Atmadharma magazine - Ank 335 (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Page: 41.

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* ‘ātmadharma’ pratye bhāratanā hajāro jignāsuo atyant ādarabhāvapūrvak teno

abhyās kare chhe, ne tenā dvārā pū. gurudevanī apūrva ātmahitakārī vāṇī meḷavīne

prasanna thāy chhe, tethī teo daravarṣhe bhaktipūrvak sansthānā gnānakhātāmān moṭī rakamo

āpīne potāno bhaktibhāv vyakta karechhe. ‘ātmadharma’ e sansthānā gnānakhātānun

ek mahattvanun aṅg chhe; temān jignāsu pāṭhakonā mahān sahakārane līdhe āpaṇe

ātmadharma māsik chār rūpiyānā lavājamamān āpī shakīe chhīe. ā prakāre

ātmadharmanun gaurav vadhāravā māṭe vāñchakavargane dhanyavād ghaṭe chhe. ātmadharmano prrachār

hajī paṇ khūb vadhe evā prayāsanī jarūr chhe.

* dādar (mumbaī) thī vāsantīben bhāyāṇī lakhe chhe ke–ātmadharma vāñchatān khūb ānand

thāy chhe. tenā aṅko gnānathī chhalochhal bharelā hoy chhe. temān gurudeve batāvelo

sheddhopayog–dharma kyāre pāmīe!–em thāy chhe. gurudeve batāvelā mārgane

anusaravāno ane pharīne janma na levāno nirṇay karīe chhīe. samyagdarshananā āṭh

aṅganī kathāo vāñchavī khub ja game chhe. rekhā, dīpti vagere nānī bālikāo paṇ

te kathā sāmbhaḷīne tīrthaṅkaranā svarūpano nirṇay karatī hatī. ātmadharma dvārā

bāḷakomān gheragher dharmasanskār pahoñchī gayā chhe. ek 331 mān jainadharmane ābād

karavā māṭe bachchānne gnān āpavānī vāt āvel te pratyakṣha thāy chhe. darek gāme

pāṭhashāḷā dvārā bāḷakomān dhārmikagnānanā sanskār āpavā jarūrī chhe. (ā sāthe

āphrikānā ek bhāīno patra mokalun chhun.)

* 17 varṣhano ak yuvān–je āphrikāmān (nairobī) ja rahe chhe ne hamaṇān pahelī ja vār

bhāratamān traṇ mās māṭe āvel chhe,–jīvanamān pahelīvār gurudevanā darshan–vāṇīno

lābh phakta betraṇ divas māṭe līdho, enun nām jyotindra dhanānī, teo lakhe chhe

ke–“pūjya gurudevanā vyākhyānamān ātmā sivāy bījun kāī na maḷe. jīvanī vāt

sāmbhaḷīne āpaṇā paṇ dilamān ānand āvī jāy. paṇ e to andarathī prem hoy

to ja ā vāt game, ane āpaṇane bhūlī gayelā ātmāne shodhavāno vichār thāy.

ātmadharmamān ek jagyāe lakhyun chhe ke he jīv! have to tun jāg! enā upar aḍadho

pāno lakhyo chhe. anādikāḷathī tun rakhaḍash, māṭe have to tun tārī bāju dhyān kar.

paranun to tun game teṭalun karīsh to eno phaḷ tane ānandavāro nahīn āve. paṇ jo tun

koṇ chho? e shodhīne āgaḷ vadhashun to āpaṇane kharūn sukh maḷashe. bījā upadeshak

laukik, sānsārik vāt kahe