Har Mahine ka Liahona Sandesh, November 2021

Mandir aur Aapki Aadhyaatmik Neev

President Russell M. Nelson dwara

Ishu Masih Ka Girjaghar Antim-dino Ke Santo Ka President

Jab bhi aapke jiwan mein kisi bhi prakaar ki uthal-puthal aatee hai, to aadhyaatmik roop se rahane ke liye sabse surakshit sthaan aapke mandir ki vaachano ke daaere rahana hai!

Mere pyaare bhaaiyo aur bahanon, main aaj subah aapke saath apne dil ki bhaavanaon ko baatne ke liye aabhari hoon.

Jaisa ki aap jaante hain, hum itihaasik Salt Lake Mandir ka bhaari naveekaran(renovation) kar rahe hain. Is jatil project mein iski mool neev ka bhaari mazbooti (reinforcement) shaamil hai, jisne ek sadee se bhi adhik samay tak achchi sewa ki hai. Lekin is mandir ko aur lamba khada rehna chahiye. May ke anth mein, maine is vishaal project kee pragati ka nireekshan kiya. Maine socha tha ki aap meri patni Wendy aur maine jo dekha, use dekh kar aap prasann honge. Mujhe lagta hai ki aap dekhenge ki geet “How Firm a Foundation”¹ hamare liye naya arth lekar aaya hai.

Salt Lake Mandir ke naveekaran ki jagah se veediyo: “Hum Salt Lake Mandir ki mool neev ko dekh rahe hain. Main Garden Room ke neeche ek kshetr mein khada hoon. Jab main is puri imaarat ke shilp kaushal(craftmanship) ki jaanch karta hoon, to mujhe aashcharye hota hai ki purwajon ne kaise yeh kiya. Mujhe puri tarah se aashcharye hota hai jab mujhe lagta hai ki unhonne is shaandaar mandir ka nirmaan kewal ek sadi se bhi pahele uplabdh aozaaron aur tarikon ke saath kiya tha.

“In kai dashakon ke baad, haalaanki, agar ham neev ko nikat se jaanch karte hain, to hum erosion ke prabhaav, mool patthar ke kaam mein faasle, aur chinaee(masonry) mein sthirata ke vibhinn charanon ko dekh sakte hain.

“Ab jaisa ki mainne dekha hai ki aadhunik enjineers, arkhitects aur nirmaan visheshagy us mool neev ko mazboot karne ke liye kya kar sakte hain, main bilkul aashchariye chakit hua. Unka kaam aashcharyajanak hai!

“Kisi bhi imaarat kee neev, vishesh roop se itni badi, bhukamp, zang, tez havaaon aur sabhi imaaraton ko prabhaavit karne waale aparihaary basne ka saamna karne ke liye paryaapt mazboot aur lacheela hona chahiye. Abhi chal rahe mazbooti(reinforcement) ka jatil kaarye is pavitr mandir ko us neev ke saath mazboot karega jo samay ki kasautee par khara utar sakta hai aur khada hoga.”

Salt Lake Mandir ka naveekaran

Hum is aadarniye mandir me woh sab jo mumkin hai kar rahe hai, jo ki tejee se kamzor ho gaya tha, ek aisi neev dene ko jo Millennium(hazaar saalon) tak prakriti ki taakaton ka saamna karegi. Isi tarah, ab samay aa gaya hai ki hum mein se pratiek asaadhaaran upaayon ko laagoo karein—shaayad weh upaay jo hum ne pahale kabhi nahin kiye hain—apni vyaktigat aadhyaatmik neev ko mazboot karne ke liye. Abhutapurv(unprecedented) samay abhutapurv upaayon ka aahvaan karta hai.

Mere priye bhaaiyo aur bahano, yeh antim dino hai. Yadi aapko aur mujhe aane waale sankaton aur dabaavon ka saamna karna hai, to yah anivaariye hai ki hum mein se pratyek ke paas hamare Muktidaata, Ishu Masih ki chattaan par nirmit ek mazboot aadhyaatmik neev ho.²

To main aap mein se pratyek se puchta hoon, aapki neev kitni mazboot hai? Aur aapki gawahi aur susamachaar ki samajh ke liye kaise sudhaar ki aavashyakta hai?

Mandir hamare vishwaas aur aadhyaatmik drdhata ko mazboot karne ka kendr hai kyunki Uddhaarkarta aur Uska dharamsiddhaant mandir ka sabse avashyak bhaag hai. Mandir mein jo kuch bhi sikhaaya jaata hai, nirdesh aur Aatma ke maadhyam se, Ishu Masih ke baare mein hamari samajh ko badhaata hai. Unke aavashyak dharamsiddhaant hamen pavitr purohiti vachano ke maadhyam se unse baandhate hain. Phir, jab hum apni vaachano ka paalan karte hain, to Woh hamein Apni changaee, mazboot karne waali shakti pradaan karta hai.³ Aur oh, aane waale dino mein hamein Uski shakti ki kaise aavashyakta hogee.

Hum log ke yeh bhi vaada kara ge hai ki “agar [hum] taeyaar rahenge [humko] dar nahi lagega.”⁴ Is aashwaasan ka aaj gahara asar hai. Prabhu ne ghoshna kee hai ki aaj kee abhutapurv chunautiyon ke baawajood, jo log Ishu Masih par apnee neev banaate hain, aur unkee shakti ka upyog karna sikh chuke hain, unhein is yug kee anoothi chintaon ke aage jhukane kee aavashyakta nahin hai.

Mandir ke dharamvidhiyaan aur vaachanein praacheen hain. Prabhu ne Adam aur Eve ko praathna karne, anubandh karne, aur balidaan chadhaane ka nirdesh diya.⁵ Vaastav mein, “jab Prabhu ne prithwi par aise logon ko rakha hai jo Uske vachan ka paalan karenge, to unhein mandir banaane kee aagya dee gaee hai.”⁶ Dharamshaastr me mandir kee shikshaen, kapdon, bhaasha, aur bahut kuch ke sandarbho se bhare huwe hain.⁷ Jin sab cheezon pe hum vishwaas karte hain aur har ek vaada jo Parmeshwar ne apni vachan-badh logon se kiya hai mandir mein ek saath aate hain. Har yug mein, mandir ne is anmol satye pe pe zor diya hai ki jo log Parmeshwar ke saath vachan lete hain aur unhein paalan karte hain woh vaachan ke bachche hain.

Is prakaar, Prabhu ke bhavan mein, hum wahi vachano ko bana sakte hain jo Abraham, Isaac aur Jacob ne Parmeshwar ke saath banaai thi. Aur hum wahi aashirvaad praapt kar sakte hain!

Kirtland aur Nauvoo Mandiron

Mandiron apne shuruaatee dino se hee is vyavastha ka hissa rahe hain.⁸ Elijah ne Kirtland Mandir mein sealing adhikaar kee kunjee Joseph Smith ko saumpee. Nauvoo Mandir mein purohiti kee purnata ko punahsthaapit kiya gaya tha.⁹

Apni shahaadat(martyrdom) tak, Joseph Smith ko aise revelaishan milte rahe jisne endowment ki punahsthaapna aur sealing dharamvidhiyon ko aage badhaaya.¹⁰ Haalaanki, unhonne maana ki aur shodhaanee kee aavashyakta thee. May 1842 mein Brigham Young ko endowment ka prabandh karne ke baad, Joseph ne Brigham se kaha, “Yah sahi vyavastha nahin hai, lekin humne un paristhitiyon mein sabse achcha kiya hai jo hum kar sakte hain, aur main chahata hoon ki aap is maamle ko haath mein lein aur in sabhi samaarohon ko vyavasthit aur sahi dhang se karna.”¹¹

Prophet kee mrtyu ke baad, President Young ne Nauvoo Mandir¹² ke poora hone ka nireekshan kiya aur baad mein Utah kshetr mein mandiron ka nirmaan kiya. St.George Mandir kee nichalee kahaaniyon ke samarpan par, Brigham Young ne zordaar tareeke se mandir ke kaam kee taatkaalikta kee ghoshna kee, jab unhonne kaha, “Jab main is vishay par sochta hoon, to main chahata hoon ki saat gadhgadhaahat kee jeebh logon ko jagae.”¹³

Us samay se, mandir kee vidhiyon ko dhire-dhire parishkrt kiya jaane laga. President Harold B. Lee ne samjhaya ki kyon Uddhaarkarta ke punahsthaapit Girjaghar ke bheetar prakriyaaen, neetiyaan aur yaha tak ki mandir ke niyamon ka prashaasan bhi badalna jaaree hai. President Lee ne kaha: “Yeh Ishu Masih ke susamachaar ke siddhant divye hai. Prabhu ko chodkar koi bhi revelaishan dwara Girjaghar ke siddhaanton aur [dharamsiddhaant] ko nahin badalta hai. Lekin tarike badalte hain kyunki prerit disha un logon ke liye aatee hai jo ek nishchit samay par adhyaksh karte hain.”¹⁴

Gaur kare ki pichale kuch varshon mein kaise prabhubhoj ka prashaasan badal gaya hai. Pahle ke dino mein, ek bade bartan mein sadasyon ko prabhubhoj ka paani diya jaata tha. Sabhi usme se peete the. Ab hum alag alag disposal cups ka upyog karte hain. Prakriya badal gai, lekin anubandh wahi rahe.

In teen sachchaaion par vichaar karein:

1. Punahsthaapna ek prakriya hai, ek ghatna nahin hai, aur tab tak jaari rahegi jab tak ki Prabhu phir se nahin aa jaate.

2. Israel ke ekathrit hone ka antim uddeshya¹⁵ Parmeshwar ke vishwaasiyon bachchon ke liye mandir ka aashirvaad laana hai.

3. Jaise-jaise ham us uddeshy ko adhik prabhaavi dhang se pura karne ka prayaas karte hain, Prabhu adhik antardrshti prakat karte hain. Chal rahi Punahsthaapna ko nirantar revelaishan ki aavashyakta hai.

First Presidency aur Barah Devduton ke Quorum aksar Prabhu se puchte hai ki kya mandir ki aashishon ko unke wafaadaar bachchon tak le jaane ke behtar tarike hain. Hum niyamit roop se maargdarshan chahate hain ki kaise duniya bhar mein sukchamta aur mandir nirdesh, vaachanein, aur dharamvidhiyon ki bhaasha aur sanskrti mein antar ke baujood ekarupta sunishchit ki jaae.

Prabhu ke nirdeshan mein aur humari praathnaaon ke uttar mein, haal hee mein prakriyaatmak samaayojan kiye gae hain. Woh wahi hai jo chahata hai ki aap badee spashtata ke saath samjhein ki aap kya karne ke liye anubandh kar rahe hain. Woh wahi hai jo chahata hai ki aap Uski pavitr vidhiyon ka puri tarah se anubhav karen. Woh chahata hai ki aap apne visheshaadhikaaron, vaadon aur jimmedaariyon ko samajhe. Woh chahata hai ki aapke paas aadhyaatmik antardrshti aur jaagrti ho jo aapke paas pahale kabhi nahin thee. Woh aisa sabhi mandir sanrakshakon ke liye chahata hai, chahe weh kahi bhi rahen.

Mandir ki prakriyaon mein vartamaan samaayojan, aur anye jo anusaran karenge, nirantar pramaan hain ki Prabhu sakriy roop se Apne Girjaghar ko nirdeshit kar rahe hain. Woh hum mein se pratyek ke liye Apne jiwan ko us par aur Uske mandir ke niyamon aur anubandhon par kendrit karke hamari aadhyaatmik neev ko aur adhik prabhaavi dhang se mazboot karne ke avsar pradaan kar raha hai Jab aap apni mandir sifaarish, ek vipreet dil, aur khojee mann ko Prabhu ke gyaan bhavan mein le aae, tab Woh tujhe shiksha dega.

Yadi duri, svaasthy sambandhee chunautiyaan, ya anye baadhaen ek mausam ke liye aapke mandir mein upasthiti par rok lagati hain, to main aapko apne mann mein apne dwara ki gai vaachano ka abhyaas karne ke liye ek niyamit samay nirdhaarit karne ke liye aamantrit karta hoon.

Yadi aap abhi tak mandir jaana pasand nahin karte hain, to adhik baar jaen—kam nahin. Prabhu, Apni Aatma ke dwara, aapko waha shiksha de aur prerit kare. Main aapse vaada karta hoon ki samay ke saath, mandir suraksha, saantvana aur revelaishan ka sthaan ban jaega.

Yadi mere liye pratyek jawaan baalig ke saath aamne-saamane baat karna sambhav hota, to main aapse ek aise saathi ki talaash karne ke liye vinnti karta, jiske saath aapko mandir mein seal kiya ja sake. Aap soch rahe honge ki isse aapke jiwan mein kya fark padega. Main vaada karta hoon ki isse sabhi phark padega! Jaisa ki aap mandir mein shaadi karte hain aur baar-baar lautte hain, aap apne faislon mein mazboot aur nirdeshit honge.

Yadi main pratyek pati aur patni ke saath baat kar sakta hoon, jinhen abhi tak mandir mein seal nahin kiya gaya hai, to main aapse us taaj, jiwan-parivartanakaari adhyaadesh ko praapt karne ke liye aavashyak kadam uthaane ka anurodh karunga.¹⁶ Kya isse koi antar aaega? Kewal agar aap hamesha ke liye pragati karna chahate hain aur hamesha ke liye ek saath rahana chahate hain. Hamesha saath rahane ki ichcha se aisa nahin hoga. Koi anye samaaroh ya anubandh aisa nahin karega.¹⁷

Yadi main har us purush ya stree se baat kar sakta jo vivaah ke liye tarasta hai, lekin abhi tak use apna shaashvat saathi nahin mila hai, to main aapse aagrah karunga ki jab tak vivaah Prabhu ke ghar mein sampann na ho jae, tab tak intazaar na karein. Yah jaanne aur anubhav karne ke liye abhi shuru karein ki purohiti shakti hone ka kya arth hai.

Aur tum mein se har ek se jisne mandir ki vaachano baandhi hain, main tumse vinti karta hoon ki-—praathnaapurvak aur lagaataar—mandir ki vaachano aur vidhiyon ko samajhne ke liye.¹⁸ Dhaarmik darvaaze khulenge. Aap sikhenge ki swarg aur prithvi ke beech ke parde ko kaise vibhaajit kiya jae, kaise Parmeshwar ke swargduton ko aapke paas aane ke liye kaha jae, aur swarg se disha praapt karna kitna behtar hai. Aisa karne ke liye aapke dil se kiye prayaas aapki aadhyaatmik neev ko mazboot(reinforce) aur taqatwar karenge.

Mere pyaare bahaiyon aur bahanon, jab Salt Lake Mandir ka renovaishan pura ho jaega, to Salt Lake Valley mein bhukamp ke dauraan us mandir ke andar se zyaada surakshit koi jagah nahin hogi.

Usi tarah, Jab bhi aapke jiwan mein kisi bhi prakaar ki uthal-puthal aatee hai, to aadhyaatmik roop se rahane ke liye sabse surakshit sthaan aapke mandir ki vaachano ke andar rahana hai!

Ishu Masih

Prabhu Ishu Masih, Del Parson dwara

Kripya mujh par vishwaas karein jab main kahta hoon ki jab aapki aadhyaatmik neev Ishu Masih par thos roop se banee hai, to aapko darne ki koi aavashyakta nahin hai. Jaisa ki aap mandir mein banai gai apni vaachano ke prati sachche hain, aap Uski shakti se mazboot honge. Phir, jab aadhyaatmik bhukamp aate hain, toh aap mazboot khade ho sakenge kyunki aapki aadhyaatmik neev thos aur atal hai.

Main tumse pyaar karta hoon, pyaare bhaaiyon aur bahanon. In sachchaaiyon ko main jaanta hoon: Parmeshwar, hamare Swarg ke Pita, chahate hain ki aap Unke paas ghar aane ka chunaav karein. Uski anant pragati ki yojna jatil nahin hai, aur yah aapki ejensi ka sammaan karti hai. Aap yah chunne ke liye svatantr hain ki aap kaun honge—aur kiske saath honge—aane vaale sansaar mein!

Parmeshwar jiwit hai! Ishu hi Masih hai! Yah Unka Girjaghar hai, jise aapke divye bhaagye ko pura karne mein aapki madad karne ke liye punahsthaapit kiya gaya hai. Mai yah gawahi Ishu Masih ke pavitra naam se deta hoon, amen.

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Notes

1. Dekhiye “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85.

2. Taaki “jab shaitaan [bhejata hai] apni shaktishaali [hava], … us chattaan ke kaaran [hum] par uska koi adhikaar nahin hoga … us chattaan ke kaaran jis par [hum] bane hain, jo ki ek” atal neev hai jis par agar aadmi nirmaan karta hai to weh gir nahin sakte” (Helaman 5:12; par zor diya gaya).

3. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 109:15, 22.

4. Doctrine and Covenants 38:30; Doctrine and Covenants 10:155 bhi dekhiye.

5. Dekhiye Moses 5:5–6.

6. Bible Dictionary, “Temple.”

7. Udhaaran ke liye, dekhiye Exodus 28; 29; Leviticus 8. Moses ke tabernacle ko “gawahi ke tent” (Numbers 9:15) aur ek “gawahi ke tabernacle” ke roop mein jaana jaata tha (Exodus 38:21). Lehi ke parivaar ke Jerusalem chodne ke kuch saal baad, 587 BC mein Solomon ka mandir nasht kar diya gaya tha. Zerubbabel dwara is mandir ka punahsthapna lagbhag 70 saal baad hua. Yah tab 37 BC mein aag se nasht ho gaya tha. Herod ne lagbhag 16 BC mein mandir ka vistaar kiya. Tab yeh mandir, Ishu se jaana gaya, ko 70 AD mein nasht kar diya gaya tha. Praathna karne ke liye “pahaad par” jaakar Nephi ko mandir jaise anubhav hue (1 Nephi 18:3) aur baad mein Americas mein, “Solomom ke mandir ki reeti ke anusaar” ek mandir banaaya, haalaanki woh kam sajeela tha (dekhiye 2 Nephi 5:16).

8. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 88:119; 124:31.

9. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 110:13–16; 124:28. Nauvoo mandir ki cornerstone April 6, 1841 ko rakhi gai thee, Joseph Smith ko ise banaane ke liye revelaishan praapt hone ke kuch hee mahinon baad. Nauvoo Mandir ke kaaryon mein vriddhi hui thee. Udharan ke liye, Prabhu ne samjhaya ki jo log mar gae the unke liye Santo ko baptisma dene ke liye ek baptisma font ki aavashyakta thee (dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 124:29–30).

10. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 131; 132. Doctrine and Covenants 128 ek patr shaamil hai Joseph Smith ne mrtakon ke baptisma ke sambandh mein Santo ko likha tha. Waha usne ghoshna ki mare huon ka uddhaar “hamare uddhaar ke liye zaroori aur aavashyak hai, … [kyunki] weh hamare bina siddh nahin kiye jaa sakte—na hi hum apne mrtakon ke bina siddh banae jaa sakte hain” (verse 15).

11. Joseph Smith, Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days me, vol. 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 (2018), 454.

12. Girjaghar Itihaasakaar George A Smith ne nishkarsh nikaala ki December 1845 aur January 1846 mein 5,634 bhaaiyon aur bahanon ne aanshik roop se purn Nauvoo Mandir mein apni endowment praapt ki. Dampatiyon ke sealings Feb. 7, [1846] tak jaari tha, jis samay tak 2,000 dampatiyon se zyaada purohiti ke zariye ektrit kiye gaye the samay aur anantta ke liye” (Bruce A. Van Orden, “Temple Finished before Exodus,” Deseret News, Dec. 9, 1995, deseret.com; Richard O. Cowan, “Endowments Bless the Living and Dead,” Church News, Aug. 27, 1988, thechurchnews.com) bhi dekhiye.

13. “Aapko kya lagta hai ki agar weh mare huwon mein se bol sakte hain to pitaaen kya kahenge? Kya weh yah nahin kahenge, ‘Hum yaha hazaaron saal se yaha is jel mein, is vyavastha ke aane ki prateeksha kar rahe hain’? … Kyon, agar unke paas shakti hoti, to swarg kee gadhgadhaahat hamare kaano mein hoti, agar ham us kaam ke mahatv ko mehsoos kar saken, jismen hum jute hue hain. Swarg ke sabhi swargdut is chote se logon ko dekh rahe hain, aur unhein maanav parivaar ke uddhaar ke liye prerit kar rahe hain. … Jab main is vishay par sochta hoon, to main chahata hoon ki saat garjan kee jeebh logon ko jagae” (Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1954], 403–4).

14. Harold B. Lee, “God’s Kingdom—a Kingdom of Order,” Ensign, Jan. 1971, 10. 1896 mein President Wilford Woodruff dwara diya gaya ek bayaan bhi dekhein; unhonne ghoshna kee: “Main Ishu Masih Ka Girjaghar Antim-dino ke Santo ke adhyaksh ke roop mein kehna chahata hoon ki ab hamein aage badhana chahiye aur pragati karni chahiye. Humne revelaishan ke maadhyam se [praapt] nahin kiya hai. … President [Brigham] Young, jinhonne President Joseph Smith ka anusaran kiya, ne hamein yaha le aaya. Usne in mandiron ka aayojan kiya aur apne bulaave aur padh ke uddeshyon ko pura kiya. … Usne weh sabhi revelaishan praapt nahin kiye jo is kaarye se sambandhit hain; na toh President Taylor ne, na hee Wilford Woodruff ne. Is kaarye ka tab tak koi anth nahin hoga jab tak yah siddh na ho jaae” (The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, sel. G. Homer Durham [1946], 153–54).

15. Dekhiye 3 Nephi 29:8–9.

16. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 131:2–4.

17. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 132:7.

18. Elder John A. Widtsoe ne likha: “Jo purush ya mahila mandir mein khulee aankhon se jaate hai, prateekon aur vaachanon ko dhyaan mein rakhate hue, aur purn arth ko samajhne ke liye ek sthir, nirantar prayaas karae hue, Parmeshwar apna vachan bolte hain, aur revelaishan aate hain. Endowment itna bahutaaish se prateekaatmak hai ki kewal ek murkh hi iska varnan karne ka prayaas karega; yah un logon ke liye revelaishan se bhara hua hai jo khojne aur dekhne ke liye apni shakti ka prayog karte hain, ki koi bhi maanaveey shabd mandir sewa mein rahne vaali sambhaavnaon ki vyaakhya ya spasht nahin kar sakte hain. Revelaishan dwara di gai endowment ko revelaishan dwara sabse achchi tarah se samajha ja sakta hai” (Archibald F. Bennett, Saviors on Mount Zion [Sunday School manual, 1950], 168 me).