uttar:–hA; A chovIsImAn sauthI vadhu (110) gaNadharo padmaprabhune, ane sauthI
ochhA (10) gaNadharo pArshvanAthaprabhune hatA. badhAy gaNadharo niyamathI te bhave
mokSha pAme chhe.
prashna:–‘jinapad nijapad ekatA’ eTale shun?
uttar:–jevun jinapad te ja nijapad–em kahIne AtmAno paramArthasvabhAv
batAvyo chhe. jin jevA nijasvabhAvane jANe te jin thAy. jIv samyagdraShTi thayo
(athavA samyagdarshan thavA mATenA traN karaNamAn praveshyo) tyAn tene ‘jin’ kahyo
chhe. pravachanasAramAn, arihantane oLakhatAn AtmA oLakhAy chhe–em kahyun chhe, te
paN jinapad ane nijapadanI samAnatA sUchave chhe.
prashna:–AtmAne ‘paramAtmA’ kem kahyo?
uttar:–sarvagnatArUp param utkRuShTa teno svabhAv chhe tethI te param AtmA chhe.
prashna:–paramAtmA hovA chhatAn te sansAramAn kem bhaTake chhe?
uttar:–potAnA paramAtmasvabhAvane bhUlyo chhe mATe.
prashna:–paramabrahmanA jignAsune arthAt mokShanA abhilAShIne kAI kArya karavAnun
rahe chhe?
uttar:–hA; ene ja kharUn kArya karavAnun chhe. potAnA svabhAvanun samyakbhAn ane
temAn lInatA, arthAt samyagdarshan–gnAn–chAritrarUp mahAn kArya e darek
jignAsunun kartavya chhe. ane AvA potAnA gnAnabhAvamay kArya sivAy anya
samasta kAryomAn tene akartApaNun chhe. A param brahmanI eTale ke kevaLagnAnanI
prAptino upAy chhe.
prashna:–jo Ishvar A jIvane kAI nathI karatA, temaj ekadravya bIjA dravyane kAI
nathI karatun, to jIvane mokSha, svarga, narak vagere koN kare chhe?
uttar:–jIv pote potAnA te–te prakAranA bhAvathI mokShAdikarUp thAy chhe; pote ja
potAnI tevI paryAyone kare chhe, bIjA koI kartA nathI.
prashna:–amerikAthI ek jignAsu bhAI pUchhAve chhe ke–