Sabse Mahaan Sampati

Shaastro me ek dhani jawaan raaja ke baare me batawe hai jon, Ishu ke paas jaldi se ge, uske charno me ghutna tekis aur, bahut shraddha se, Guru se puchis, “Anant jiwan paae ke waaste hum konchi kari?” Yeh aadmi jin aagyaaon ke imaandari se paalan kaarta raha ke sune ke baad, Ishu is aadmi se bolis apan sab sampati bech do, usse jon paisa mili gareebo me baat do, krus ko uthaao, aur Mere saath ho lo. Ih aadesh ke nirbhayta se jawaan raaja ke soch badal ge—uske daam la juta baawajood—paer thande ho gaye, aur woh dukhi ho ke chal dees, kaae ki shaastr kehta hai, “uske paas dher sampati raha.”¹

Zaahir hai, yeh ek mahatwapurn saodhaan kare la kahani hai, dhan ke upyog aur gareebo ki zarooraton ke baare me. Lekin anth me yeh divye zimmedaari ke liye pura dil se, nishkapat bhakti ke baare me ek kahani hai. Dhan ke saath ya uske bina, hum me se har ek ko Masih ke paas Uske susamachaar ke prati wahi bina samjhaote ke zimmedaari ke saath aawe ke hai jon ih yuwak se aasha kara ge raha. Aaj ke yuwaaon ke bhaasha me, hum log ke chaahi apne aap ke “all in(puri tarah se shaamil)” ghoshit karo.²

Apan yaadgaar likhawat ke khaas andaaz me, C. S. Lewis soche ki Prabhu aise kuch bolta hum log se: “Hum nahi mangta … aapke samay … [ya] aapke paisa … [ya] aapke naokri [jetna] hum [khali] Aapke saath mangta. [Uh pedh jiske aap sudhaarta(pruning) hai.] Hum nahi mangta yaha ek wahan ek daar kaate, hum mangta … pura [cheez] jadh se hatae de usme se. [Aur uh daat ke.] Hum nahi mangta [uske] drill kare, ya uske crown kare, ya uske [fill kare(bhare)]. [Hamme zaroori hai] uske pura nikaal de. [Asal me, hum mangta ki aap] apne aap ke puri tarah se [hamme] saup de. … [Aur] uske bajae hum aapke ek nawa aap dega. Asal me, Hum aapke Apne-aap ke dega: hamaar … ichcha [aapke ichcha] ban jaai.”³

Woh sab jo is maha sammelan me baat karenge sabhi kahenge, kisi na kisi tarah se, woh jo Masih ne is dhani jawaan aadmi se kaha tha: “Apan Rakshak ke paas aao. Puri tarah se aao aur pure dil se. Apna cross uthaao, chaahe jetna bhi ghadu hai, aur Uske piche ho lo.”⁴ Woh jaan ke bhi bolenge ki Parmeshwar ke raajye me, koi aadha koshish nahi sake rahe, koi shuruaat karke aur rukna nahi, koi piche mudna nahi hai. Uh log ke liye jon ijaazat mangta raha ek mare huwe maa/pita ke matti dewe ya kam se kam anye kisi parivaar sadasyon se vida lewe ke hai, Ishu ka jawaab rob jamane waala aur saaf zaahir hone waala raha. “Uh sab dusar log pe chodh do,” Usne bola. “Jon koi apan haath hal pe rakh ke aur pichchhe taake hai, uh Parmeshwar ke raaj ke laayak nahi hai.”⁵ Jab hum log ke kathin kaam dewa jaae, waisan kaam jon hum log ke dil nahi kare karo, yaad karo ki Masih se jon bhakti ke hum log waada kara hai uh hum log ke jiwan me sabse awwal bhakti rahe ke chaahi. Bhale Isaiah hum log ke phir se ashuwaasan de hai ki yeh “bina paise aur bina keemat”⁶ ke uplabdh hai—aur yeh hai—hum log ke T. S. Eliot ke likhawat ke istemaal kare ke chaahi taeyaar rahe ke liye, taaki iski keemat “har cheez se kam nahi rahe.”⁷

Beshak, hum log sab ke kuch aadatein ya khaamiyaan ya niji itihaas rahe hai jon hum log ke ih kaam me puri tarah dhaarmik rup se shaamil howe se roke hai. Lekin Parmeshwar hum log ke Pita hai aur hum log jon paap kare la chodh diya hai ke chama kare aur bhulaae me bahut achcha hai, shaayad isliye kyunki hum Unhe aisa karne me etna abhyaas(practice) dete hai. Kisi bhi maamle me, hum sab ke liye divye madad hai, koi bhi samay hum apan vyavahaar me badlaao laana chaahe. Parmeshwar ne Saul ko “ek aur dil”⁸ diya. Ezekiel pura pracheen Israel ke batais apan ateet ke door karo aur “ek nawa dil aur ek nawa aatma … banao.”⁹ Alma ek “shaktishaali pariwartan”¹⁰ ke aelaan karis, jisse aatma fulta falta, aur Ishu Khud sikhaais ki “jab tak ek aadmi nawa janam nahi le le, tab tak uh Parmeshwar ke raajye nahi dekhe saki.”¹¹ Saaf rup se pariwartan aur adhik paak starr pe rahe ke sambhaaona hamesha se dhoondhne waalo ke liye Parmeshwar ke uphaaro me se ek rahis hai.

Doston, hum log ke abhi ke palon me sab tarah ke vibhaag aur upvibhaag, sets aur subsets, digital tribes aur raaknitik pehchaan(identities), ke saath zaroorat se zyaada virodh sab taraf paate hai. Kyun na hum apne aap se puchein agar ek “uncha aur pawitr”¹² zindagi, President Russell M. Nelson ka kehna istemaal kare, wahi hai jo hamein dhoondhe ke chaahi? Aisa karte samay, hum log ke liye achcha rahi Mormon Dharamshaastr ke uh sunhara pal ke yaad karo jisme un logon ne wahi sawaal itne ikraar ke saath pucha aur jawaab diya:

“Aur aysa hua ki sab logon me, pura desh me koi viwaad nahi hois … Parmeshwar ke pyaar ke kaaran jon logon ke dilon me bas ge raha.

“Aur logon me irshaya, daraar, … aur kisi bhi prakaar ki kaamukta nahin thi; aur nishchay hi Parmeshwar ke haathon dwara rache gaye saare logon me in logon ki tarah anandmay aur koi nahi tha.

“Wahan pe na koi chor, na koi khooni, na koi Lamanites, na to koi bhed-bhaao hi tha; parantu sabhi ikattha the, Masih ki santaan, aur Parmeshwar ke raajye ke waaris the.

“Aur weh kitne dhanye the!”¹³

Sukhi zindagi me safalta paae ke raaz konchi hai? Yeh ek waakye me likhaan usme: “Parmeshwar ke pyaar … logon ke dilon me bas ge raha.”¹⁴ Jab Parmeshwar ke pyaar hum log ke apan zindagi, ek dusre se hum long ke sambandh yahan tak ki sab insaan ke liye liye hamare ehsaas aur unke liye vishesh kya hai tay kar le hai, tab puraane bhed, chidhaane waale naam aur nakli vibhaajan hatne lagte hai, aur shaanti badhti hai. Ekdam yahi cheez hum log ke Mormon Dharamshaastr ke uddharan me hois raha. Ab wahan pe koi Lamanites, ya Jacobites, ya Josephite, ya Zoramites nahi raha. Koi bhi “-ites(bhed-bhaao)” nahi rahe. Logon ne sirf ek badhiya pehchaan liya tha. Uh log sab ke, kahan ge hai, “Masih ke bachcho”¹⁵ ke naam se jaana gaya tha.

Beshak, hum log yahan maanav parivaar ko di gayi pehli mahaan aagya ke baare me baat kar rahe hai—Parmeshwar se dil se pyaar karo, bina koi hichkichaahat ya samjhaota ke, yaane ki, apne pure mann, praan, buddhi, aur taaqat se prem rakhna.¹⁶ Parmeshwar ka yeh pyaar pehla mahaan aagya hai pure bhramaand me. Lekin bhramaand ka pehla mahaan sach yeh hai ki Parmeshwar hum log se pyaar kare ekdam wahi rakam se—pura dil se, bina hichkichaae ya sauda ke, Apan pura mann, praan, buddhi, aur taaqat se. Aur jab Uske aur hamare mann ki mahimamay shaktiyaan bina koi rok-tok ke milti hai, toh dhaarmik, naetik shakti ka ek vaastavik badhanti hota hai. Phir, jaise Teilhard de Chardin likhis, “duniya ke itihaas me dusri baar, insaan aagi ke khoj kar lee.”¹⁷

Yeh tab hai, aur vaastao me tabhi, hum dusre mahaan aagya ko prabhaawi dhang se paalan kar sakte hai jo upari ya maamuli nahi hai. Agar hum log Parmeshwar se utna pyaar karega ki Uske prati puri tarah se vishwaasi banega, toh Woh humein kaabliyat, chamta, ichcha, aur apne padosi se aur khud se pyaar kare ke tarika dega. Shaayad tab hum ek baar phir se keh sakenge, “Jitne log Parmeshwar ke haathon dwara banawa ge raha, un saare logon me zaroor se itna khush koi bhi nahi raha hoga.”¹⁸

Bhaaiyo aur bahano, hum praathna karta hai ki hum wahan safal honge janhan woh dhani yuwak ladkhada gaya, ki hum log Masih ka krus uthaaenge, chaahe jo musibat aaye aur jo bhi keemat ho. Hum gawahi deta hai ki jab hum Uske piche chale ke waada kar leta, raasta, koi na koi rakam se, kaato ke mukut aur ek kathor Roman krus se ho ke guzrega. Koi fark nahi padta hum log ke jawaan raaja ketna dhani raha, uh utna dhani nahi raha ki uh symbols(chinho) se bhent se bhaire nikle la rasta khareed sakta, aur na hi hum kar sakte hai. Sab sampatiyon me se sabse mahaan paane ka ashirwaad—anant jiwan ka uphaar—yeh maang kam hai ki hame mazbooti se rehna hai apne maarg pe Peshe ke High Priest, hamare Din ka Sitara, Wakeel, aur Raaja ki tarah banne ke liye. Hum puraane samay ke kam jaane huwe Amaleki ke saath gawahi deta hai ki hum me se har ek ko, “[hamari] puri aatmaaen use bhent ke rup me arpit karna hai.”¹⁹ Yahi rakam ke nishchayi, sthir bhakti se, hum log gaata hai:

Ishu Masih ke pavitr naam se, amen.