thāy te koī judī ja chīj chhe. ane evī laganī jene thāy te

jīv bāhya ākarṣhaṇomān rokāy nahi. bāhya ākarṣhaṇamān rokāīne ātmāne bhūlī jāy

to teno artha e thayo ke tene bāhyachīj jeṭalī vahālī chhe teṭalo ātmā vahālo nathī.

jene ātmānī mahattā lāge tene bahāranī chījanī mahattā chhūṭī jāy, ne mahattā chhūṭe

eṭale ākarṣhaṇ paṇ chhūṭe. teno ek dākhalo –bāḷakane potānī mātāpratye kharekharun

ākarṣhaṇ chhe; tenī mātānā virahamān te mātāne evo jhaṅkhe chhe ke tame game te chījanun

ākarṣhaṇ āpasho topaṇ te bāḷak tenā pratye ākarṣhāshe nahīn. ane mātāne dūrathī

dekhatān ja badhā ākarṣhaṇo paḍatā mukīne mātānā bheṭavā snehathī doḍashe. tem jenā

antaramān chaitanyanun kharun vahāl jāgyun–te jagatanā koī padārthanā ākarṣhaṇamān rokāshe

nahīn. ‘mārun sukh to mārā ātmāmān chhe, bāhya koī ākarṣhaṇomān (sonāmān–mahelamān

strīmān–moṭaramān– phīlmamān ke jagatanā koī padārthamān) mārun sukh chhe ja nahi’ –em

jene kharekharun lakṣhamān līdhun hoy te bahāranā ākarṣhaṇomān kem rokāy? tenun gnān

antaramān ātmā taraph vaḷe ja. – ā māṭe dharmātmāonā satsaṅgamān rahīne ghaṇo ja

prayās karavo joīe. āpaṇe chaitanyano kharekharo ras lagāḍīne tenā shraddhā–gnān–

ekāgratā karīe to kāī bāhya ākarṣhaṇo āpaṇane rokatā nathī. dhyānastha munivaro

upar ghor upadrav āve ke devīo āvīne ākarṣhaṇ kare–topaṇ teo dhyānathī chalit

thatā nathī. e ja rīte je siddhabhagavanto thayā teoe paṇ chaitanyasvabhāvanī uttam

ārādhanā karīne, potāno upayog bahāranā ākarṣhaṇothī pāchho haṭhāvī līdho ne

nijasvarūpamān upayogane