: Aso : 2498 Atmadharma : 15 :
amerikAthI Avel be prashnanA javAb
[“AjanA shikShit yuvAno dharmamAn ras nathI letA”
evI bhramaNA bhAngavA mATe dIpakabhAIno patra ek vadhu
purAvo chhe....yuvAno paN dharmamAn utsAhathI ras lye chhe.]
amerikAthI ApaNA sabhya nan. 19pa2 dIpak em. jain jignAsAthI be prashna pUchhAve
chhe. amerikA jevA dUr deshamAn rahIne paN sonagaDhanA santone yAd karavA, sAthe sAthe
AtmA ane paramAtmAnA vichAro karavA, ne na samajAy te vAt jignAsAthI bhArat
pUchhAvavI,–A rIte ApaNI bhAratabhUminA santAno game tyAn jAy paN enA hRudayamAn
sarvatra adhyAtmasanskAro jIvant rahe chhe;–bIjA koI paN deshanI sanskRiti ApaNA bhAratanI
adhyAtma–sanskRitinI tulanA karI shake tem nathI. bhAratanI A adhyAtma–sampattinun gaurav
bhAratano darek putra samaje....ne enA uchcha sanskArothI potAnun jIvan ujvaL banAve em
IchchhIe. have amerikAthI dIpak bhAIe pUchhelA be prashnonA javAb–
(1) jo jIv amar chhe to judA judA avatAr kevI rIte le chhe? ane
manuShyapaNun, pashupaNun vagere jIndagI kevI rIte nakakI thAy chhe?
uttar :–bhAIshrI, pratham to e santoShanI vAt chhe ke tamAro prashna ‘AtmAnI
AstikatA’ mAnthI Ugelo chhe. dehathI judun evun k jIvatattva chhe ane te amar chhe–
evA je thoDAghaNA sanskAro antaramAn UnDeUnDe paDyA chhe temAnthI ja AvI jignAsA Uge
chhe. ATalA upodghAt pachhI have tamAro uttar : tame pUchhelI vAt samajAvavA mATe
shAstramAn deh ane vastrano dAkhalo Apyo chhe.–jem ek ja sharIr kAyam (eTale ke
jIvanaparyanta) rahetun hovA chhatAn vastro badalAyA kare chhe; vastro badalatAn kAI mANas
nathI badalI jato. dIpakabhAI bhAratamAn hoy tyAre kadAch dhotIjhabbo pahere, ne
amerikAmAn hoy tyAre penTasharTa pahere–to tethI kAI dIpakabhAI badalI nathI jatA; tem
jIv sansAranI judIjudI gatimAn judAjudA khoLiyA (sharIrarUpI vastra) dhAraN kare,
kyArek hAthInun sharIr dhAraN kare ne kyArek manuShya vagerenun sharIr dhAraN kare, paN tethI
kAI jIv badalIne bIjo nathI thaI jato ek sharIr chhUTI jAy (maraN thAy) eTale te
ja jIv bIjA sharIramAn jAy chhe, tethI tenun amarapaNun to rahe ja chhe. sharIro badalavA chhatAn
AtmA badalI jato nathI, ke marI jato nathI, te em sUchave chhe ke AtmA dehathI judI
jAtano padArtha chhe–ke je dehano nAsh thavA chhatAn pote nAsh pAmato nathI.–jem vastrano
nAsh thavAthI kAI vastra paheranArano nAsh thaI jato nathI. em judAjudA sharIro chhe te
to jIvanA uparanA vastro samAn chhe;