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namaskAr ho... gnAnachetanAvant munibhagavantone
amadAvAd pachhI kAratak vad 13–14nA roj pU. shrI kAnajIsvAmI
himmatanagar padhAryA hatA. mahAvIranagar–sosAyaTImAn sundar jinamandir ane
svAdhyAy mandir chhe. be divasanA pravachan ane charchAomAn gujarAtanA ghaNA
jignAsuoe utsAhathI lAbh lIdho hato. pravachanamAn, mokShanA kAraNarUp
gnAnachetanA kevI hoy, ane te gnAnachetanA–dhArak digambar muni bhagavantonI
alaukik dashA kevI hoy, te samajAvIne teno mahimA karyo hato.
AtmA svatantra, dehathI bhinna, chaitanyavastu chhe; te jANanAr chhe. jANanAre pote
potAne na jANyo te agnAn chhe ane te sansAr chhe. jANanAr svabhAv te gnAnachetanAmay
chhe. rAg–dveShane jANavAmAn gnAnane ekAgra karyun te agnAnInI karmachetanA chhe; ane harSha–
shokarUp karmaphaLanA vedanamAn gnAnane ekAgra karyun te agnAnInI karmaphaLachetanA chhe; paN te
rAgAdithI bhinna evI gnAnachetanAne to te agnAnI oLakhato paN nathI.
jANanAre potAne na jANyo te agnAnachetanA chhe; potAne bhUlIne bIjAne jANyun,
ne jene jANyun tene ja potAnun mAnI lIdhun; –AvI agnAnachetanApUrvak je kAI vrat–tap–
shAstragnAn–devapUjA vagere shubhabhAv kare te badhuy sansArahetu ja chhe. te mokShano hetu thato
nathI. gnAnIney kAI rAg te mokShanun kAraN nathI, tene rAgathI bhinna je gnAnachetanA chhe
te ja mokShanun kAraN chhe.
–Avun gnAn to bahu thoDA jIvone thAy chhe!
–kharI vAt chhe; paN thoDA jIvomAn ek pote paN bhaLI javun.
prashna:– Ap kaho chho te vAt to sAchI chhe, paN Ap munione mAnatA nathI
em loko kahe chhe?
uttar:– are bhAI! roj savAramAn UThatAvent ja sarve munivarone namaskAr
karIe chhIe. णमो लोए सव्व साहूणं kahIne emane namaskAr karavAmAn Ave chhe. aho,
munidashA to alaukik parameShThIpad chhe. muni te to bhagavAn chhe, ene koN na mAne?
paN munidashA jene hoy tene muni manAy ne? munidashA